SET 5

Fastest car

A car gets a new speed record. The maximum speed is 270.49 miles per hour (435
kilometres per hour).

People set this record in Florida. The car goes on a runway. The runway is for the space
shuttle.

The car is the fastest car in the world, but the record may not be in the Guinness World
Records. To be in the book, the car must go fast again.

http://youtu.be/WUHuobsAlO8

Oldest man

There is a man in India. He is very old. He says that he is the oldest man in the world.

The man has his ID card. It says that he was born on 11th May 1896. It means that he is
almost 118 years old. What is his secret to a long life? He eats simple food. He eats
vegetables and seeds. He never eats meat or fish.

The man lives with his large family in a village. He can still walk. After waking up, he reads
from a Hindu book.

http://youtu.be/1Fck99qcXFg

Two helicopters

Here is news from Ukraine. The Ukrainian president is leaving his home. There is a
video of his departure.

The video shows some trucks. People move things onto the trucks, and then the trucks
leave.

You can see two helicopters in the video. People bring bags and boxes to the
helicopters. The things are loaded onto the helicopters. They fly away. The Ukrainian
president is on one helicopter. We don’t know where the helicopters go. We don’t know
where the president is.

http://youtu.be/nW-8sYdNaZU

Pig on a surfboard

A man from Hawaii has a pig. The man and the pig are at a pool. The pig slips and
falls in the pool.

The pig is OK with water. It starts to swim. The man sees that his pig is special. After
some time, the pig starts to surf! The man and the pig are on one surfboard.

The pig loves surfing. People like to watch the pig. They smile and laugh. The pig
makes people happy.

http://youtu.be/53LwFRUcqG8

Twins in Taiwan

The government in Taiwan organises an event. It is a meeting of twins. Hundreds of

twins come.

Some twins wear the same clothes. Five boys have the same yellow clothes. Their
mother cannot say who is who. Some twins wear costumes. They dress as pandas or
cowboys.

Old twins are at the event, too. There is a set of twins. One twin is a man, and the
second twin is a woman. The twins are around 80 years old. They are the oldest twins
at the event.

http://youtu.be/A7IzDsqquR0

Car in a house

A car hits a house in Arizona. It happens at 2:30 in the morning. The car travels at 40
miles per hour (64 kilometres per hour).
There are two people in the house. They are asleep. The car almost hits them. The
people are covered in debris.

The driver is a little bit hurt. He goes to hospital. The police arrest him. He has alcohol
or drugs in his blood.

http://youtu.be/gCI0sropXps

Food in the stratosphere

There’s a group of people. They want to send a fakepastry into the stratosphere.

They use a big balloon. The balloon is filled with gas. It takes the pastry up. It gets up to 29,000 feet
(8,839 metres). There’s a camera on the balloon, too. It films an interesting video.

After two hours up there, the balloon starts to go down. The people then find it.

http://youtu.be/s5Nlet1qQJs

Battle with oranges

This happens a long time ago. A town in Italy has a leader. He is very bad. People don’t like him.
One girl saves the town. She cuts off the leader’s head.

People are happy. They are in the streets, and they have a good time. Some girls like some boys.
The girls start to throw oranges at the boys. The boys throw things back. This throwing becomes a
tradition. The throwing tradition becomes the Battle of the Oranges.

People organise the battle every year. It is a lot of fun. People wear costumes, and they throw 500
tons of oranges.

http://youtu.be/V4jFRheEKIM

No school for three days

This story is about a boy. He is at school. He makes his hand look like a gun. He points the hand at
another student.
The school punishes the boy. He cannot visit the school for three days. He must study at home. If
he does it again, he will be punished again.

The boy’s father doesn’t understand all of this. He thinks that the punishment is too strict.

This happens in the USA. People talk about guns a lot there. It is a serious problem.

http://youtu.be/goVs3YnZzQo

Big storm in Sydney

Here is some news from Sydney. One morning it is very sunny there. It is warm, too. But
the weather gets worse in the afternoon.

A storm breaks. It is not sunny anymore. The sky is dark and it rains. Some people don’t
want to get wet. They use umbrellas. Other people are OK with the rain.

Traffic is slow. Buses are late. Planes cannot fly to Sydney’s airport. They must fly to
different cities.

http://youtu.be/fjFd2RA3Z_s