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READING

1 With a partner, choose one of these situations. Think 2 Read the two newspaper articles quickly. Who was
of advice to give someone who is going into this situation. lost for longer, Sam or Mary?

Take some water with you.
A Walking in a desert area
Survival skills helped Mary
B Climbing a mountain in cold weather

from Oregon in the but people knew about
ary Owen, 23, Mary’s phone didn’t work,
US, is recovering her plans. She had warm
clothes and a few cereal
in hospital after an bars to eat. Mary used
to climb Mount Hood, some snow to drink and
accident. Mary went
but got lost in a sudden found wood to make a

impossible to see, and Mary searched for six whole days
snowstorm. It was small fire. Rescue crews
fell and hurt her leg. She until they found her. She
couldn’t walk but she knew needs an operation on her
how to look after herself leg and has frostbite in her
so she made a snow hole. toes, but she will be okay.

Sam survived on contact

lens solution!

Y esterday, 18-year-old worried about spiders and
rescuers
slept on the ground but he
found
Woodhead,
Sam
who was lost in the snakes.
Next morning, someone
Australian outback. Sam, noticed Sam’s bed was
from the UK, had a new job empty and they called
at a cattle station. One day the police. They searched
after work, Sam decided to for two days but found
go for a run with a small nothing. Luckily, Sam had
rucksack on his back. some contact lens solution
Unfortunately, he didn’t tell in his rucksack so he drank
anyone about his plans. that. Sam nearly gave up
Soon, Sam realized he but finally a helicopter crew
was lost. His head hurt in spotted him on the third
the heat as it was 30 degrees day. His face and arms were
and he didn’t have much badly sunburnt, but he was
water. Night came. Sam alive!

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