Venomous Snake Found in Football Player's Helmet in Arkansas
Listen to the story
A football player in Arkansas had a big surprise at practice.
He plays for Maumelle High School.
He put on his helmet for football practice.
There was a snake inside his helmet.
The snake was a cottonmouth.
A cottonmouth is a venomous snake.
Venomous means the snake can hurt you with its bite.
The player did not get hurt.
People took the snake out of the helmet.
This story happened during football practice.
Many people talked about the story online.
It is a strange story about sports and nature.
Vocabulary15 words
- helmet
- a hard hat that protects your head
- cottonmouth
- a type of snake that can bite and hurt you
- venomous
- able to hurt or kill with a bite
- practice
- when a team trains to get better at a sport
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- surprise
- something you did not expect
- discover
- to find something new
- team
- a group of people who play sports together
- bite
- when an animal uses its teeth to hurt someone
- hurt
- to cause pain to someone
- strange
- not normal; unusual
- inside
- in the middle part of something
- high school
- a school for teenagers
- sport
- a game with physical activity, like football
- story
- news about something that happened
Quiz
Answer key
1. At a football practice 2. A venomous cottonmouth 3. In a helmet
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A football player in Arkansas had a big _____ at practice.
He plays for Maumelle High _____.
He put on his _____ for football practice.
There was a snake inside his _____.
The snake was a _____.
A cottonmouth is a _____ snake.
Venomous means the snake can hurt you with its _____.
The player did not get _____.
People took the snake out of the _____.
This story happened during football _____.
Many people talked about the _____ online.
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