A ride at a big park in Japan stopped suddenly and left people hanging in the air. The ride is very high, like a 15-story building, and it stopped because it found something wrong. Workers helped the people get down safely using special stairs, and nobody got hurt. They don't know yet why the ride stopped, but it started working again after they checked it was safe.

This happened on a Thursday morning and someone took a video of it. The ride moves people all around, like in a circle, and it's supposed to make you feel like you're in a movie with dinosaurs. The people who run the park say that the ride stops by itself if something is not right. This shows that it's important for rides to be safe so that people don't get hurt.

Even though the ride stopped without warning, everyone was okay and got off the ride without any problems. The video of the ride stopping is now popular on the internet, and it shows everyone stuck up high. The park hasn't said why the ride found something wrong. People who like to go on rides and those who were there are wondering what happened.

Original news source: Japan: People left dangling as rollercoaster stops mid-ride (BBC)

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A ride at a big park in Japan stopped suddenly and left people hanging in the air. The ride is very ?, like a 15-story building, and it stopped because it ? something wrong. Workers helped the people get down safely using special stairs, and nobody got ?. They don't know yet why the ride stopped, but it started working again after they checked it was safe. This happened on a Thursday morning and someone ? a video of it. The ride ? people all around, like in a ?, and it's supposed to make you feel like you're in a movie with ?. The ? who run the park say that the ? stops by itself if something is not right. This shows that it's important for rides to be safe so that people don't get hurt. Even though the ride stopped without warning, everyone was okay and got off the ride without any ?. The video of the ride stopping is now ? on the internet, and it shows everyone stuck up high. The ? hasn't said why the ride found something wrong. People who like to go on rides and those who were there are wondering what happened.

1. What is a ride?
2. How would you feel if you were stuck in the air on a ride?
3. Do you like going on rides? Why or why not?
4. What do workers do to help people get down from a ride?
5. How do you think the people felt when the ride stopped suddenly?
6. Have you ever been on a ride that stopped unexpectedly? How did you feel?
7. Do you think it's important for rides to be safe? Why or why not?
8. What do you think the people in the ride were thinking while they were stuck up high?
9. How do you think the workers felt when they helped the people down?
10. Have you seen any videos on the internet that were popular? What were they about?
11. Why do you think the park hasn't said why the ride stopped?
12. Do you think you would still go on that ride after seeing the video? Why or why not?

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