Dancing With The Stars Suspends Val Chmerkovskiy
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Val Chmerkovskiy is a dancer on the TV show Dancing With the Stars.
The show has suspended him for one week.
He made a joke about slapping the judge Carrie Ann Inaba.
The show said the joke was inappropriate.
Val will not dance in the next episode.
Jenna Dewan is Val's dance partner on the show.
She will dance with another dancer, Alan, instead.
The show said staff well-being is very important.
They said this rule is non-negotiable.
This means the rule cannot change.
Vocabulary15 words
- suspended
- stopped from working for a short time
- inappropriate
- not right; not polite
- episode
- one show in a TV series
- partner
- a person you dance with
- well-being
- feeling safe and good
- non-negotiable
- cannot be changed
- professional
- doing something as a job
- judge
- a person who scores a show
- joke
- something funny you say
- staff
- people who work somewhere
- dance
- move your body to music
- show
- a program on TV
- week
- seven days
- instead
- in place of someone or something
- rule
- something you must follow
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1. He was suspended for one week 2. He made a joke about slapping a judge 3. Alan
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Val Chmerkovskiy is a _____ on the TV show Dancing With the Stars.
The show has _____ him for one week.
He made a joke about _____ the judge Carrie Ann Inaba.
The show said the joke was _____.
Val will not dance in the next _____.
Jenna Dewan is Val's dance _____ on the show.
She will dance with another dancer, Alan, _____.
The show said staff _____ is very important.
They said this rule is _____.
This means the rule cannot _____.
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