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Fish Fall From The Sky

מאמר באנגלית לתרגול קריאה. כולל 5 מילים חדשות עם תרגום לעברית, 3 שאלות הבנת הנקרא, 5 שאלות לשיחה. מתאים לרמה בינונית.

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A few days after Christmas, 2021, residents of Texarkana, Texas, received an unusual delivery. Hundreds of fish fell from the sky and landed in parking lots, backyards, and other places around the town.

Was it an omen that 2022 will be a special year, or did some of Santa’s presents just arrive late? Neither. According to scientists, animal rain happens most often when storms that are over water cause tornado-like waterspouts which can suck up small animals and later drop them over land. Although it is less frequent, storms that are overland also pick up animals.

Historically, the animal rain phenomenon has happened in many places around the world, including in Sri Lanka and California in 2017, where fish fell in both cases. In other places around the world, frogs, spiders, worms, and octopuses have fallen from the sky. However, because it is uncommon, and it is difficult to record the animals falling, some people have been slow to believe it happens.

The people that live in Texarkana seemed to accept the event without a lot of surprises. Residents cleared the fish from their properties, and one man said the fish would be useful as bait for his next fishing trip.

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Resident /rɛzɪdənt/ noun תוֹשָׁב

    a person that lives in a particular place

    I am a resident of Haifa.

  • Omen /oʊmən/ noun אוֹת

    a sign or warning of something that will happen in the future

    Seeing dead dolphins is a bad omen.

  • Waterspout /wɔtər spaʊt/ noun זרבובית מים

    a rotating column of water that is caused by a storm

    We saw a waterspout yesterday.

  • Frequent /frikwənt/ adjective תָכוּף

    happening often

    Frequent rain will lead to landslides.

  • Bait /beɪt/ noun פְּתָיוֹן

    food put on a hook to catch fish

    I will dig worms as bait.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. What is the weather normally like where you live?
  2. How common are storms in your region? How dangerous are they?
  3. How would you react if you saw small animals falling from the sky and landing near you?
  4. What would be the best animal to see falling from the sky? What would be the worst?
  5. In modern times, we understand things that used to scare us. Can you think of any examples?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. What was the unusual delivery that the residents of Texarkana received?

  2. What caused the animal's rain?

  3. What does “Phenomenon” mean?

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