LinguaDrop bilingual news worksheet
Inondations : la Chine cache la vérité, disent des défenseurs du Tibet
Short learning excerpts adapted from a public lesson sourced from The Guardian. View source
1. Read both short excerpts
La Chine cache les vrais chiffres d'une inondation au Tibet. Un groupe de défense dit que trois cents maisons sont détruites. Le nombre de personnes disparues est plus grand que le chiffre officiel. Les autorités de Beijing cachent la taille réelle de la catastrophe. La police a puni dix personnes pour avoir partagé des informations.…
China is concealing the real figures of a flood in Tibet. A defense group says that three hundred homes are destroyed. The number of missing people is higher than the official figure. The authorities in Beijing are hiding the real scale of the disaster. The police punished ten people for having shared information.…
2. Vocabulary practice
| Word | Meaning | Your own sentence |
|---|---|---|
| cacher | to hide / to conceal | ____________________ |
| disparu | missing / disappeared | ____________________ |
| punir | to punish | ____________________ |
| partagé | shared | ____________________ |
| fausse | false / fake | ____________________ |
| maison | house / home | ____________________ |
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.
