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UNIT 6 Teens around the world

Text work

1 Read Shaun’s blog. Which country do you think he lives in?

Shaun’s Blog
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January 14 18:43

Hello everyone! Another exciting weekend! My mum and dad had some
time off today, and it was really hot and sunny, so we decided to go
swimming. As you know, the nearest beach to us is Cable Beach. It’s a great
place, because it’s really quiet, and you can go fishing there, too. It’s an
amazing beach – it’s 20km long.
Anyway, when we got to the beach, my dad remembered that it was very
dangerous to swim in the summer (between October and March). That’s
because there are jellyfish in the water – including the box jellyfish! (I put
a photo here for you!) There are a lot of deadly animals in this country –
sharks, spiders (even a kangaroo can hurt you!), but the box jellyfish is one
of the worst. Did you know that they kill up to 65 people a year! If you
touch one, they can sting you. And then you’re in trouble. So, in the end,
we didn’t go swimming. But we had a great time playing and running on
the beach – but not the whole 20 kilometres!

January 15 20:16
After yesterday’s post about the box jellyfish, I’ve just remembered a
true story about the time we met a saltwater crocodile. Yes, the saltwater
crocodile is another one of the deadly creatures you can find in this
country. And it’s a huge animal. They can be up to 7 metres long, and
weigh 2,000 kilos!

Anyway, last year, I was with my dad, camping in the bush. We wanted to
go fishing, so we put up our tent near a river. Then we went to sleep, but
in the middle of the night we heard something big near our tent. Then the
tent started to move! My dad quickly took me out of the tent and we ran to
the car. He put on the car’s headlamps to see what was happening. It was
a huge crocodile, pulling our tent to the river! That’s another place where
we should never go swimming!

2 Circle the correct words.

1 Shaun likes / doesn’t like to go fishing and swimming at the weekend.
2 In Shaun’s country, the winter / summer season is between October and March.
3 There are / aren’t many dangerous animals in Shaun’s country.
4 Shaun talks about a time he went / didn’t go swimming.
5 Shaun was / wasn’t stung by a jellyfish.
6 On the camping holiday, the tent / car was attacked by a crocodile.

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