ESO 3-4: January 2014

Lost in the jungle

Warm up

1. The pictures below are from a story of some people who got lost in the jungle. What can you see in them? What do you think happened? Tell your partner.

2. Read the first part of the story:

British Backpackers lost in Malaysian Jungle!

When three British backpackers got lost in the scorching Malaysian jungle without food or water, they thought they were going to die. They spent two terrifying days in the jungle searching for a way out. How did they get rescued? Thanks to the advice of TV adventurer Ray Mears.

Chiara and Rory Maddocks and Rachel Hodson went out on a short trek to visit a famous waterfall on Langkawi island in Malaysia. They didn’t take any provisions or equipment with them and they were wearing shorts and flip-flops. The path became very steep and after 3 hours of walking the friends decided to go back. As they were walking through the rainforest to return to their car, the friends realized they were lost. Three hours later they were feeling exhausted and dehydrated because they had no water or food to eat. Nobody knew where they were walking, so nobody was looking for them, and it was getting dark…

What is the problem? What do you think happens next? Discuss with your partner and then share your ideas with the class.

Vocabulary

1. Complete the sentences with the correct word from the box.

backpacker waterfall exhausted dehydrated

flip-flops advice rainforest terrifying

1) ________________ are plastic sandals you wear at the beach.

2) ________________ means very frightening.

3) ________________ means to feel very tired.

4) ________________ is the opinion someone gives you on what is the best thing to do.

5) A ________________ is a person (often young) who goes travelling using cheap transport and carrying all of their things in a large bag you carry on your back.

6) When a person loses a lot of water from their body, especially from sweating they become ________________

7) A _____________ is an area where water flows from high rocks down in to a pool below.

8) A tropical woodland that gets lots of rain and has very tall trees is a _____________.

2. Match the adjectives and nouns

1) scorching a) rainforest

2) choppy b) season

3) dense c) heat

4) steep d) insects

5) monsoon e) sea

6) tropical f) rain

7) heavy g) path

Reading

1. Read the rest of the story and find out what happened next.

The backpackers spent the night in the jungle. There were lots of tropical insects and it was raining heavily because it was monsoon season. As they were waiting for sunrise, Mr Maddocks remembered advice from the show 'Ray Mears' Extreme Survival'. Ray said that you should follow a stream to find your way to the coast. The friends followed the stream but unfortunately at the end was a big cliff above a high waterfall. They climbed down the dangerous rocks, and eventually they found the coast and a beach. They could see boats on the horizon so they decided to swim out to them to get help. But the sea was very choppy and dangerous, so they almost drowned. A day later they had a stroke of luck. As a fishing boat was sailing past, the fisherman saw the friends and came to rescue them. They were dehydrated, had sunstroke and lots of cuts and bruises from climbing down the rocks. Back on dry land the friends found out that the 'boat masts' they could see were just fishing sticks and that they were swimming out into the Andaman Sea.

After the rescue Mr Maddocks said: 'I'll never miss an episode of Ray Mears from now,'

'You never know when you might need it.'

2. Are these sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences so they are correct.

1) There wasn’t very much rain on the first night in the jungle.2) Mr Maddocks watches ‘Ray Mears Extreme Survival’.3) The backpackers found the coast at the end of the stream they followed.4) The sea was very calm and the backpackers had a safe swim.5) A fishing boat sailing past the beach saved the backpackers.6) The friends didn’t have any injuries after their adventure.7) Mr Maddocks is never going to watch Ray Mears on TV again.

Grammar: past simple and past continuous

1. Look at the sentences below. Which tenses are being used in each one? Underline them.

1.) The backpackers spent the night in the jungle.2.) It was raining heavily because of the monsoon season.3.) As a fishing boat was sailing past, the fisherman saw the friends and

came to rescue them.

2. Now match the examples and tenses to the descriptions below.

a) An action in progress in the past.b) A finished, completed action in the past.c) A longer continuous action in the past and a short finished action.

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use past simple or past continuous tense.

