ding arc ing the text about Matt Suter. What ‘thing happened to him? How old from Missouri, USA, is lucky to be $2006 he became one of the few people ee the inside of a tornado and survive. high-school student at the time and @ at home in his grandmother's trailer heard a noise like a jet plane, which got louder. One minute he realised that 428d the floor of the trailer were moving, ipext minute all the windows and doors was a tornado. Matt on the head, and he Jost ess. At that moment the isucked him out of the trailer and he @. When he woke up, he was lying in soft grass, a long way from the trailer. ‘wes bleeding where the lamp hit him et were cut, but surprisingly, that was our found him, and they went to look jother. Luckily, she also survived, ruins of the trailer. Go carried 19-year-old Matt nearly from the trailer and then dropped he holds a strange world record: jperson to travel the longest distance ‘and survive! For a while he was a He appeared on television to talk about ~ but he didn't have very much to unfortunately, he can't remember @bout what happened after the lamp. him out! otk Match the words in the box with the definitions. Use the words in bold in the text to help you. [site ane ater suck Dee toseconsiounes | hold a record knock (someone) out 1. go into an unconscious state (lke sleep) lose consciousness the opposite of dead -_allive a piece of farmland Field 2 3 4 a mobile home or caravan Teale 5 6 lose blood in an accident _‘blee be the best person in Th wail See NR eed 7° hit someone and make them unconscious Kock out _ 8 pull into your mouth sock ES *& Read the text again. Put the events in order. Matt found his grandmother. The tornado lifted Matt and cartied him away. He appeated on TV, Matt was relaxing in his grandmother's trailer. Matt woke up in a field. ‘A tornado hit the trailer. 9 Alamp hit Matt on the head Kalas hap © o & Read the text again. Are these sentences true (7) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences. 1. Matt Suter is from England. F Matt Suter is from the USA. 2. Matt was 19 when the tarnado happened. 3 Aplane hit ghe trailer where Matt was. F A tornado hit the trailer where mettuar 4 Matt landed on a road 400 metres from the trailer. 5. The lamp hit Matt after the tornado hit the trailer, T 6 The police found Matt in afield. A neicinioos, Found woll in a Crcld 7 His grandma didn’t die in the tornado, 8 Matt told everyone how it felt tobe ina tornado. He docsa!t tember any lining clot whet | after Ye lamp, 5 kX Imagine Matt is giving a TV interview. Write at least five questions and answers. Interviewer: How did it start? Matt: Well... Iwas sitting in our trailer when I heard aloud noise. unit1 11