Wednesday, November 23, 2016

FILE 2B: READING KEYS: TV presenter's Amazon challenge

b.
1 She ran the 78-mile Ultra Marathon in Namibia./She ran three consecutive marathons.
2 To kayak 3,200 kilometres down the Amazon (from Nauta in Peru to Almeirim in Brazil).
3 The river is full of crocodiles. She will be a long way from civilization, so if something happens to her, it will take a long time to get to a hospital.
4 She has only been kayaking once before.

c
She only kayaked half a day; she started late; she's been suffering from the heat and humidity; she went the wrong way; she has problems with her hands; she's been suffering from heat exhaustion because she hasn't been drinking enough water.

d
1 b: behind  2 c: boiling  3 a: exhausted  4 b: up   5b: wide   6 c: chocolate  7 b: paddle 
8 a: boring  9 c: feeling  10 a: sick


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