1) A fisherman ___________(rescue) the backpackers.

2) It _______________ (rain) heavily all night long.

3) The friends __________ (walk) a long time so they _________ (be) very tired.

4) They ____________________ (swim) in the sea when they almost ___________ (drown).

5) The advice of Ray Mears ____________(save) the backpackers.

6) They ________(walk) in the rainforest when they ____________(get lost).

7) The backpackers ___________ (wear) flip-flops and shorts. They _______________(not wear) very suitable clothes for trekking in the jungle.

8) The backpackers ______________(not find) the waterfall they __________(look for).

9) After the rescue Mr Maddocks ____________(think) that watching Ray Mears _____________(save) their lives!

Listening

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fcMbAHLXBo

1. Watch and listen to Ray giving advice about camping in the jungle. Complete the missing information in the sentences below.

1.) Ray says he has walked ______km today.

2.) Ray is setting up camp at _____ before it goes dark.

3.) A hammock keeps Ray off the ground and away from ________ and _________.

4.) The most important piece of equipment is a ____________so that you don’t get malaria.

5.) Ray has had malaria ____________.

6.) Wood in the rainforest is often _________.

7.) Ray enjoys the sound of the Howler ____________.

8.) The lady twisted her _____________.

9.) It took _____ weeks to find her.

Speaking

1. Look at these regular past simple verbs. How do we pronounce the ‘ed’ ending? Put them into the correct column in the table.

wanted realised remembered laughed helped followed drowned climbed hated looked

/d/ /t/ /Id/

rescued watched decided

2. Imagine you are a newspaper reporter interviewing one of the backpackers. Make the words below into questions using past simple or past continuous.

1) Which country/ you/ travel/ in/ when/ you/ get lost?2) Who /be/ with you?3) Where /you/ go?4) How / you/ get lost?5) Where / you / sleep?6) How /you/ feel? Why?7) How / you/ get/ rescued?

3. Now work with a partner. One person is the newspaper reporter; the other person is one of the backpackers. Take turns to interview each

other about getting lost in the jungle. You can ask extra questions and invent any extra information you need.

Writing

1.

Look at the map. Where is/are the…?

MountainsVolcanoWaterfallRiverCoastRainforestCastleTemple

2.

Imagine that you and your friends got lost on this island. Write about what happened. Say: Where you were, who you were with, how you felt, how you got lost, what happened, how you got rescued._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Answers

Vocabulary

1.

1. Flip-flops.2. Terrifying.3. Exhausted.4. Advice.5. Backpacker6. Dehydrated.7. Waterfall.8. Rainforest.

2.

1. c.2. e.3. a.4. g.5. b.6. d.7. f.

Reading

2.

1. False. It was raining heavily.2. True.3. False. They found a big cliff and a high waterfall.4. False. The sea was very choppy and dangerous.5. True.6. False. They had sunstroke, were dehydrated and had cuts and bruises.7. False. He is never going to miss another episode!

Grammar

1.

1. Past simple2. Past continuous3. Past continuous, past simple

2.

a) Past continuousb) Past simplec) Past continuous, past simple

3.1. rescued2. was raining3. were walking, were4. were swimming, drowned5. saved6. were walking, got lost7. were wearing, weren’t wearing8. didn’t find, were looking9. thought, saved

Listening

1. 9 km.2. 4pm.3. Snakes and wild animals.4. Mosquito net.5. Twice.6. Wet.7. Monkeys.8. Ankle.9. Three.

Speaking

1.

/d/ /t/ /Id/

rescued

realisedrememberedfolloweddrowned

watched

laughedlookedhelped

decided

wanted

hated

climbed

2.

1. Which country were you travelling in when you got lost?2. Who was with you?3. Where did you go?4. How did you get lost?5. Where did you sleep?6. How did you feel? Why?7. How did you get rescued?

Images:

Backpacker: http://frombusytoeasy.blogspot.sk/ vía http://unsplash.com

Malaysia: Por Exiang [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], undefined

Ray Mears: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotoalbum/6550543013/