**Featured Story**

**The Lost Passport Panic🧳**
Javier loses something important at the airport.

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🟢 Beginner:

Javier is at the airport.
"Where is my passport?" he asks.
He looks in his bag. He looks in his pockets.
"Oh no!" he says.

Expression: Be in panic mode (a sudden state of fear or stress)
• Passport (noun, an official document needed for international travel)
• Airport (noun, a place where airplanes take off and land, with buildings for passengers)
• Bag (noun, an object used to carry things, like a purse or backpack)
• Look (verb, to direct your eyes toward something to see it)
• Pocket (noun, a small space in clothing for carrying small items)

Example:
Emma checked her phone before leaving for the airport.
Her flight was in 30 minutes.
"Wait… where’s my boarding pass?!" she gasped.
She was in panic mode!

🟡 Intermediate:

Javier checked his bag and froze.
"I can’t find my passport!" he screamed.
He rummaged through his suitcase.
"Are you sure you brought it?" his friend asked.
"I think so…" Javier replied, feeling anxious.

Expression: Feel your heart racing (to feel sudden fear or stress, making your heartbeat faster)
• Freeze (verb, to stop moving suddenly, often in shock or fear)
• Rummage through (phrasal verb, to search through a mess or pile of things quickly)
• Suitcase (noun, a large, rectangular bag used for carrying clothes while traveling)
• Anxious (adjective, feeling nervous or worried about something)
• Sure (adjective, feeling confident about something being true or correct)

Example:
Liam reached for his phone to pay at the café.
His pockets were empty.
"Oh no… did I leave it at home?"
He felt his heart racing as he searched his bag.

🔴 Advanced:

Javier had just reached the front of the immigration line when he realized his passport was missing.
He rummaged through his bag, his heartbeat quickening.
"I swear I had it!" he told the officer.
"Do you have a photocopy?" the officer asked.
Javier breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yes! Let’s hope this works."

Expression: A close call (a situation where something bad almost happened but was avoided just in time)
• Immigration (noun, the process of entering a country to live there permanently)
• Quicken (verb, becoming faster or more intense)
• Swear (verb, to promise something strongly or to use rude language)
• Photocopy (noun, a copy of a document made by a machine)
• Breathe a sigh of relief (phrase, to feel relaxed after something stressful ends)

Example:
Sophia was about to cross the street when a car sped by, just missing her.
She stepped back, her heart pounding.
"That was a close call!" she said.

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The Lost Passport Panic