Two Pythons Escape from Apartment in Kawasaki, Japan
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Two pythons escaped in Kawasaki, Japan.
A python is a big, long snake. It is not poisonous.
Each snake was about two meters long.
The snakes lived in an apartment in Tama Ward.
Tama Ward is a part of Kawasaki city.
The owner of the snakes was asleep at night.
The snakes may have escaped from the balcony.
A balcony is a small outside space on a building.
People think the snakes got out this way.
The police and city workers are now looking for the snakes.
They want to find the snakes and keep people safe.
Local people are worried about the snakes.
The city told people to be careful outside.
Nobody knows exactly where the snakes are now.
Vocabulary15 words
- python
- a big, long snake
- apartment
- a home inside a big building
- owner
- a person who has something
- balcony
- a small outside space on a building
- escape
- to get out and run away
- asleep
- not awake; sleeping
- search
- to look for something
- safe
- not in danger
- careful
- thinking about danger
- ward
- a part of a city
- snake
- a long animal with no legs
- worried
- feeling afraid about something
- outside
- not inside a building
- night
- the dark time of day
- long
- not short in size
Quiz
Answer key
1. Two 2. An apartment 3. False
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Two _____ escaped in Kawasaki, Japan.
Each snake was about _____ meters long.
The snakes lived in an _____ in Tama Ward.
The _____ of the snakes was asleep at night.
The snakes may have escaped from the _____.
People think the snakes got out this way.
The police and city workers are now looking for the _____.
They want to find the snakes and keep people _____.
Local people are _____ about the snakes.
The city told people to be _____ outside.