سطح اول - آیلتس 5-4 (A2 - B1)
A woman is riding her bike. There is a bridge ahead of her. It is rising. It looks like she wants to cross the bridge anyway. She gets through the barriers. Moments later, she falls down. People run to her to help her. The bridge is stopped.
The woman is not seriously injured. She goes to hospital anyway.
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Rise: افزایش داشتن
Barrier: مانع/ سد
Seriously injured: جراحت جدی
سطح دوم - آیلتس 6-5 (+B1+ - B2)
A cyclist attempted to cross a rising bridge in Wisconsin, USA, and she got through the barriers but fell into the gap of the bridge moments later.
The operator of the bridge stopped it, and people ran to the woman to help her. She was not seriously injured but went to hospital.
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Attempt: تلاش کردن
Gap: وقفه/ فاصله
سطح سوم - آیلتس 7+ ( C1 - C2)
A camera captured the moment that a cyclist apparently attempted to cross a rising bridge in Wisconsin, USA.
She managed to get through the barriers by making a sudden swerve – it appears that the cyclist only grazed one of them. Sadly, she fell into the gap of the bridge only a moment afterwards.
The operator stalled the bridge as onlookers rushed over to assist the woman. She escaped serious injury and went to hospital for facial injuries.
[audio url="/file-dl/breakfast-reading/audio/Cyclist-vsBridge-level-3.mp3" volume="100"]
Apparently: ظاهرا
Attempt: تلاش کردن
Swerve: منحرف شدن از مسیر
Stall: ایستادن
Rush: عجله کردن
