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NEWS Deer Stranded on Ice in Nova Scotia (Canada)

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Useful Vocabulary deer! ! ! ! fawn! ! ! ! to be stranded! ! to gain footing ! ! draft! ! ! ! rotor blade of a helicopter! to blow! ! ! chopper! shore! ! to limp ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Fill in the gaps It ______ have ended tragically for this deer and her fawn, she b________ stranded on ice in Nova Scotia. The ice w____ too thin for human rescuers to walk on. The deer s_______ for hours to gain her footing, but c______ manage. In the end, it t______ a complicated helicopter manoeuvre to save her. Pilot Dave Ferrow u_____ a down draft of the helicopter's rotor blade to blow the deer to the shore of the lake. The deer d_____ cooperate at rst, but eventually r_______ and let the chopper blow her to safety. When she r______ the shore, she was helped to her feet and she limped away into the woods.
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