The day the trial of the Rosenbergs started – level 2

06-03-1951

The atomic bomb which the Americans developed helped to end the war with Japan. It also gave the United States a military advantage over the rest of the world. However, this advantage didn’t last long.

In 1949, the Soviets secretly tested their nuclear weapon. It was a shock to the Americans.

They experienced another shock when their plane took air samples over the Pacific shortly after the explosion. The samples showed that the Soviet bomb was a copy of the bomb which the Americans dropped on Nagasaki four years earlier.

The Americans understood that somebody gave the Soviets the information on how to create an atomic bomb.

Soon after, the FBI arrested a worker at a laboratory where nuclear weapons were made. He told them the truth and he started to work with the FBI. He told the FBI the names of other Russian agents.

The most important agent was Julius Rosenberg. He was a leader of other agents who gave him secret information about military technology. Rosenberg was arrested and taken to court.

On March 6, 1951, the trial began with him and his wife. The result of the trial was a death sentence for both of them.

Difficult words: advantage (something good which you have and others don’t have), last (to take time), sample (a small part of something), court (the place where the judge works), trial (a process in a court), sentence (a punishment).

Who gave the Soviet Union information about how to create an atomic bomb?

LEARN 3000 WORDS with DAYS IN LEVELS

Days in Levels is designed to teach you 3000 words in English. Please follow the instructions
below.

How to improve your English with Days in Levels: 

Test

  1. Do the test at Test Languages.
  2. Go to your level. Go to Level 1 if you know 1-1000 words. Go to Level 2 if you know 1000-2000 words. Go to Level 3 if you know 2000-3000 words.

Reading

  1. Read two new articles article at Days in Levels every day.
  2. Read one previous article too and check if you remember all new words.

Listening

  1. Listen to the new article and read the text at the same time.
  2. Listen to the new article without reading the text.

Writing

  1. Answer the question under the new article and write your answer in the comments.

Speaking

  1. Choose one person from the Skype section.
  2. Talk with this person. You can answer questions from Speak in Levels.