Extreme Weather, Extreme Experiences

Wednesday 9^th April

Hi Isabel!

I really had to wait so as to hear your extended versions of the sentences we had. The reason was that you had cancelled the previous class! They were quite good!

You can read other options below:

1       Exhausted after a hard day’s work, a balding, middle-aged man wearing a crumpled suit, and carrying a briefcase, walked slowly along the road that led from the station to his home, pausing only to look up at the night sky.

2       Peter, who’s very wealthy, has a huge, sixteenth century farmhouse, surrounded by woods in the heart of the Devon countryside.

3       Ann Croft, the world famous actress, who married for the sixth time only last month, was seen having an intimate lunch in a London restaurant with a man who was definitely not her husband.

4       The two-week holiday in Mauritius, which we had looked forward to so much, was a complete and utter disaster from start to finish.

5       A ten- year- old boy, walking home from school, found an old, battered, leather wallet filled with £5,000 in £50 notes in the High Street.

Then we listened to two people talking about their experiences in extreme weather conditions.

Simone was living in Cairo at the time. It was extremely hot, between 40ºC and 45ºC. A friend and she decided to go dancing. They were sweating profusely because it was very hot in the nightclub. After that they decided to go to see the sunrise at the Pyramids. They took a taxi, which was stuffy and quite hot. Temperatures rise dramatically at sunrise in Egypt. After that, a boy offered them his bike and they hired it. They rode into the desert and the motorbike broke down. So, they had to walk back to the village pushing the bike. They finally got home. Simone was extremely tired and went to bed. She got up half an hour later feeling sick, confused and dizzy. She had heat exhaustion! It was really unpleasant and she has never done something so silly again!

On the other hand, Anna underwent (experimented) a terrible experience when she lived in Russia. It was absolutely freezing. The kids didn’t go to school because of the cold weather. She went to visit some friends who lived in the outskirts of the town, on her own (without help).

Although she had put on all the clothes she found, she was feeling really cold. She could hardly breathe because her nostrils went blocked by balls of ice. Her hands and her feet hurt and she couldn’t feel them. She got lost because all the blocks looked the same and she started to panic. Thanks god, she could spot (make out, see) her friends in the background; who had come to the bus stop to pick her up!

What about you? Have you ever lived a bad experience due to extreme weather conditions?

Next day I’ll tell you about the hail storm that was over our car while we were driving to the village!

I hope you have enjoyed your Easter holidays.

See you next Wednesday!

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