Bruce Willis retires – level 1

06-04-2022 07:00

Bruce Willis is an American actor. He is 67 years old. He ends his job. He is ill.

Willis has a disease called aphasia. A person with aphasia has problems with language. He has difficulty to speak. He can’t understand what people say or write.

Now it is impossible for Willis to work as an actor. His family says that Willis retires.

Willis becomes famous in the 1980s. He plays in the TV series ‘Moonlighting’. He plays in five ‘Die Hard’ films. He becomes very popular in all the world. His fans love him. The news about Willis’s disease is a shock for them.

Difficult words: disease (a situation when a part of the body doesn’t work as usual, and the person becomes ill), retire (to stop working, usually after working many years), shock (bad or surprising news or event which somebody doesn’t expect).

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