Tiger needs help
A tiger in Israel has a problem. His ear made him ill. The doctors wanted to help him. But standard medicine didn’t work. So the doctors wanted to use acupuncture.
They gave acupuncture to cats, dogs, horses and cows before. But to give acupuncture to a tiger is something special.
Tigers are wild animals. So doctors used anesthetics first. When the tiger was sleeping, they gave him acupuncture.
Interesting words: acupuncture (medicine with needles), wild (from nature).
People wanted to see David Beckham
Shoes, sandals and a pair of broken glasses were on the street near a Shanghai university. It was after a visit from David Beckham. 500 fans wanted to see the football legend. David Beckham visited the local university’s football team.
Students and fans pushed each other. They jumped over cars and walls. They wanted to see David very much. Seven people were injured during the meeting.
David Beckham is in China because he wants to help Chinese football. Chinese football has bad image after big scandals.
Interesting words: fans (people who like one team), local (connected with a place where you are).
Boy hears for the first time
A boy couldn’t hear from the time that he was born. He is three years old now. Doctors in the US helped him. The video shows the moment when the boy hears his father's speak for the first time.
The boy got a special implant. The doctors will test if the implant is good for children. The doctors connected the implant directly with the boy’s brain. The boy will now learn how to speak.
Interesting words: implant (something which is put in your body during an operation), directly (with nothing between).
Father goes after his son
A father hit his son’s car with his car. Then he tried to catch him on foot. The situation happened because they had a problem before.
The video shows the father’s black Mercedes. He hit the son's red BMW in the center of the city. The son tried to go away but his father was faster and hit his son’s car. Then the two men got out of their cars. The father tried to catch his son on foot. The police say that after some time they were stopped.
Interesting words: catch (stop and hold something), on foot (walking).
Man, bicycle and big toys
Danny MacAskill likes his bicycle. He is a star. He has a new project. It is a film. He used his childhood toys in the film. The toys are very big. He jumps on these toys with his bicycle. The project took him two years. It was filmed in Glasgow.
You can watch his film on YouTube. Many people watched the film. Its name is Imaginate. Danny is twenty seven years old. Danny did a lot of interesting bicycle tricks in his film.
Interesting words: childhood (time when you are a child), trick (special action which is interesting to watch).
Car goes very fast in LA
A driver went very fast in his car in Los Angeles. For 45 minutes he tried to run from the police. It was very dangerous. He could hit other cars.
After 45 minutes he stopped his car. Then he tried to run away on foot. But the policemen caught him. He is in prison now. He drove so fast that smoke was coming out of his car's engine.
Interesting words: caught (past form of catch), engine (motor).