Woman Agrees to Deal, Will Return Home After Hospital Stay
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A woman named Maricarmen is in the news. She had a problem with her house.
Maricarmen has now said yes to an agreement. This means she and another side found a plan together.
She is in the hospital now. A hospital is a place for sick people. When doctors say she can leave, she will go home.
This news happens at the same time as other housing news in Spain. Housing means homes for people to live in.
In the city of Santander, people had an open assembly. An assembly is a big meeting. They met in a public square. They talked about the right to have a home. A right is something people should have.
There is also news about a businessman. He works with property. Property means buildings and land. He is from a town called Astorga.
People are asking questions about how he built his business. His name was once on a street in Astorga.
Vocabulary15 words
- agreement
- when two sides say yes to the same plan
- hospital
- a place where doctors help sick people
- housing
- homes where people live
- assembly
- a big meeting of people
- right
- something a person should be allowed to have
- property
- buildings and land that people own
- discreet
- quiet and not easy to notice
- square
- an open space in a city, often with buildings around it
- businessman
- a man who runs a company
- town
- a small city
- plan
- an idea about what to do
- leave
- to go away from a place
- news
- information about new events
- public
- open for everyone
- problem
- something difficult that needs a solution
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Answer key
1. An agreement about her house 2. When she leaves the hospital 3. In a square in Santander
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A woman named Maricarmen is in the news. She had a _____ with her house.
Maricarmen has now said yes to an _____.
She is in the _____ now. When doctors say she can leave, she will go home.
This news happens at the same time as other _____ news in Spain.
In the city of Santander, people had an open _____.
They met in a public _____.
They talked about the _____ to have a home.
There is also news about a businessman who works with _____.
He is from a _____ called Astorga.
His name was once on a street in Astorga.
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