Task 1. Read the article above which was written by Enric Sala (a marine ecologist).

He
wrote the article for World Ocean Day 2011. Answer the questions:

a) What happened to Enric Sala?

b) Why did this happen to him?
c) How has the experience changed him?

Task 2. Find these expressions in the article. What do they mean? Choose the correct
option.
 a) A couple of times (on several/two occasions)
b) My guts jump to my throat (I feel afraid/angry)
c) I decided to call it a day. (I decided to stop/try again tomorrow)
d) I was having a hard-time (It was difficult for me / it took a long time)
e) I decided to let myself go (I decided to stop swimming/ try again)
f) I scrambled out of the water (I moved quickly/slowly)

Task 3. Look at the verbs in bold in these sentences. Find expressions with get in the article
which match the verbs. Then rewrite the sentences with get.

a) I entered the pool.

b) The weather didn’t improve.
c) I couldn’t reach the shore.
d) I wasn’t moving towards the land.
e) We receive so much from nature.
f) I’d escaped from that dangerous situation.