LinguaDrop bilingual news worksheet
Bou Meng, Rare Survivor of Khmer Rouge Torture House, Dies at 85
Short learning excerpts adapted from a public lesson sourced from The New York Times. View source
1. Read both short excerpts
Bou Meng, un survivant célèbre de la prison khmère rouge, est mort à quatre-vingt-cinq ans. Il était l'un des rares prisonniers à avoir survécu à la prison de Tuol Sleng. Pendant le régime brutal des Khmers rouges, des milliers de personnes sont mortes là-bas. Bou Meng a survécu parce qu'il savait très bien peindre.…
Bou Meng, a famous survivor of the Khmer Rouge prison, died at eighty-five years old. He was one of the few prisoners to have survived Tuol Sleng prison. During the brutal regime of the Khmer Rouge, thousands of people died there. Bou Meng survived because he knew how to paint very well. The soldiers forced him to paint portraits of the leader Pol Pot.…
2. Vocabulary practice
| Word | Meaning | Your own sentence |
|---|---|---|
| survivant | survivor | ____________________ |
| peindre | to paint | ____________________ |
| témoin | witness | ____________________ |
| plusieurs | several | ____________________ |
| se souvenir | to remember | ____________________ |
3. Comprehension and reflection
1. Write one sentence that summarizes the main event or idea.
2. Which detail best supports your summary? Quote only a short phrase.
3. What can you infer from the excerpt that is not stated directly?
Teacher / self-study answer guidance
Accept answers that accurately identify the central idea, use a short supporting detail, and explain a reasonable inference. Wording may vary. Check the full interactive lesson and original source when context is unclear; this bounded excerpt is practice material, not a complete news report.
