CLASS 18

INTRODUCTION - SURVIVAL AND LOSS

NAME: Johnny Granizo – William Chicaiza DATE: 2021 – 04 – 01

Have you ever been completely lost? What happened?

No, I haven’t.
1. You are going to go hiking in the wilderness. Choose the three most important
things you need to take with you from this list.
book camera cell phone chocolate compass
hat map mp3 player (with your favorite music)
thermal blanket sticks / poles (for walking)
tablet (other mobile device) tent water bottle

2. Listen to two people talking about a night in the mountains.

1. Who went up the mountain?
A man, a women and their dog.
2. Which things from the list did they have?
Mp3 player, water bottle and sticks/poles.
3. Which important thing(s) did they not have?
Map, thermal blanket.

3. Retell the story. Remember to include these things. Then listen again and check.
1. What they did at the top?
They sat down and drank some water.
2. Why they had to spend the night there?
Because they couldn’t go back down, not in the dark. It was way too dangerous.
3. Why they were lucky to survive?
Because they didn’t have anything with them – no jackets, no thermal blankets, nothing!
4. Work in pairs. Do you recognize the words for natural elements of the wilderness?
Make a list of the words you don’t know and look them up.
beach canyon cave cliff delta desert
estuary forest hill lagoon lake mountain
oasis plain pond river rock stream
tree valley volcano waterhole waterfall woods
Unknown words
Cave: a large underground chamber, typically of natural origin, in a hillside or cliff.
Cliff: a steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea.
Delta: Alluvial deposit formed at the mouth of a river between the branches into which it
divides.
Estuary: The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
Hill: a naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain
Pond: a small body of still water formed naturally or by hollowing or embanking.
stream: a small, narrow river.
Waterhole: a depression in which water collects, especially one from which animals
regularly drink.
Waterfall: a cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows
over a precipice or steep incline.
Woods: the hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of
a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber.
5. Choose one of the features in Exercise 4, and imagine you are there. Describe it for
other people to guess.
It is a place where the breeze is constant and in an open space, with a lot of brown earth,
with many drinks frozen due to the heat, and you can see the horizon in the distance.
EXPLORER ONLINE Why are the marathon runner’s given thermal blankets at the
end of a race? Find out how they work and where the idea came from.
Because in addition to the fact that thermal ponchos can be used on other occasions, they
are useful for runners to maintain body heat, they are waterproof and protect them from
possible changes in weather such as rain or wind.