LISTENING 4 C1

Life in the jungle 3 Listen again. Complete the sentences with two or three
words from the audio.
Audio diary Part 1
You are going to listen to Pete on his gap year after university. He
1 When Pete first arrived in Borneo, it was difficult for him
was in Borneo for several months and while there, he recorded
to cope with the .
an audio diary for his university’s radio station UniRadio FM.
2 Pete’s jungle training included learning how to clean
his water, how to prepare meals, what to do if they
, and basic first aid.
3 Pete’s least favourite part of the jungle was when he had
wet socks in the
morning.
4 Pete will be constructing a place for
researchers to live while they are studying how
parts of the jungle.
Part 2
5 For Pete, the most memorable thing about
the jungle was the lack of silence, even
of the night.
6 Pete thinks that not worrying about not
1 Pete chose his gap year project after he saw this advert. helps you to see the
Complete the advert with the phrases (A–E). world in a different way.
A a week of jungle training 7 Pete mentions that his group got to work with some
B the Danum Valley or the Maliau Basin who were
C contribute to conservation
monitoring work a previous group had done.

D an eight-week project
Part 3
8 Pete enjoyed seeing the other volunteers again and
E the jungle in Borneo
comparing what they
Have you ever wanted to know what the rainforest is their experiences in the jungle.
really like? Now’s your chance to find out! 9 All of the volunteers wanted to use the hot water at
Our programme will take you to 1 for the biggest , which meant that
adventure of your life. You’ll fly to Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia there were power cuts.
for 2 , before heading off to one of two sites, 3 , to 10 For Pete, ‘normal’ things became strange after
complete 4 . All of our projects are designed to improve being in the jungle, and he thinks that’s what he’ll
the infrastructure for local people and visitors, and to 5 in from his time in
these beautiful places. Throughout your time here, our highly Borneo.
experienced staff will be on hand to help you, and to make
sure that everything runs smoothly. So, what are you waiting 4 Look at the sentences from the audio. Put the words in bold
for? Apply today! in order to make a key phrase.
1 It was good to have time to get to know them
before deep the being in at end thrown.
2 Listen to Pete’s audio diary. Number the items in the order
he mentions them (1–9).
2 The biggest shock when I arrived was the heat and
the wildlife humidity, but time used had it to I’ve get to now,
something he hated doing and most of the time I don’t think about it any more.
an unexpected event
his feelings about the project 3 The thing I’ll remember the most was the dawn chorus:
being woken up by birds and cicadas, and louder
the other people in his group
the that smaller is, fact the it the is it in the jungle.
little things he’s started to notice again
good things about life in the jungle 4 You can get over not being clean, and the
what he was taught to do it you sense a gives of world different.
a problem caused by his group

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