UNIT 7

EXTREME SITUATIONS
Task A: Read the breaking news about a real-life
story. Who are the people in the story and where
were they? Where were they going? What do you
think happened next?

Who are the people in the story?

The people in the story are the crew, the Uruguayan
players, and their friends and relatives.

Where were they?

They were from Montevideo, Uruguay.

Where were they going?

They were going to Santiago, Chile

What do you think happened next?

Task B: You are going to read an article about what happened to the passengers
on Flight 571.Quickly scan the article to check your prediction about what
happened next.
Task C: Read the exam close-
up. Then read the exam task
and underline the key words.

C
 crash Words Meaning

Deal effectively with something difficult.

survive COPE WITH

SEARCH Try to find something by looking or otherwise

seeking carefully and thoroughly
cope with

save SURVIVE Remain alive after

reach

SAVE Keep safe or rescue from harm or danger.

search
Collide violently with an obstacle or another vehicle
CRAS
H
Stretch out an arm in order to touch or grasp
REACH something
 Words Sentence
Family therapy may be recommended to help parents
cope with and siblings understand and cope with a child's mental
illness.
search
survive
save
crash
reach
 explorer
expedition

destination
conditions strength

limit
companion

journey
 Past About completed action in the past
simple A series of collection in the past

Past perfect Past

Narrative tenses continuous
continuous

About an action that was in About an action that was in

progress which was interrupted progress in the past
by another past action
Past
perfect About an action that
simple happened before another past
action
 Question
Your English teacher has asked you to write a story, begin your story with this sentence.
“You had been walking through the jungle”
 PLAN OF YOUR WRITING

PARAGRAPH 1
 Use the sentence you were given and where the story is set.

PARAGRAPH 2
 Introduce the main character and an event that creates suspense.

PARAGRAPH 3
 Describe the scene and give more details.

PARAGRAPH 4
Describe how the plan is carried out and what happened next.
 R
E
You had been
A
Use the sentence given walking
S
through the
O
jungle
N
Lost in jungle
Paragraph 1

Describe the scene Set the scene

in the jungle
birds, trees,
flowers
 PARAGRAPH 2

 What is the name of the main

character?
Introduce main character
 Boy or girl ?
 How many people in the story ?

 How to protect themselves?

Plan of action  What to do to survive?
 PARAGRAPH 3

Reactions to the events

fast action to protect

Describe suspense event

saw wild animal
 PARAGRAPH 4

Describe how the plan

describe detail the plan

What happens next

you reach the safer place
 Model Answer

They had been through the jungle with the rest of the group when they got lost. All
around them there were trees, birds, flowers and several paths. Thy didn’t know which
path led to their camp. They didn’t know what to do, so they sat down to rest while
they decided.

Zura, one of the teenagers, walked off to look at some flowers. All of the sudden,
she heard a terrifying sound. She quickly hid behind a tree and took a deep breath,
then she looked. It was a lion! She couldn’t believe it! How would she escape?

She had to think fast. The lion was drinking water nearby stream. If she tried to
run, it would hear her. What could she do?

Shaking with fear, she picked up a small rock and threw it. The lion ran towards
the sound and Zura ran the opposite way. She ran as fast as she could and finally she
saw a camp site. She was safe! Now, she just had to go back and get the others.