Young Explorer — видеоурок — Upper-Intermediate

In today’s free English lesson online we’re going to meet a very special teenager. She’s done such a brave thing that not every adult would do. Watch the video to find out more and as usual learn some English expressions and improve your English listening and speaking. Learn English with comfort! — В сегодняшнем бесплатном уроке английского онлайн мы познакомимся с очень необычным подростком. Она решилась на такую храбрую вещь, на которую решится не каждый взрослый. Смотрите видео, чтобы узнать больше и, как обычно, выучить несколько английских выражений и потренировать аудирование и разговорную речь. Изучайте английский с комфортом!

Activity 1. Discuss the questions:

• Do you like travelling?
• What about travelling to the Sahara desert or North Pole?
• Have you ever done any extreme tours?
• What do you think of people who like such type of tourism?

Activity 2. You are going to watch the video. Look at the title and preview and try to guess what it is going to be about.

 

 

Activity 3. Watch the video. What is the story about? Answer the questions:

1. What did Jade climb when she was six years old?
2. Describe what she achieved at the age of twelve.
3. What challenges did Jade face during the trek?
4. How did Jade overcome the challenges?
5. How did Jade feel when she returned home?
6. Jade is hoping to achieve the polar hat-trick. Explain what that is.

[spoiler title=’KEY ‘ style=’default’ collapse_link=’true’]1. She climbed to the top of Mt Kosciuszko, the tallest mountain in Australia. 2. She made it all the way to base camp on Mount Everest. 3. she had to travel over really thin ice with nothing but darkness and freezing water underneath. 4. She tells herself that she’s got very far and she’s done much training before. 5. She felt lost and wanted to go back to the North Pole. 6. The polar hat trick consists of skiing to the north pole, crossing Greenland and skiing all the way to the South Pole [/spoiler]

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Activity 4. Match the words from column A and B to make expressions from the video:

A drag a sled trek to latest thin layer whopping haul build

B feat of ice trip across the North Pole a raft of supplies

[spoiler title=’KEY’ style=’default’ collapse_link=’true’]drag a sled of supplies — trek to the North Pole — latest feat — thin layer of ice — whopping trip — haul across — build a raft[/spoiler]

Activity 5. Complete the sentences with the expressions from the previous exercise:

1. Freezing temperatures, crazy winds and just (1)____________________ separating you from the coldest water imaginable.
2. At just 14 years old, she became the youngest person ever to (2)____________________
3. It was her (3)____________________ in the arctic.
4. All up it took Jade and her dad 11 days to make the (4)__________ 150 kilometer __________, all while (5)__________ a 50 kilo __________ the entire way!
5. We would (6)____________________ with our sleds and then we’d (7)_________ each other __________.

Activity 6. Watch the video again and check your answers.

[spoiler title=’KEY’ style=’default’ collapse_link=’true’](1) thin layer of ice; (2) trek to the North Pole; (3) latest feat; (4) whopping …. trip; (5) dragging …. sled of supplies; (6) build a raft; (7) haul … across [/spoiler]

Activity 7. Discuss the questions:

• What do you think about the story? Did you like it?
• What skills or character traits do you think a young adventurer would need?
• What did you learn from the story?
• How did the story make you feel?
• What was the most surprising about this story? What impressed you the most?
• Could you attempt a trip like one in the story? Why?/Why not?

Автор урока: Юлия ГУСЕВА

 

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