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(A) How about filling in the blanks?
(Reuters) - An Australian woman ………………………… (survive) a terrifying fall after her bungee cord ………………………(snap) during a 111-meter leap off Africa's Victoria Falls Bridge, plunging her into the crocodile-infested Zambezi River below.
Erin Langworthy, the 22-year-old from Perth who ……………………….. (suffer) only cuts and bruises in the fall on New Year's Eve, said it ………………… (be) a "miracle" that she had survived the plunge into the rapids below the bridge, which ……………………. (border) Zambia and Zimbabwe.
But once in the water, she ……………….(be) far from safe - the river is notoriously infested with hungry crocodiles and she ……………… (be) certainly a meal these crocs ……………………….. (not want) miss.
Amazingly, with the hungry predators only feet away and before she ………………………. (enter) the rapids, Erin …………………… (manage) swim to the riverbank on the Zimbabwe side to wait for assistance.
Erin ……………………………..(treat) at a nearby clinic before ………………… (evacuate) to South Africa. Luckily she ………………………. (suffer) only minor injuries and can retell the bungee jump that nearly …………………….. (cost ) her her life.
Zambia's Information Minister Given Lubinda ……………………….. (say) in a report published on the Lusakatimes.com web site:
"The bungee …………………………. (be) a very viable operation considering that more than 50,000 tourists jump on it every year. It ……………………. (be) in operation for 10 years and this is the first time I …………………………. (hear) of an incident. The probability of an incident ………………… (be) one in 500,000 jumps"
(B) Are the following items mentioned in
1- the article,
2- the video or
3- both?
- Her name
- Her age
- Her nationality
- Her hometown
- The accident: when
- Bridge: place and height
- River: name and characteristics
- People witnessing the accident
- Rescue
- Treatment: where and how long
- African authorities
- Bungee jump operators
(C) Is there any item that gets a different description in the video and in the article?
(D) How about joining the following sentences using some of these linkers:
although - though - even though
since - as
however - yet - nevertheless - anyway
in spite of (the fact that)
due to (the fact that)
that's why
because of (the fact that)
since - as
however - yet - nevertheless - anyway
in spite of (the fact that)
due to (the fact that)
that's why
because of (the fact that)
1. The company that runs the bungee jump claims its plunges are safe. The Australian girl had a terrible accident.
2. She was told it was safe to jump. The rope snapped.
3. The rope snapped. She plummeted into the river.
4. She fell from a high bridge. She survived.
5. She survived. She's a good swimmer.
6. She's a good swimmer. She managed to unravel the rope bound around her feet.
7. Her legs were tied together with the bungee cord. She managed to pull herself to shore.
8. The Zambezi River is notoriously full of hungry crocodriles. None of them attacked Erin
edited from Reuters and NJD World
