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Life On The Edge (TV channel - BBC World)

Globalization is bringing the world together – and not always in ways we find comfortable. Whether it’s the credit crunch, civil conflicts, soaring food prices or climate change, millions today are living Life On The Edge.

This series follows four stories of people as they face up to the dangers, disasters and dilemmas of 21st century Planet Earth.

SURVIVAL IN THE SEA

1 Look through theNOTESand watch the Episode “Survival in the Sea”.

The Canaries –

Bermuda –Bermuda - a UK Overseas Territory consisting of a group of over 150 coral islands (the Bermudas) in the NW Atlantic: discovered in about 1503, colonized by the British by 1612, although not acquired by the British crown until 1684.

The Cape -the South West region of South Africa, in Western Cape province

ditch kit - a set of tools or equipment for a particular purpose or activity

paddle - a short pole that you push into the water in order to move a small boat. It is

wide and flat at one or both ends.

flare - a bright flame that burns for a short time

still - piece of equipment used for making something to drink

solar - relating to the Sun, or coming from the Sun: solar stills

spear gun - a long weapon like a stick with one sharp end

barnacle - a sea creature that sticks firmly to rocks and to the bottoms of ships

dungeon - a dark underground room in a castle that was used as a prison in the past

harpoon - a weapon consisting of a blade on a pole fixed to a rope, used for hunting

whales and big fish

latitude - the distance of a point on the Earth from the equator, measured in degrees

north or south

sextant - a piece of equipment that sailors use for looking at the stars so that they can

calculate the position of their ship

2 Write down extract 1 starting “Catching fish is never easy. …….……..(09:46) up to“…………… That’s the origin of the word “booby trap”. (10:46)

Write down extract 1 starting “Steve was finally rescued by …….……..(18:47) up to“…………… then you can control the situation”.

3 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:

1. Steve’s previous sailing experience. His plans.

to survive for … (time) to be shipwrecked intent on to set out to do to compete in to be forced out of least landfall to do … miles of be back and forth to to be more precise

2. Preparations which had been made. The accident.

initial moments to tear the boat open ditch kit on board the raft paddles to fend off flares pints of a fishing kit to prove important solar stills emergency items crucially spear gun

3. Steve’s chances for survival. The Book by Dugo Robertson.

to be pessimistic about to be pushed towards to reach the land to prove to be crucial to live from the sea to be complied by adrift to provide smb with to give smb inspiration the definite priority the shipping lanes three miles deep

4. The first challenge Steve faces.

vital organs to dilute to dehydrate to ration the water to take a sip to dominate one’s life solar stills a ring section a condenser section to need inflating to fill smth with to condense water to be collected

5. Providing food is another challenge.

shortage of barnacles to break one’s duck to break down a psychological signal to be lowered to to speak a dorado a staple diet dungeon fillet mignione disgusting parts nuggets pure fluid revelation to attach smth to

6. Mistakes which were made.

to be inventive the north equatorial current be south of shipping route to be spotted coastal route to keep doing to swig water to count on a wake–up call to make a point to do to establish a routine to fend off to make sb a perfect target unwanted attention to rip a large hole

7. How to repair a rip.

to improvise smth a bun the core the gash a cork a phoney to lash sth an awkward place to fall out to be exhausted the grueling routine a frustrating period to deteriorate within a matter of to scare sb back into to dawn on sb a pin to make a lashing to pinhead sth with

8. How to locate the geographical position of the raft.

to pinpoint one’s exact position to tie a piece of sea weed to drift west to improvise a sextant to connect into a triangle to measure the angle correspond to latitude

4 Watch the episode again and fill in the gaps with the appropriate words and word combinations.

Steve – If this is the west with ______________ over there, and ________________, kind of come up and ____________ in the Bahamas after _____________, and England is _____________, you have a general circulation of _________________________ to go a kind of like this. So I would start about in ________________ drifting towards ______________. But I was worried if I got above 18 degrees ___________ I would actually _______ the West Indies, get up in _______________ and end up at best in _____________ a month or so later. And in the worst case you’re ________________ in the Gulf Stream in a strong way and end up actually _________________ and eventually __________ and end up over in England. It would have taken a year or something. I would have never _________ in the Bahamas. I didn’t think I would make it over there.

5 Find English equivalents for the following word-combinations.

увлеченный приключениями бывать на Бермудах десятки раз оказаться самой важной глубиной три мили распределять воду равномерно сделать глоток воды это становится главным в жизни основной продукт питания пить воду большими глотками рассчитывать на что-либо обязательно делать (повторять себе) находиться в очень неудобной месте затычка все время вываливалась в суровом режиме очень тяжелое время испугать и заставить (вернуться к жизни) мне пришло в голову

Translate the sentences using the above words and phrases.

1. He was intent on leaving the country.

2. Они были сосредоточены на своей работе.

3. Мои дети готовы смотреть телевизор целый день, но я ограничиваю их.

4. We must ration the food out among the members of the climbing party.

5. He nearly swigged the whole bottle before he needed to take a breath.

6. Девушка ухмыльнулась, и я понял, почему она упорно не хочет смеяться. С закрытым ртом она очень недурна собой.

7. Наконец-то нам открылась вся правда.

8. Это самое большое здание здесь, и, на самом деле, оно прямо-таки возвышается над всеми остальными.

Listen to the part of the Episode and translate it into Russian orally in class.

SPEAKING POINTS. Comment on the following quotations in terms survival.

Strategy Points

ü Spend a minute thinking about the topic below and making brief notes.

ü During a minute decide how you will introduce and link your ideas, and then talk for a minute (!).

ü Remember to include some examples to support or illustrate what you say.

ü Use a variety of vocabulary and grammatical structures.

ü Make sure you keep to the topic.

ü Learn useful phrases and expressions. These give you time to think, and also act as signposts which help listeners follow your arguments.

Giving an example: for instance, if we take the example of X, X serves as a good example of this

Sequencing words: firstly, secondly, finally, lastly, last but not least

Introducing a new idea: the first thing (I'd like) to mention, to begin with, another point to consider is, which leads me on to another point, and, of course, we shouldn't forget

Bringing an idea to its conclusion: to sum up, in the final analysis, on balance, taking all the arguments into consideration, in conclusion

1. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

2. Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.

3. You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.

4. Energy and persistence conquer all things.

5. Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

6. Experience teaches only the teachable.

7. You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

8. A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

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