سطح اول - آیلتس 5-4 (A2 - B1)
There are tensions between Russia and Ukraine. An incident at sea makes the situation worse.
There are four boats. Three are Ukrainian. One is Russian. The Russian boat hits one of the Ukrainian boats. The Russian boat also fires on the Ukrainian boats. Russian men then seize the other boats.
Russia says that the Ukrainian boats are in Russian waters. Ukraine says that the boats did nothing bad. Ukraine says that Russia is aggressive.
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Tension: تنش
Incident:حادثه
Fire:شلیک
Seize: ربودن/ بتصرف درآوردن
Aggressive:/ پرخاشگر مهاجم
سطح دوم - آیلتس 6-5 (+B1+ - B2)
There are growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine and a recent incident made matters worse.
There were three Ukrainian boats and a Russian boat that were sailing in the Black Sea when the Russian boat hit one of the Ukrainian boats. Later it fired on the boats, and the Russians seized them.
Russia said that the Ukrainian boats were in their waters. Ukraine said that the boats did nothing wrong and that Russia was aggressive.
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Matter: شرایط
Sailing: حرکت با کشتی (به ویژه کشتی بادبانی)
سطح سوم - آیلتس 7+ ( C1 - C2)
Following months of growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, a video shows the moment that a Ukrainian boat and a Russian coast guard vessel collided off the coast of Crimea.
There were in total three Ukrainian vessels sailing in the sea when the incident happened. Russia said that they made an unauthorized passage through Russian territorial waters, and the Russian boat later opened fire on the vessels before seizing them.
Ukrainian authorities, on the other hand, said that their boats did nothing wrong and accused Russia of military aggression.
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Coast guard: گارد ساحلی
Vessel: کشتی/ قایق
Collide: تصادف کردن
Unauthorized:غیرمجاز
Territorial:قلمرو
Accuse: متهم کردن
Military:نظامی
