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Ice Water Diver
Rhian Waller is a National Geographic Explorer. She teaches at the Darling Marine Center in the United States. She studies animals that live in extreme places. She is very interested in corals and often has to dive in cold water to study them.
A. (🎧2-40) Listen. Circle the correct answers.
1. Waller is a (scientist / diving instructor).
2. She studied corals on video screens because they are (small / hard to reach).
3. It's difficult to dive in Alaska because (it's very cold / there are dangerous animals).
B. (🎧2-40) Listen again. Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the words in the box.
| swim look dark touch |
On one of Waller's dives, it was very (1) _______. She was (2) _______ when she got lost. She (3) _______ for the bubbles to find her way up. It was a dangerous experience, but she doesn't mind the risk. Now she can see the corals up close and (4) _______ them.
Discussion. Do you think we should take risks to do something we love?
