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1. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at the title and the photos, read the I can ... statement for this lesson and predict what happens in the text. Tell the class your ideas.
2. Read the text, ignoring the gaps. How accurate were your predictions?
3. Read the Reading Strategy. Then look at the gaps in the text. Which gaps begin with a verb in the past simple?
Reading StrategySteps to help you decide which phrases fit which gaps: - Read the whole sentence to get a general understanding of it. - Look at the grammatical structure and identify the role the gap plays in the sentence (Is it a verb / an adverb / the subject or object of a verb? etc.) - Check if the phrase you choose agrees with the words around it. - Check if the completed sentence makes sense. |
4. Match the phrases (A–H) with gaps 1-8 in the text. Use your answers to exercise 3 to help you.
A. flew higher and higher
B. to keep away from some dark clouds
C. which was spinning above her head
D. seemed certain
E. where she took off
F. were getting ready to take off
G. she survived
H. lost consciousness
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A bumpy ride
In February 2007, Ewa Wisnierska, a German paraglider, was in Australia with other paragliders preparing for the World Championships. One morning, as they (1) _____, they noticed a thunderstorm approaching. However, they decided to carry on. As the best paragliders, they were skillful enough (2) _____. Unfortunately, as the competitors took off, the weather quickly got worse. Despite Ewa's attempt to escape, two enormous clouds came together and trapped her. They pulled her up inside the storm like a leaf in the wind. She (3) _____. "It was dark and I could hear lightning all around me." She reached nearly 10,000 m, higher than the top of Mount Everest, and then (4) _____.
At that height, the temperature was about -40°C and there was very little oxygen. Death (5) _____. For forty minutes, Ewa was unconscious. Waking up, she was still inside the storm. It was dark, and hailstones as big as tennis balls were flying past. But fortunately, her glider, (6) _____, was still in one piece. Eventually, Ewa came out of the storm cloud and landed safely near a small farm. When her team reached her, she was 60 km away from the place (7) _____. She was weak and covered in ice - but alive! Ewa was the luckiest woman in the world. There's no logical reason why (8) _____. Ewa had frostbite on her ears and legs, but a few days later, she competed in the World Championships.
5. Read the text again. Are the sentences true or false. Write T or F.
1. The paragliders decided not to practise because the weather was so bad.
2. The weather got worse during the morning.
3. The storm damaged one of the wings of her glider.
4. Ewa was still able to compete in the World Championships.
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6. VOCABULARY Match the six highlighted verbs of movement in the text with the definitions below. Write the infinitives.
Verbs of movement
1. to go round and round quickly _____
2. to go up from the ground _____
3. to come down to the ground _____
4. to move nearer_____
5. to arrive at a certain place _____
7. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Prepare an interview with Ewa. Then act out your interview.
Student A: You are the interviewer. Prepare six questions using the prompts below and/or your own ideas.
Student B: You are Ewa. Prepare your answers to Student A's questions. Use as much information from the text as you can.
1. what / you / do / in Australia?
2. what / weather / like / that morning?
3. why /you / take off?
4. what / can / remember / about the storm?
5. what / most terrifying part / experience?
6. how / you / feel / afterwards?
