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1 What does a base jumper do? Vocabulary
2 Why is Niagara Falls famous?
3 Which famous mountains do people climb? Verb + preposition: movement
1 Match the verbs in the box with 1–9 in the pictures.
Communication
4 6 8
r Talk about the weather
r Express interest
r Write a story about a rescue
2 Look at the Daredevils Quiz on page 37. Choose the
correct combinations of verbs and prepositions in
English plus Options questions 1–7. Then do the quiz with a partner.
Extra listening
3 Copy and complete the table with the activities in 1–9.
and speaking easy not too difficult / impossible
Asking for and difficult / scary
giving directions not too scary
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Tightrope rivals
The Great Blondin walked across the Falls eight times on tightropes.
Once he cycled across his rope and on another occasion he cooked an
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into the river while he was carrying a man on his shoulders.
The Great Farini wanted to be more famous than Blondin. Once while
he was walking the tightrope he stopped and climbed down another
rope to a boat. He had a drink and then climbed up and continued
walking. Thousands of spectators were watching Farini’s incredible
performance.
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Taylor became the first person
to go over the Falls in a barrel.
Her cat was in the barrel with her.
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river twelve metres from the Falls.
He wasn’t wearing special clothes 1
or equipment. When rescuers found
him, he was sitting on a rock.
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tourist spectator
2 Niagara. Daredevil acts are now prohibited
daredevil rescuer
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2 Read the text again and write true or false. Explain 3 ABOUT YOU Answer the questions.
your answers. 1 Do you think that the people in the article
1 The Great Blondin fell into the river from Niagara Falls. were brave or stupid?
2 Farini wasn’t walking the tightrope when he had a drink. 2 Why do people do dangerous things?
3 Annie Taylor went over the Falls after Blondin walked on the 3 Was it a good idea to prohibit daredevil acts
tightrope. at Niagara Falls?
4 Kirk Jones survived because he was wearing special clothes. 4 Are there any rivers or waterfalls in your
5 People who died at Niagara were trying to become famous. area?
6 Tourists sometimes go to Niagara now because they want to
see stunts.
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RULES
The past continuous describes …
a) a finished action in the past.
b) an action in progress in the past.
Workbook page 88
How to: talk about the weather
Study strategy: using the grammar 5 Study the key phrases. Then talk to your partner
reference about the weather on the chart.
2 Look in the Workbook on page 88
KEY PHRASES
and find the spelling rules for -ing
What was the weather like?
forms. Then write the -ing form of
It was nice / horrible / hot / warm / cold.
verbs 1–6.
It was sunny / rainy / cloudy / windy / foggy.
1 drive 4 fly It was raining / snowing.
2 run 5 cycle The sun was shining.
3 jump 6 swim
1 Death Valley 3 4
2 … Erie
3 the South …
4 the Rocky …
5 the Black …
6 the … Nile
7 the Sahara ...
8 Niagara …
9 the Dead …
10 the Pacific … 5 6
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KEY PHRASES
That’s amazing!
Really?
You’re kidding! 5 Look again at the dialogue in exercise 1 and
Well done! the photo below. Change the blue phrases and
practise your new dialogue with a partner.
I climbed Everest
yesterday. Really? That’s amazing!
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Ejercicio 3
t Los alumnos preparan sus ideas individualmente. Por parejas,
cuentan sucesos extraordinarios ante los que sus compañeros
deben mostrar interés.
t Observe el trabajo de los alumnos. Anímelos a esforzarse con
la acentuación y la entonación para mostrar interés.
Ejercicio 4
t Por parejas, los alumnos deciden qué expresiones se pueden
sustituir.
RESPUESTAS
1 These people were doing tricks on their skateboards.
2 I can’t skateboard.
3 It was a show.
4 Where were you when you saw that?
Ejercicio 5
t Por parejas, los alumnos cambian las expresiones y practican
el diálogo nuevo.
t Anímelos a esforzarse con la acentuación y la entonación.
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A Brave Rescue
The rescue happened while we were on holiday in Hawaii last
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I was with my family and we were in a boat. We were
exploring the islands when we saw three people on a beach.
There was a man and two boys and they were shouting. Lava
was coming from the mountain behind them. A surfer on a
different island was also watching, and as soon as he saw the
problem, he went to the people with his surfboard.
The surfer went to the beach three times and rescued the
three people. He was very brave because the volcano was
very hot and the sea was dangerous. Writing guide
A Task
2 Study the key phrases.
Imagine that you took the photo. Write a
KEY PHRASES story with the title A Brave Rescue.
It happened while …
I was lucky to …
B Think and plan
As soon as he saw … 1 Where were you and when did the
rescue happen?
2 What were you doing when the rescue
happened?
Language point: when, while, as soon as 3 What happened to the person on the
stretcher?
3 Choose the correct words. 4 How did the rescuers know about this
1 I saw the shark while / when I was swimming. situation?
2 As soon as / While I saw it, I swam to the boat. 5 Why was the situation dangerous?
3 Fire! Fire! Find help when / as soon as you can! 6 How did the situation end?
4 When / While he saw the accident, he went to help.
C Write
4 Look at the photo and follow the steps in the writing Paragraph 1: The situation
guide. The rescue happened …
Paragraph 2: The people and the rescue
There was / were …
Paragraph 3: The end and your opinion
The rescuers …
D Check
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