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Underwater search for lost love

An original short story with five questions on comprehension and vocabulary in context.

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Underwater search for lost love

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Original fictional learning scenario. People, dialogue and personal experiences are created for language practice.

When Mara lost her wedding ring from a small boat, she thought it was gone forever. The lake was deep near the middle, but she remembered taking off her gloves close to the landing stage. A local diving club offered to search that area during a supervised training session. They asked her to describe the ring and mark the likely location on a map.

The first search found only a rusty key. Mara was ready to give up, but the divers returned the following week and found the ring caught between stones. She thanked them with a meal at her café. What moved her most was not simply getting an object back: strangers had treated something important to her as worth their time.

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supervised /ˈsuːpəvaɪzd/

під наглядом, pod nadzorem, unter Aufsicht, bajo supervisión, sous surveillance, sotto supervisione, sob supervisão, gözetim altında, تحت إشراف, 受监督, 監督下にある, 감독하에, निगरानी में, υπό επίβλεψη, pod dohledem, sub supraveghere, onder toezicht, under uppsikt, בפיקוח, მეთვალყურეობის ქვეშ

Watched and guided by someone responsible.

“A local diving club offered to search that area during a supervised training session.”

location /ləʊˈkeɪʃən/

місце розташування, lokalizacja, Standort, ubicación, emplacement, posizione, localização, konum, الموقع, 地点, 場所, 위치, स्थान, τοποθεσία, umístění, locație, locatie, plats, מיקום, მდებარეობა

The place where something is situated.

“They asked her to describe the ring and mark the likely location on a map.”

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Why did the divers search near the landing stage?

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