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Unit 8 Adventure Communication Workshop Speaking: Exercise 1 Read the advertisements and listen to the dialogue. Which holiday to Rickly and Shulah choose? Which holiday would you like to go on, Ricky? I don't know. They all look very interesting. Er-I thinking I'd like to go on the wildlife tour. Oh, really? I prefer not placess,you know.Like South Africa Mm.I think the most exciting one is the trip of Greenland. Yes? I mean you can really explore somewhere which isn't full of people, especially other tourists. It would be great 'cos you can go skiing and hiking as well. Right. I wouldn't like to go on wildlife tour. You know, sitting around watching giraffes. You can see them in the zoo, can't you? Yes, but the weather's terrible in Greenland. It's worse than the weather here! That's true. And the Greenland trip sounds quite uncomfortable. But they do everything for you.Tents, sledges. Wouldn't you like to go on a sledge? No, not really.I don't like snow. I'd prefer to go to Africa. Well, let's have a look at one of the others. What about canoeing and rafting in the States? Mm. I wouldn't like to go rafting. It's really dangerous. Oh come on, Ricky. You'd love it in Colorado.It's hot there. You can't complain about that! No, and at least they've got tents. Yeah, I know! And I'd like to try canoeing. Right. And you could go to Los Angeles and San Fancisco. You love watching American police films. OK, let's go there! Pronunciation: Showing Interest (II) Exercise 2 Listen to how Ricky and Shulah show that they are listening to each other. Then listen again and repeat the words and sounds. 1.I think I'd like to go on the wildlife safari Really? 2.I prefer hot places, you know. Like South Africa. Mm 3.I think the most exciting one is the trip to Greenland. Yes? 4.I would be great 'cos you can go skiing and mountaineering as well. Right. 5.It's worse than the weather here! That's true 6.It's hot there.You can't complain about that! No. 7.I hate camping. Yeah,I know! Listening Exercise 1 Listen to the radio programme about Marek Kaminski and answer the questions. Good evening and welcome to Adventure. Today we're going to talk about modern explorers. Let's begin with a story of Marek Kaminski. In the studio we have Matt Thomas who has recently interviewed the polish explorer. Hi. Marek Kaminski's two most famous expeditions so far were in 1995, weren't they? That's right. In the first one to the North Pole he traveled on skis with Wojtek Moskal and got to the Pole on the 23rd of May 1995. He called the journey 'Poles tothe Pole'. That's good name. Yes. And his second one was a solo journey to the South Pole by himself. He traveled 1400 km and got to the Pole on the 26th of December in the same year. He called the second journey 'A Pole to the Poles'. And did he have any problems on this one? Mmm. His biggest problem was wind, blowing with speeds up to 330 km per hour. And there were temperatures of minus 60 degrees C. Antarctica's a tough place, you know. o, could you give us some background on Marek. What kind of person is he? In some ways he's not a typical explorer. He studied philosophy at university and he speaks six languages. He likes reading books on his journey. One of his favourite authors is Tolken. He also writes a lot himself. He always uses pencils because they don't freeze! Right. And this is the question we always ask. Why does he do it? Well, he wants to test the limits of what humans can do. When I spoke to him,he told me something very interesting.He said that on his journey to the poles he learned that everyone has limits, but the limits are in us,not outside us. Mmm. Has he got any advice for young people interested in going on exploration trips? Yes...one very good piece of advice is this: the key to a successful exploration is your brains not your legs, and the most important thing is your dreams. Mmm... that's very true. OK, thanks Matt for that story of Marek Kaminski. Later we'll talk to... |
