Homework, pg.

109:
1- When I was 15-16, I went to Riviera de São Lourenço with my parents and my
aunt. One day, we were at the beach and a storm came out of nowhere in a
matter of seconds. We quickly ran to safety, but we saw beach umbrellas flying
over people and stores. It was scary.

2- 1. I used to go skiing in the winter, frequently

2. I especially enjoyed going to Colorado with my family.
3. Then, two years ago, I had a really bad accident.
4. I skied headfirst into a tree.
5. I, unfortunately, broke my leg in three places.
6. One day, I’d definitely like to go skiing again.
7. But I don’t feel confident enough, yet.
8. However, my family still goes skiing every February.

3 – They were on the Swiss Alps, Switzerland/ A storm struck the mountain/A climber
sent a message to friends/I means that they needed a helicopter to help them at the
mountain.
4 – Several years ago, on a mid-September day, British climbers Rachel Kelsey and
Jeremy Colenso were, with great confidence, climbing high in the Swiss Alps.
…they left their base in relatively good weather. They easily reached the summit.
Suddenly, heavy snow began to fall, making it extremely difficult to see where they
could safely put their hands and feet on the rock.
…luckily, they found a narrow ledge and desperately climbed onto it.
However, the snow didn’t stop and the temperature dangerously dropped to 14°F
Said Rachel, afterwards, “because it was so cold that we undoubtedly would have died.
So we told stories and continuously rubbed our fingers…”
Eventually, they decided that they had to get help. But what could they possibly do?
Fortunately, Rachel had brought her cell phone with her, but unfortunately the only
numbers…
In fact, she sent the same message…
“Urgently need heli rescue…”
…nothing happened for hours. Then, at 5:00 AM, one fried, Avery Cunliffe, got the
message. He immediately jumped into action and quickly called the rescue services in
Switzerland, and then called Rachel…
…was too bad for the next 24 hours for the helicopters…
…they finally were lifted safely off the mountain.
…they said exhaustedly when they…

5 – That it was September, the people were experienced climbers and they were in the
Swiss Alps/ 2nd paragraph.

6 – Several years ago, in summer vacation, my parents, my aunt and me decided to go

to the beach, at Riviera de São Lourenço.
We stayed there for some days, and the weather was somewhat good during these
days. However, things took a turn on the last days. We were relaxing at the beach, the
sky was cloudy, but nothing else. Then suddenly, some strong winds started blowing,
followed by the clouds turning dark quickly.
We just thought it was just a normal rain, but, as it turned out, it was a storm. People
desperately started packing up and running back to the hotels and kiosks. We urgently
tried to get to safety, but the wind was so strong it was carrying beach umbrella in the
air. I had to hold ours down firmly in order for my family to pick things up and no one
get hurt. There was also lightning bolts intensely cracking in the sky.
Fortunately, most of the people at the beach and us were able to go back to the hotel.
The power went out and part of the city was sheltering up to face the storm. While
there, we saw from the windows that thatch roofs were being ripped apart violently
because of the wind and waves were increasingly getting bigger and reaching out in
the streets.
After some hours, the storm passed and everything was back to normal. I don’t know
what could’ve happened if we had been stuck there during the rain.