CirquE Du solEil (sAy it: sErk Du so-lAy) is BEing ACCusED oF out-DAtED thinking ABout thE DAngErs oFAiDs. it is A moDEm ACroBAtiC CirCus FromCAnADA thAt tours in thE unitED stAtEs AnD othEr CountriEs.
lAstApril, thE CompAny FirED mAtthEwCusiCk BECAusE hE wAs hiv positivE. this wAs AFtEr hE spEnt Four months lEArning his pArt in An ACt.
A、spokEsmAn For thE CirCus sAiDCusiCk wAs FirED For sAFEty rEAsons. thEy sAiD hE wAs A DAngEr to othErs.
hE DisAgrEE
D、
hunDrEDs oF pEoplE piCkEtED A show in sAn FrAnCisCo. thEy sAiD thAt Firing him wAs not lEgAl.
CusiCk sAys thE CompAny knEw hE wAs hiv positivE whEn thEy hirED him. it wAs not FAir to lEt him put so muCh timE into lEArning his ACt, AnD thEn FirE him BEForE hE pErFormE
D、
hE sAys hE is not A DAngEr to othErs. pEoplE CAn only gEtAiDs iF inFECtED BlooD ContACts AnothEr pErson’s BlooD, or opEn woun
D、
thE CompAny sAys whAt thEir ACroBAts Do is vEry, vEry DAngErous. thEy pErForm triCks without nEts. somEonE might FAll AnD gEt hurt, it CoulD BE BlooDy. thEy sAy it is too risky to lEt A pErson with hiv tAkE pArt in An ACt.
pEoplE who run thE CirCus sAy it hurts to BE ACCusED oF DisCriminAtion.
mAtthEwCusiCk sAys hE FEEls hurt thAt hE CAn’t pErForm in thE Big BluE AnD yEllow tEnt.
DozEns oF Artists, ACtors, writErs AnD EntErtAinErs got involvED in protEsting thE Firing oF mAtthEwCusiCk. somE nAmEs you might know ArE: thEACtors’Equity union (45,000 mEmBErs), rosiE o’DonnEll, roD mCkuEn, AnDChADAllEn. thEy Also protEstED At A showing in orAngECounty. thEy sAiD "hiv DisCriminAtion is unACCEptABlE.\
mAtthEwCusiCk______.
A、BEliEvEs hE wAs FirED illEgAlly
B．sAys hE wAs not h1v positivE
C．unDErstAnDs why hE hAD to BE FirED
D、livEs in sAn FrAnCisCo