A2 Reading: Bruce Lee
Read about Bruce Lee and fill in the gaps.
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Bruce Lee was in San Francisco, USA, in 1940, but he grew up in Hong Kong. His father was a famous opera singer, and Bruce acted in films when he was a child.
As a teenager, Bruce often got into in the street. To help him, his parents sent him to a kung fu teacher. Bruce every day and became very good.
When he was 18, his parents sent him to America with only $100. He worked as a waiter and studied at university in Seattle. He also started to kung fu, and he opened his own martial arts school.
Bruce was very fast and very . People say he could do push-ups on two fingers! He was in an American TV series, but Hollywood didn't give him big , partly because he was Chinese. So he went back to Hong Kong and made his own films. They were very all over the world.
In 1973, he finished the film Enter the Dragon. But he never saw its success. He suddenly in July 1973. He was only 32 years old.
Today, people still watch his films, and millions of people martial arts because of him. He is also famous for his words "Be water, my friend". He meant that we should be , like water.
As a teenager, Bruce often got into in the street. To help him, his parents sent him to a kung fu teacher. Bruce every day and became very good.
When he was 18, his parents sent him to America with only $100. He worked as a waiter and studied at university in Seattle. He also started to kung fu, and he opened his own martial arts school.
Bruce was very fast and very . People say he could do push-ups on two fingers! He was in an American TV series, but Hollywood didn't give him big , partly because he was Chinese. So he went back to Hong Kong and made his own films. They were very all over the world.
In 1973, he finished the film Enter the Dragon. But he never saw its success. He suddenly in July 1973. He was only 32 years old.
Today, people still watch his films, and millions of people martial arts because of him. He is also famous for his words "Be water, my friend". He meant that we should be , like water.