Rita Guedes Explains Eye Surgery Problem That Led to Sunglasses for Eight Months
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Rita Guedes is an actress from Brazil. She had an eye surgery. Something went wrong with the surgery. This is called a complication. Because of this, she wore sunglasses for eight months.
Rita is on a TV show called Dança dos Famosos. It is a dance competition. People dance and judges watch them. Rita took off her sunglasses on the show.
The host of the show is Luciano Huck. He gave Rita a compliment when she took off her sunglasses. People were happy to see her eyes again.
Rita explained why she needed the sunglasses. She talked about the problem with her eye. Many fans were interested in her story.
Vocabulary15 words
- surgery
- when a doctor works on your body to fix a problem
- complication
- a new problem that happens after something else
- sunglasses
- dark glasses that protect your eyes from light
- dance competition
- an event where people dance and are judged
- compliment
- nice words you say to someone
- actress
- a woman who acts in movies or TV shows
- host
- the person who leads a TV show
- judges
- people who decide who is the best
- fans
- people who like a famous person
- eye
- the body part you see with
- problem
- something that is not right
- TV show
- a program you watch on television
- months
- a unit of time, about 30 days
- explain
- to tell why something happened
- removed
- took something away
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1. She had a complication from eye surgery 2. Dança dos Famosos 3. Luciano Huck
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Rita Guedes is an _____ from Brazil. She had an eye _____. Something went wrong with the surgery. This is called a _____. Because of this, she wore _____ for eight months.
Rita is on a TV show called Dança dos Famosos. It is a _____. People dance and _____ watch them. Rita took off her sunglasses on the show.
The _____ of the show is Luciano Huck. He gave Rita a _____ when she took off her sunglasses. People were happy to see her eyes again.
Rita _____ why she needed the sunglasses. She talked about the problem with her eye. Many _____ were interested in her story.
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