NEXT UP! 2 146 Yusra Mardini SWIMMER Once, in Damascus, Syria, there was a swimmer called Yusra. Every day, she and her sister trained with their dad at the local swimming pool. Syria was at war, and one day a bomb was dropped on the swimming pool. Luckily, Yusra was not there at the time. Shortly afterward, her house was destroyed by another bomb. It was another narrow escape. All of a sudden, Yusra and her family had nothing left and nowhere to live, so they decided to flee the country. Yusra had heard that Germany was a good place for swimmers. The journey was long and getting there would be hard, but that did not put Yusra off. She and her sister joined a group of other refugees for a month-long journey across several countries and then on board a rubber dinghy to the island of Lesbos. The boat was only meant for six or seven people. There were twenty crammed aboard. Suddenly, the motor Before reading Read the first sentence. What do you know about Syria? easy read luckily – sem betur fer shortly afterward – skömmu síðar a narrow escape – naum undankoma all of a sudden – allt í einu to flee – flýja a journey – ferð a refugee – flóttamaður several – nokkrir a rubber dinghy – gúmmíbátur meant for – hér: ætlaður fyrir to cram – hér: troðast
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