Woman in Critical Condition After Lake Rescue in Laveno Mombello
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A woman almost drowned in a lake in Italy.
The place is called Laveno Mombello. It is next to Lake Maggiore.
The woman is about 60 years old. She felt sick in the water.
She went for a swim after lunch with a friend.
People helped her out of the water fast.
Now she is very sick. She is in the hospital.
She is in a special room called intensive care.
The hospital is in the city of Varese.
Doctors are helping her. Her situation is very serious.
This happened at Lake Maggiore, a big lake in northern Italy.
Vocabulary15 words
- drowned
- went under water and could not breathe
- intensive care
- a hospital place for very sick people
- lake
- a big area of water with land around it
- swim
- to move your body in water
- critical
- very serious; dangerous
- hospital
- a place where doctors help sick people
- rescue
- to save someone from danger
- unwell
- feeling sick
- northern
- in the north part of a place
- friend
- a person you like and know well
- helped
- did something good for someone
- serious
- important and not easy; can be dangerous
- situation
- what is happening now
- doctors
- people who help sick people get better
- water
- the clear liquid in a lake or sea
Quiz
Answer key
1. In a lake 2. About 60 3. In intensive care at the hospital
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A woman almost _____ in a lake in Italy.
The place is called _____ Mombello.
The woman is about _____ years old.
She went for a _____ after lunch with a friend.
People helped her out of the water _____.
Now she is in the _____.
She is in a special room called intensive _____.
The hospital is in the city of _____.
Her situation is very _____.
This happened at Lake _____, a big lake in northern Italy.