At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

 understand someone talking about

surviving a dangerous situation
 use a lexical set of expressions with get
correctly
 understand an article about someone
who survived
a dangerous experience

ACT. 1
Before watching the VIDEO
• Look at the video and pay attention to the following:
• What’s the man with the mic doing?
• What about 10.000 people?
• How strong was the main earthquake?
• How strong was the earthquake in Buffalo?
• What does the professor say?

A few new words:

1. flood 2. storm 3. radiator

4. uninhabitable 5. ruined 6. blizzard

Instructions: Match the words from the box with the best image.

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After watching the VIDEO

What do you think are the Think of a natural disaster that How well did people cope
worst kinds of natural has happened in our country? with it?
disasters? Why? How effective was the
response of emergency
services?

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ACT. 2
DANGEROUS PLACES TO GO ON HOLIDAYS
Think of places where it might be dangerous to go on holidays or to visit (because
weather, animals, other reasons).

 Now, your teacher Will assign you a place to visit.

 Keep in mind:
 You can take only 5 things to survive
 discuss and choose the five most important things to take

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 “IT WAS GETTING LATE AND I WAS LOST”
Before listening

 Where are these people?

 What are they doing?
 What might have just happened here?
 What may happen next?

Listening: let’s listen to some people talking about their holiday.

 Which of the pictures is being described?
 Where was the holiday?

After listening
1 When did Abby go to South 2 What does Rob want to do 3 How did Abby learn to
Africa? first? surf?

Listening for details: put the events in the correct order

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ACT 3.
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MEMORY GAME
 Get together with a partner
 Turn all the cards down
 Start picking them up to pair the picture with the correct meaning

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ACT. 4

READING
Before Reading
Answer the following questions:

Have you ever been scuba diving?

How Deep did you dive?
Would you like to go diving?
Why? Why not?
What are the dangers for divers?

Go and read now: As you read, keep the following questions in mind:

1 How long was Robert Hewitt in the water?

2 What problems did he have to overcome?

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After Reading
Can you remember what these numbers refer to? Write sentences about each number.
Then read the text again and check your answers.