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exercise 2b Spot the phrase. How were the following expressed in the text?
1. until I first set foot on it
2. took up rock climbing
3. but it was not to be
4. I started to feel excited about the prospect of
5. one step at a time
6. I ... was unable to see more than a few metres ahead
7. I barely had time to wonder
8. whether I’d be better off unclipping myself
9. the mountain fell silent
10. there was no response
11. I pressed on
12. we realised how lucky we’d been
13. the whole area had been hit by a much bigger avalanche
14. his death affected me
15. on the way home
exercise 2c Choose the best alternative. 1. a, 2. b, 3. a, 4. c, 5. a, 6. a, 7. a, 8. c, 9. b, 10. a
exercise 2d Translate into English.
1. I started to feel excited about the prospect of taking up rock climbing.
2. When I told my boyfriend about it, he fell silent and there was no response / and I didn't get any response.
3. On the way home I realised how lucky I was to have something / when I had something to look forward to.
4. I decided to press on one step at a time / step by step.
5. I barely / hardly have (any) time to wonder whether I'd be better off giving up my dreams or my boyfriend.
exercise 2e Change the underlined parts of the sentences into shortened clauses. Use the text to help you.
1. Having asked / After asking where to find the world’s highest peak, it would be only four years until I first set foot on it.
2. We left at first light, heading up the icefall on the south side of the mountain, laden with rucksacks.
3. We passed towering columns, crumbling ledges and yawning crevasses; but as thick fog obscured the route, I kept my head down, focusing on one step at a time.
4. I looked up, startled, knowing it was ice breaking away from the mountain, but was unable to see more than a few metres ahead.
5. It just kept coming, forcing snow into my nose and mouth.
6. (While) gasping for air, I tried to swim against the white tide.
7. I thought of my family back home and imagined the headlines announcing my death.
8. Twenty-two people had been killed, including three members of our support team.
9. On the way home, I broke down, eaten up by survivor’s guilt.
exercise 2g Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from Marshall Islands was selected from over 500 candidates to represent the voice of civil society at the UN Climate Summit. Fill in the missing words in her speech based on what you hear.
1. two million square kilometres of ocean
2. The moral of the story
3. the price of inaction is so high
4. wither from the salt and drought
5. Climate change affects
6. carbon pollution
7. greenhouse gas emissions
8. indigenous mothers
1. until I first set foot on it
2. took up rock climbing
3. but it was not to be
4. I started to feel excited about the prospect of
5. one step at a time
6. I ... was unable to see more than a few metres ahead
7. I barely had time to wonder
8. whether I’d be better off unclipping myself
9. the mountain fell silent
10. there was no response
11. I pressed on
12. we realised how lucky we’d been
13. the whole area had been hit by a much bigger avalanche
14. his death affected me
15. on the way home
exercise 2c Choose the best alternative. 1. a, 2. b, 3. a, 4. c, 5. a, 6. a, 7. a, 8. c, 9. b, 10. a
exercise 2d Translate into English.
1. I started to feel excited about the prospect of taking up rock climbing.
2. When I told my boyfriend about it, he fell silent and there was no response / and I didn't get any response.
3. On the way home I realised how lucky I was to have something / when I had something to look forward to.
4. I decided to press on one step at a time / step by step.
5. I barely / hardly have (any) time to wonder whether I'd be better off giving up my dreams or my boyfriend.
exercise 2e Change the underlined parts of the sentences into shortened clauses. Use the text to help you.
1. Having asked / After asking where to find the world’s highest peak, it would be only four years until I first set foot on it.
2. We left at first light, heading up the icefall on the south side of the mountain, laden with rucksacks.
3. We passed towering columns, crumbling ledges and yawning crevasses; but as thick fog obscured the route, I kept my head down, focusing on one step at a time.
4. I looked up, startled, knowing it was ice breaking away from the mountain, but was unable to see more than a few metres ahead.
5. It just kept coming, forcing snow into my nose and mouth.
6. (While) gasping for air, I tried to swim against the white tide.
7. I thought of my family back home and imagined the headlines announcing my death.
8. Twenty-two people had been killed, including three members of our support team.
9. On the way home, I broke down, eaten up by survivor’s guilt.
exercise 2g Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from Marshall Islands was selected from over 500 candidates to represent the voice of civil society at the UN Climate Summit. Fill in the missing words in her speech based on what you hear.
1. two million square kilometres of ocean
2. The moral of the story
3. the price of inaction is so high
4. wither from the salt and drought
5. Climate change affects
6. carbon pollution
7. greenhouse gas emissions
8. indigenous mothers