8.

4 Reading
Multiple matching 4 Complete the collocations with the adjectives in blue in CD
I can find specific details in film summaries. the texts.
1 distant/inaccessible/                 REGIONS Th
1 In pairs, discuss the questions. 2 empty/bleak/inhospitable PLACES Th
1 Would you rather visit Alaska, Australia or the 3 a tough/punishing/      JOURNEY
Pacific coast? 4 baking/burning/ scorching   TEMPERATURES
2 Who would you choose as your travelling companion? 5 unexpected/deep         SNOWFALL
Or would you prefer to travel alone? 6 a deserted/barren/                 WILDERNESS
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3 What are the pros and cons of travelling alone? 5 In pairs, match collocations from Exercise 4 with the c
places in the box. s
EXAM FOCUS Multiple matching
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2 Read the texts about four films based on true stories the Gobi Desert Death Valley the Sahara Desert 55 o

of journeys. For questions 1–10, choose from the texts Mount Everest the South Pole Siberia the Nile r
(A–D). You can choose each text more than once. f
6 In pairs, discuss the questions.
In this film, the main character(s): T
1 Which of the four films in this lesson would you most/ e
1 wanted to cross the western part of this country and
least like to see? Why? 10 a
10
reach the West coast.
2 What other films or books about extraordinary journeys t
2 became very ill because of his/her food.
do you know? o
3 took too many things on a journey.
3 Which films or books have inspired you to visit a place? t
4 rejected his/her family after a betrayal.
Where and why? a
5 wanted to be reunited with family members. 15 h
15
6 had to do a lot of climbing on the journey.
WORD STORE 8F t
7 planned to test personal limits of endurance with c
no help. 7 CD•3.28 MP3•125 Complete WORD STORE 8F with
f
adjectives or nouns from the lesson. Then listen, check w
8 wanted to rediscover something lost.
and repeat. 20 a
20
9 was/were affected by a political decision.
10 appreciated the wide open spaces on the journey. w
t
r
3 Complete the questions with the prepositions in the
box. Then answer the questions.
C TRACKS
about by in of on over through to with
Text A In early 1977 Robyn Davidson set out
1 Who did the 1869 Protection Act give the Australian 55 with only four camels and her dog to
Government power         ? walk 2,700 kilometres from the central
2 What kind of journey did Molly, Daisy and Gracie set Australian desert to the Indian Ocean off
off         ? the western coast. Nine months later,
3 Who were Molly and Daisy pursued         ? ragged, blistered and burned black by
60 the sun, she reached her destination. An

Aboriginal man, Mr Eddie, accompanied

Text B
4 What sort of family did Chris McCandless grow
up         ?
5 What secret did McCandless fi nd out         ?
6 What did McCandless take pride         ?
Text C
7 What animals did Robyn Davidson set out         ?
8 What sort of landscape did Davidson’s route take her
her for three weeks, while photographer
Rich Smolan joined her three times during
the journey. Davidson, now sixty-five,
sixty-five,
65 is back in the limelight. The book of her
journey, Tracks, has been reissued and a
film
film adaptation came out in 2013.
Her route to the sea took her through
remote regions and some of Australia’s
70 most inhospitable places. During nine

        ? long, hard months she battled scorching

9 What did Davidson lose all sense         ? temperatures, rotten food, thirst,
navigation errors and injured camels. But far more challenging we
w
Text D At one point Davidson found herself being swallowed by the vast
75 sense of self, space and time.
10 What was Cheryl devastated         ?11
What did she turn         ? Despite that, she says, ‘I love the desert and its incomparable se
12 What did she struggle         ? Aborigines and learning from them. I like the freedom inherent in
growth and learning processes that develop from taking chances

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