Workers Find €9 Million in Gold Hidden in a Wall
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Some workers found gold in a wall. They were doing building work in a cellar. The cellar is under a house. Inside the wall, they found a safe. A safe is a strong metal box. It keeps things safe from thieves.
The safe had gold inside it. There were gold nuggets and gold bars. A nugget is a small piece of gold. A bar is a long, heavy piece of gold. There were also gold coins.
Experts say the gold is worth about nine million euros. Euros are the money used in many European countries. This is a very large amount of money.
The story happened in Belgium. Belgium is a country in Europe. Nobody knows who put the gold in the wall. It is a big mystery. People are talking about the story all over the news.
Vocabulary15 words
- worker
- a person who does a job
- building work
- jobs done to fix or change a house
- cellar
- a room under a house
- safe
- a strong box that keeps things secure
- gold nugget
- a small natural piece of gold
- gold bar
- a long piece of solid gold
- coin
- a small round piece of metal money
- euro
- the money used in many European countries
- Belgium
- a country in Europe
- mystery
- something nobody understands
- discover
- to find something new
- hidden
- not able to be seen
- treasure
- a big amount of valuable things
- amount
- how much of something there is
- news
- information about new events
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1. In a wall 2. Gold nuggets, bars and coins 3. About nine million euros
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Some workers found _____ in a wall. They were doing _____ work in a _____.
The safe had gold inside it. There were gold _____ and gold _____. There were also gold _____.
Experts say the gold is worth about nine million _____.
The story happened in _____. Nobody knows who put the gold in the wall. It is a big _____.
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