๐Ÿ“– Lesson A2 Reading๐Ÿ  Everyday Life

๐Ÿ›น The Skateboard Kid from Brazil

When Rayssa Leal was seven years old, a video of her doing skateboard tricks in a fairy costume went viral on the internet. Four years later, she won a silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, becoming one of the youngest Olympic medal winners in history. This is the story of a girl from a small town in Brazil who followed her dream and inspired millions.

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  • True story with vocabulary highlights

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viralcostumetrickcompetitionmedalprofessionalopponentincrediblesupportchampionshipinspiredetermination

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

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