B1 · 5 minutes · Nature and travel

Denali: The Alaskan Wild

Denali National Park in Alaska is home to North America's tallest mountain, which once had a different name. A VOA Learning English report.

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What you’ll practise

Hear comparisons and the history of a name.

Words to know

peak: The top of a mountain.
expand: To become bigger.
debate: A discussion between people who disagree.

Words at this lesson’s level (B1)

At B1, you probably know about 97% of the words in this lesson.

The other words of this lesson are at B1 or below.

Word levels from the CEFR-J Wordlist 1.5 (Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies); words not in it count as above B2. Your level is the one you chose in the level guide, otherwise the lesson’s.

Source

Text and audio from “Denali: The Alaskan Wild”, America's National Parks, VOA Learning English, published 2016-09-02. Ashley Thompson adapted this report with materials from the National Park Service. Public domain.

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