Accidents & emergencies

Before reading learn new words.
bold
strick
pitch black
to conquer
edge
hypothermia
irresistible
cliff
summit
to grab
against all odds
rocks
peak
rope
frostbitten
supposedly
tale
without knowing it
crippled
agonising
to criticise
to display
miraculously
willpower
храбрый, смелый
ударять
черный, как смоль
преодолевать
край
переохлаждение
неотразимый, непреодолимый
утес, отвесная скала
вершина (горы)
хватать
несмотря ни на что
скалы
вершина горы
канат, веревка
обмороженный
возможно, якобы
рассказ, история
неожиданно
покалеченный
мучительный
критиковать
показывать
чудесным образом
воля

Imagine you are the person in the picture. Listen to the music and imagine the scene. What can you see, hear, touch, taste, smell? How do you feel?
ice
mountains
sky
heart beating
silence
to hang
to feel
weight of my body
to hold on
to taste
ice-cold water
icicles around me
fresh mountain air
to smell
to feel exhausted
to feel frightened
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The following phrases appear in the text. What do you think the text is about? Read to find out.
The text is about the miraculous survival of two mountaineers and the painful choice one of them had to make.
Decision – решение;
Agonising – мучительный;
Incredible tale – невероятная сказка;
Survival – выживание;
Against all odds – несмотря ни на что;
Mountaineer – альпинист;
Peak – вершина горы;
To reach – добираться, достигать;
Summit- вершина (горы);
Frostbitten – обмороженный;
Crevasse – глубокая трещина;
To determine – определять;
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Read again and match each sentence (1-7) to a gap (A-F). There is one sentence that you do not need to use.
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The text is about the miraculous survival of two mountaineers and the painful choice one of them had to make.
Decision – решение;
Agonising – мучительный;
Incredible tale – невероятная сказка;
Survival – выживание;
Against all odds – несмотря ни на что;
Mountaineer – альпинист;
Peak – вершина горы;
To reach – добираться, достигать;
Summit- вершина (горы);
Frostbitten – обмороженный;
Crevasse – глубокая трещина;
To determine – определять;
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Match the words to their definitions.
bold
struck
pitch black
conquered
edge
hypothermia
irresistible
cliff
summit
grab
against all odds
rocks
peak
rope
frostbitten
supposedly
tale
without knowing it
crippled
agonising
criticised
display
miraculously
willpower
Extremely difficult
Story
Deal with successfully
Top of the mountain
Brave
Impossible to resist, highly attractive
Assumed to be
Top of the mountain
Hit
Severely injured
Having a very low body temperature
Despite all the problems
Thick cord used for tying, pulling
Accidently
Extremely dark, no light at all
Line where sth stops
High rock face
Injured by being frozen
Huge stones
Take hold of
Judged negatively
Determination
Show
Surprisingly

In pairs, use a dictionary to help you choose the odd word which does not fit in each od the sentences (1-10). Add one more word to each group.
1. She cut her finger/bone/big toe/leg and now it’s bleeding.
To cut
Suggested answer:
Lip

2. She tripped over the hosepipe yesterday and badly bruised her knee/arm/shin/muscle.
To bruise
Suggested answer:
Elbow

3. Tom broke his toe/arm/leg/lip yesterday.
Suggested answer:
To break
Wrist

4. My grandma recently fell down the stairs and fractured her collarbone/throat/skull/hip.
Suggested answer:
To fracture
Ankle

5. Oh no, I think I’ve sprained my waist/ankle/wrist/back.
Suggested answer:
To sprain
Knee

6. I’ve got a stiff neck/shoulder/leg/heel.
Suggested answer:
To stiff
Back

7. I think I’ve done something to my back/thumb/knee/hair.
Suggested answer:
Shoulder

8. Amy scratched her arm/face/brain/leg really badly while she was cutting the roses.
Suggested answer:
To scratch
Cheek

9. I’ve got a swollen lip/head/ankle/foot.
Suggested answer:
To swollen
Toe

10. He hurt his nail/head/neck/back in the car accident.
Suggested answer:
To hurt
Leg

Choose the correct words, then check in a dictionary.
Pain – a feeling of physical suffering caused by injury or illness (боль).
Hurt – to feel pain in a part of your body, or to injure someone or cause them pain (удариться, пораниться)
Nagging – complaining or criticizing; used to describe an unpleasant feeling that continues for a long period of time (надоедливый, противный, ворчливый)
Excruciating - extremely painful; extremely boring or embarrassing (мучительный)
Harsh – unpleasant, unkind, cruel, or more severe than is necessary (резкий)
Severe – causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc; very serious (сильный)
Injury – physical harm or damage to someone’s body caused by an accident or an attack (рана, повреждение)
Wound – a damage area of the body, such as a cut or hole in the skin or flesh made by a weapon (рана)
Painful – causing emotional or physical pain (болезненный)
Hurtful – causing emotional pain (болезненный)
Cure – to make someone with an illness healthy again (вылечить)
Treat – to use drugs, exercises, etc. to cure a person of a disease or heal an injury (лечить)
Slim – (especially of people) attractively thin (стройный, тонкий)
Narrow - having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with the length (узкий)
Internal – inside the body; inside a person’s mind (внутренний, душевный)
Inside – the part, space, or side of something that is inside (внутренний)
Unconscious – in the state of not being awake and not aware of things around you, especially as the result of a head injury (бессознательный)
Subconscious – the part of your mind that notices and remembers information when you are not actively trying to do so, and influences your behavior even thought you do not realize it (подсознательный)

Listen and read the text again. Answer the questions. Discuss in pairs.
Do you think Simon made the right decision? What would you have done? Why?
I think Simon made the right decision. I would have done the same. It is better for one man to die than two. There was no guarantee that Simon would have been able to save his friend’s life, anyway.
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In groups of three, take the roles of an interviewer, Simon and Joe and prepare questions and answers for a radio interview.
Welcome to the programme.
It’s nice to be here.
It’s quite a story you two have to tell.
Yes, it’s truly amazing. We’re lucky to be alive after our climb up Siula Grande.
What went wrong exactly?
Everything was fine on the way up the mountain and we weren’t expecting to have any problems at all on the way down. You see, we chose an easier route for our descent.
But then I slipped and I broke my leg in three places.
That must have been painful!
Extremely. So, Simon tried to get me down the mountain using a rope. But that didn’t work very well as it was already getting dark and before long, I was hanging over the edge of a deep crevasse. I couldn’t climb back up the rope as my fingers were so frostbitten. I called out to Simon but he couldn’t hear me – I was too far away.

In groups of three, take the roles of an interviewer, Simon and Joe and prepare questions and answers for a radio interview.
Did you realise what was wrong, Simon?
I knew something was wrong when I felt myself being pulled down towards the edge of the crevasse. I tried to hold on but I felt myself getting weaker and weaker.
Yes, that’s right. But miraculously, I wasn’t killed by the fall. I was in great pain and had no food or water, yet I was determined to stay alive. It took me four days but I managed to get down to safety.
So what did you do next?
I made the most difficult decision in my life. I cut the rope to save my own life. I just knew I didn’t have the strength to hold on to Joe any longer.
So, you fell down the mountain, Joe.
What an amazing story! What courage and strength! So, for all of you listeners out there – anything is possible!

Imagine you are Joe. Write a paragraph describing what happened and how you felt during your journey down the mountain to safety (80-100 words)

Do you agree with the statement?

Fill in the gaps with the following words.
Workbook
agonising
odds
edge
miraculously
hypothermia
bold
irresistible
willpower

Complete the following exchanges with words from the list below.

Complete the spidegrams.