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READING

1 Listen and read. TR: 7.8

ANGEL FALLS

2 Read. Check T for True or F for False.
Imagine searching for gold, but instead of Table-top mountain
finding it, you see one of the great wonders Angel Falls 1. Jimmie first saw Angel Falls in 1937. T F
of the world. That’s what happened to Jimmie 980 m 2. When Jimmie returned to the falls,
Angel. Jimmie loved to fly. A miner hired him Burj Khalifa his plane got stuck in the mud.
829 m
to fly to Venezuela in search of gold. In 1933, T F
during one of his flights, he saw an amazing 3. Angel Falls is taller than Niagara Falls. T F
waterfall. 4. Today, people visit Angel Falls by car. T F

The waterfall became known to the world 3 Read. Look at the photo of the waterfall
in 1937. That year, Jimmie’s expedition flew
over the waterfall and then landed on a table- and answer the questions.
top mountain. A wheel sank into the mud 1. What is the height of the waterfall?
and broke. The plane was stuck. Jimmie and 2. What type of mountain did Jimmie land on?
his crew descended the mountain and then
hiked through the jungle for 11 days. After this Shanghai World 3. What happens to the water that doesn’t reach
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Financial Center
adventure, the falls were named in Jimmie’s 474 m Devil’s Canyon?
honor: Angel Falls. 4. Which is taller: Angel Falls or the Burj Khalifa?

Angel Falls is located in southeast Venezuela 4
in Canaima National Park. It’s the tallest waterfall Work with a partner. Plan a trip to Angel
in the world. It’s 62 meters (about 200 ft.) taller Falls. Talk about how you’ll get there, what
than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and almost twice you’ll bring, and what you’ll do.
as tall as the Shanghai World Financial Center in
China. A column of water falls almost 980 meters
(3,200 ft.) from the top of the mountain to its Let’s take a boat to Yes, then we can hike
reach the falls.
base. Not all of the water reaches the base of the through the jungle.
canyon. Some of it blows away into a fine mist.

You can reach the falls by canoe or boat.

When the boat ride ends, you have to cross
streams and hike through the jungle to reach
the falls. You can also reach them like Jimmie
did, by plane. After visiting the falls, you can
see Jimmie’s restored plane. It’s outside the
airport at Ciudad Bolívar.

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