Nail in the Heart
A man from Wisconsin, USA was nailing with a nail gun when he accidentally dropped it. It then fired on its own and shot him in the chest.
He could not see anything, but he felt the nail moving with his heart. It was embedded inside the heart.
He didn’t try to pull the nail out – he knew that could have been fatal. Instead, he drove to hospital. He is fine now.
Difficult words: embed (insert; put into), fatal (deadly).
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A man from Wisconsin, USA was nailing with a nail gun when he accidentally dropped it. It then fired on its own and shot him in the chest.
He could not see anything, but he felt the nail moving with his heart. It was embedded inside the heart.
He didn’t try to pull the nail out – he knew that could have been fatal. Instead, he drove to hospital. He is fine now.
Difficult words: embed (insert; put into), fatal (deadly).
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Big Ben has bonged its last bongs for four years
People came to see Big Ben’s last chime in London. The world-famous clock, which stands over the Houses of Parliament, will be under restoration for four years. However, it will still ring on some important events.
This is not the first time in history that The Great Bell has stopped. People stopped it for maintenance work between 1983 and 1985, and again in 2007.
Big Ben’s keeper says that the project, which will cost people £29 million, is very important. He also thinks that the tower is an ‘international symbol of democracy’.
Difficult words: chime (ring), restoration (the work to make something like new), maintenance work (work to keep something working).
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People came to see Big Ben’s last chime in London. The world-famous clock, which stands over the Houses of Parliament, will be under restoration for four years. However, it will still ring on some important events.
This is not the first time in history that The Great Bell has stopped. People stopped it for maintenance work between 1983 and 1985, and again in 2007.
Big Ben’s keeper says that the project, which will cost people £29 million, is very important. He also thinks that the tower is an ‘international symbol of democracy’.
Difficult words: chime (ring), restoration (the work to make something like new), maintenance work (work to keep something working).
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