Vocabulary Focus: Ordinary People with Extraordinary Abilities

1. EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE

2. TheIncredibleBrain He can multiplyverybigandhugenumbers. And, he can speak seven languages. He also can a newlanguage in just a week. Amazing, isn’t it? The Boy with Sonar Vision Ben Underwoodtaught is blindhe can play basketball, ride on a bicycle.Helives a quite normal life. He can use sound. He's the only person in the world who can see everythingwithouteyes

3. TheRubberboy Five time Guiness Record holder, The Rubberboy is the most flexible man. He can dislocate his arms to crawl through an unstrung tennis racquet. He can perform contortion handstands and unique acrobatics. Mister Eat-it-All Michel Lotito (born 1950) is a French entertainer.Lotito'sperformances are the consumption of metal, glass, rubber and so on in items such as bicycles, televisions.Duringperforming he can consume around a kilogram of material daily. His stomach can digestmetals.

4. KingTooth He can pull297.1 tons over a distance of 2.8 metres at the Old Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. He can control his spirit. TheMagneticMan He can takeseveral iron objects and put them on his abdomen, and to his surprise, all the objects including an iron, stuck on his skin and don’tfall down. Since this "gift'' is also present in three of his sons and two grandchildren, he figures it's hereditary.

5. The Man who doesn't Sleep TheTortureKing He can staysleeplessformanynights. Tim Cridland doesn't seem in pain. He can pushneedles into his arms without. Scientific tests have shown that Tim can tolerate much higher levels of pain than are humanly possible. He explains that, by using mind over matter, he can push skewers through his body .

6. TheLionWhisperer He can spend the night curled up with lionswithout fear. He can play, carress, cuddle with them. It’s a dangerous job but to Kevin, its more of a passion for him. TheEye-PoppingMan Claudio Pinto can pop both of his eyes 4 cm.