Football referee was hit
An Indonesian football player hit a referee. The attack was filmed on camera.
The score was 1:1. The referee gave a penalty. It was only 8 minutes before the end of the match. One player wasn’t happy with the penalty. He was angry. He hit the referee.
The referee had blood on his face. He went to the hospital. The game stopped for 15 minutes. Then a new referee came. He gave that player a red card. The player will now not play many matches because he hit the referee.
Interesting words: referee (person who is in control of a match), score (number of points which each team has).
Policeman saved a man
A policeman saved the man in Colombia. The policeman is ahero. The other man wanted to kill himself. He tried to jump in front of a train.
This situation was filmed by cameras in the station. When the man tried to jump, the policeman caught him. It all happened very quickly. They were both very lucky.
Interesting words: hero (very brave man), kill himself (end his life), caught (catch in the past).
Car turned around and continued
A rally driver had an accident. His car hit the side of the road. It rolled. There was a camera in the car. It filmed the accident. The driver was OK. He continued.
The driver drove Formula One in the past. He now drives racing cars.
Interesting words: rally (car race on roads in nature), roll (turn around), drove (drive in the past), racing car (car which is for races).
Police took people away
Police removed people. These people lived in an old museum. It isn’t their museum. They should not live there. The museum is old. It is not nice. The government wants to remove the museum. The government doesn’t want old buildings.
The people lived in the museum for a long time. They had to leave on Monday.
Interesting words: remove (take away), government (authorities), had to (must in the past), leave (go away).
Man with a chair
A criminal wanted money from a shop. There was a brave man in the shop. It was the owner. He didn't give him the money. He took a chair and hit the criminal. He wasn’t afraid.
Security cameras filmed the situation. The criminal had a gun. He shot into the air. The criminal stole money from shops before. He needed money. He had to give the money to a gang.
Interesting words: criminal (bad man), owner (boss), be afraid (have fear), gun (metal weapon), shot (shoot in the past), stole (steal in the past).
Man shot himself with a harpoon
A man from Brazil shot himself. It was an accident. He was cleaning his harpoon. He shot himself on mistake. It hit him in the head, in his left eye.
He had a 15 centimeters harpoon in his head. It was very painful. He called for help. He went to a hospital. The doctors took this harpoon out of his head. It took them four hours.
This man was very lucky. His brain is OK but his left eye is not. He can't see with it. He will go home from the hospital soon. Then he will tell people his story.
Interesting words: harpoon (sharp thing for catching fish), painful (full of pain).