## Les 4 - The news 1

During this 'steunles', we will take a look at the news and see which words we can add to our Vocab list.
Also, we will take another look at how to read texts. And for that, you first have to take a look at the reading card below.

Now you know what to focus on while reading, let's take a look at the text below.

Read the text below and answer the questions.

    Text 1:
    Money is what you use to buy things. You may earn money from completing household chores, getting good grades, for your allowance, or for losing a tooth! Money is very important in our world and comes in many different forms.

    People have been using money for hundreds of years. Before money people simply traded items. In the United States, we use the dollar as our currency or money, but people in different parts of the world use different currencies, though some countries also use or accept our dollars.

    People earn money from the jobs they work and use that money to save for the future or pay for their houses, cars, good, taxes, medical needs, and household items, among other things.” Even things such as turning the lights on, using the air conditioning or heat, and connecting to the internet cost money.

Household chores | Huishoudelijke taken
Allowance | Toelage
Traded (trading) | Ruilen
Currency | Valuta
Earn (earning) | Verdienen
Among | Tussen

Read the text below and answer the questions.

Text 2:

    ​​Green is a beautiful colour! In nature, the grass that you walk on is green and the leaves that you see on trees are usually green. Most of the plants that you see are green too! Frogs are green and many grasshoppers are green too. Turtles are different shades of green.

    Did you know that you can make green paint by mixing blue and yellow? Because you can make green my mixing two primary colours, it is called a secondary color. Green is also the name used to describe the movement to make products that do not harm the Earth. Green products are often those made from recycled materials or those that are safe to throw out in the trash.

Grasshoppers | Sprinkhanen
Primary colours | Primaire kleuren
Movement | Beweging
Harm (harming) | Pijn doen

Choose the right definition for the right word.