Very heavy man has a problem – level 1

29-04-2014 07:00

This story is about a man. He is very heavy. He is from China. He is 22 years old. The man weighs 300 kilograms. He eats a lot.

The man is sick. He cannot move. Doctors come to his home. They want to move him, but the man is too heavy. More people must help them.

They take the man to hospital. His condition is serious. He has problems with his kidneys.

Difficult words: sick (there is something wrong with his body), condition (situation), serious (he can die), kidneys (two organs in your lower back which clean blood).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

Do you know any really big people?

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