Patient Badly Burned After Setting Himself on Fire in French Hospital
A fire happened at a hospital in Rennes, France. A man set himself on fire in his room. The hospital is a psychiatric hospital. This is a hospital for people with mental health problems.
The man got very bad burns. Doctors said his condition was very serious. He needed help right away.
Firefighters and doctors came to the hospital fast. They helped the man after the fire.
The news did not give the man's name. We do not know why he did this. The story is still new, and more information may come later.
Vocabulary15 words
- psychiatric
- about mental health problems
- burns
- hurt skin from fire
- condition
- how a person's health is
- firefighters
- people who stop fires
- serious
- very bad; important
- hospital
- a place where doctors help sick people
- fire
- hot flames that burn things
- set fire
- made something start to burn
- injured
- hurt
- emergency
- a bad problem that needs fast help
- news
- information about new events
- mental health
- feelings and mind health
- help
- to give aid to someone
- room
- a space inside a building
- France
- a country in Europe
Quiz
Answer key
1. In a hospital 2. A psychiatric hospital 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A fire happened at a hospital in Rennes, France. A man set himself on _____ in his room. The hospital is a _____ hospital. This is a hospital for people with mental health problems.
The man got very bad _____. Doctors said his condition was very _____. He needed help right away.
_____ and doctors came to the hospital fast. They helped the man after the fire.
The news did not give the man's _____. We do not know why he did this. The story is still new, and more information may come later.