Fleydo English School
๐Ÿ“– Lesson A2 Reading๐Ÿ  Everyday Life

๐Ÿ’ก The Boy Who Built a Windmill

In 2002, a terrible famine hit Malawi, and 14-year-old William Kamkwamba had to leave school because his family could not pay the fees. But William did not stop learning. He went to the library, found a book about energy, and built a windmill from old bicycle parts, a tractor fan, and blue gum trees. His invention brought electricity to his home and changed his life forever.

๐ŸŽ’ Teens (11โ€“16) schedule 15 min signal_cellular_alt Easy visibility 158
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  • True story with vocabulary highlights

translate Key Vocabulary

faminescrapwindmillelectricityaffordlibraryinventionconnectbatterycuriousdroughtinspire

auto_fix_high Grammar Points

  • Past simple for narrative
  • Past continuous for background
  • Time expressions
  • Adjectives for description
  • Sequencing words

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