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LEVEL A2

Shadowing the newsreader

Listen to the newsreader read out each line and then practise saying it. Record your own voice line by line and submit your voiceover.

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This fire started on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.

It moved to a university library.

The library has lots of old books.

Dan Plato is Mayor of Cape Town.

It’s the library with lots and lots of old ancient valuables in the library."

University students were in their rooms.

They heard about the fire.

They had to leave their rooms.

The fire burnt people's homes.

The fire burnt this old windmill too.

Lots of firefighters are fighting the fire.

Some firefighters got hurt.

These helicopters are bringing water to the firefighters.

They want to stop the fire.

Table Mountain is a special place for walking.

On Sunday, there were lots of walkers on the mountain.

The police sent messages to the walkers on social media.

The walkers need to leave the mountain.

People from Cape Town are thinking about the fire.

Mayor Dan Plato wants more information.

Dan Plato: "Me, I think, during the night, early tomorrow morning, we will be in a much better position to say where and how the fire have started."

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