The Reading / Listening - Amazon Survival - Level 4

Four children who were feared dead after a plane crash have been found alive after 40 days in the Amazon jungle in Colombia. The siblings are aged 13, nine, four and a one-year-old baby. Their mother and two pilots died in the crash. The pilot issued a mayday alert for engine failure, and then it disappeared from radar screens. The children were found by Colombia's military, helped by the Huitoto indigenous group.

Colombia's president called the news a "joy" and a "magical day". He said their survival "will remain in history". Colombia's aviation authority issued a statement about how the children survived. It said they left the crash site and walked through the jungle to get help. The children belong to the Huitoto group. They knew what was edible in the jungle. Their experience of the rainforest helped them to survive.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Amazon Survival - Level 5 or  Amazon Survival - Level 6

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Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Four children who were
  2. The siblings
  3. two pilots died
  4. The pilot issued
  5. engine
  6. it disappeared from radar
  7. The children were found
  8. the Huitoto
  1. failure
  2. by Colombia's military
  3. feared dead
  4. indigenous group
  5. are aged 13
  6. a mayday alert
  7. in the crash
  8. screens

Paragraph 2

  1. Colombia's president called the
  2. their survival will remain
  3. Colombia's aviation authority issued
  4. how the children
  5. they left the
  6. The children belong
  7. They knew what was edible
  8. Their experience
  1. a statement
  2. in the jungle
  3. news a "joy"
  4. of the rainforest
  5. in history
  6. crash site
  7. survived
  8. to the Huitoto group

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Four children (1) ___________________ dead after a plane crash have been (2) ___________________ 40 days in the Amazon jungle in Colombia. The (3) ___________________ 13, nine, four and a one-year-old baby. Their mother (4) ___________________ died in the crash. The pilot issued a (5) ___________________ engine failure, and then it disappeared from radar screens. The children were found by Colombia's military, (6) ___________________ Huitoto indigenous group.

Colombia's president called the news a "joy" and (7) ___________________. He said their survival "will (8) ___________________". Colombia's aviation authority issued a statement about how (9) ___________________. It said they left the crash site and walked (10) ___________________ to get help. The children belong to the Huitoto group. They knew what (11) ___________________ the jungle. Their experience of the rainforest helped (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Fourchildrenwhowerefeareddeadafteraplanecrashhavebeenfoundal
iveafter40daysintheAmazonjungleinColombia.Thesiblingsareaged1
3,nine,fourandaone-year-oldbaby.Theirmotherandtwopilotsdiedint
hecrash.Thepilotissuedamaydayalertforenginefailure,andthenitdisa
ppearedfromradarscreens.ThechildrenwerefoundbyColombia'smilit
ary,helpedbytheHuitotoindigenousgroup.Colombia'spresidentcalle
dthenewsa"joy"anda"magicalday".Hesaidtheirsurvival"willremainin
history".Colombia'saviationauthorityissuedastatementabouthowth
echildrensurvived.Itsaidtheyleftthecrashsiteandwalkedthroughthej
ungletogethelp.ThechildrenbelongtotheHuitotogroup.Theyknewwh
atwasedibleinthejungle.Theirexperienceoftherainforesthelpedthem
tosurvive.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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Free writing

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Answers

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