SESSION 4: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 4: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES.

THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.

2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

1.1 TRUE/FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are True (T) or False (F):

a. The miners were trapped underground for a little under two months.

b. It took almost a day to bring all of the miners to the surface.
c. None of the miners had any medical problems when they came up.
d. The article says more people watched the rescue than the World Cup.
e. There were a few problems with the rescue which delayed things.
f. No one has spent longer so deep underground and survived.
g. Chile’s president said the miners fought too much while underground.
h. The president said the miners’ ordeal had changed Chile.

1.2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. rescued ..................... a. on tenterhooks
2. emerged .................... b. wasted
3. applause .................... c. surfaced
4. gripped ..................... d. whole
5. glued ........................ e. set free
6. climax ....................... f. motivation
7. ecstatic ..................... g. clapping
8. entire ....................... h. pinnacle
9. in vain ...................... i. stuck
10.inspiration ................. j. overjoyed

1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from this article (sometimes more than one option is possible):
1. the men emerged ............................... a. the mine collapse
2. The men were met with wild ................. b. were not in vain
3. They were all in surprisingly ................... c. to their TV sets
4. Their story had gripped the world since ..... d. careful preparation
5. people were glued .............................. e. into freedom
6. the climax to months of ........................ f. world was waiting for
7. No one has ever spent so long ................. g. your wife
8. We have done what the entire ............... h. applause and hugs
9. The 70 days that we fought so hard .......... i. good health
10. Go hug .......................................... j. so deep underground

1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:

SEVERAL - PAR - APPLAUSE - GLUED - TRAPPED - CHECKS - TENSE - ATTRACTED

All thirty-three miners ____________ underground in Chile for 69 days have been rescued. One by one, over a ____________ 22 hours, the men emerged into freedom after spending over two months 700 metres underground. The men were met with wild ____________ and hugs from rescuers and family before being put on a stretcher and taken to hospital for two days of medical ____________. They were all in surprisingly good health, although one had pneumonia and ____________ had dental problems. Their story had gripped the world since the mine collapse in August. Their rescue ____________ a TV audience on a ____________ with Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon or a football World Cup Final. Television stations across the globe were reporting record viewing figures as people were ____________ to their TV sets.

VAIN - HUG - INSPIRATION - SPENT - CLIMAX - LIFE - FREED - SPIRIT

Luis Urzua was the last man to be rescued. The operation worked perfectly and was the ____________ to months of careful preparation to save the men. No one has ever ____________ so long so deep underground and survived. Chilean president Sebastian Pinera was ecstatic with seeing the men ____________. He said: "We have done what the entire world was waiting for. The 70 days that we fought so hard were not in ____________. We had strength, we had ____________, we wanted to fight, we wanted to fight for our families, and that was the greatest thing." The president told Urzua "You are not the same, and the country is not the same after this. You were an ____________. Go ____________ your wife and your daughter." Mr Pinera also had a message for Victor Segovia, the 15th miner out: "Welcome to ____________."