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1.1.C. Supply a suitable word to complete the following sentences. The initial letters are given as a clue.
13. The memmber of an expedition have to accept the authority of their leader unquestioningly
14. The team of climbers attempted to reach the summit of the mountain.
15. One of the climbers fell down a crevasse while attempting to cross the glacier.
16. The avalanche came down seconds after they had crossed the slope – they really did have an narrow escape.
17. The view from the peak was absolutely breathtaking.
18. He was the first man to cross the English Channel by hang-glider.
19. The only way to get supplies to the expedition was to drop them by parachute.
20. Lost in the desert, they were hundreds of miles from the nearest oasis.
21. They paddled their canoes down a fearsome gorge, but then they came to the worst rapids they had yet encountered.
22. After the storm the captian discovered that two members of his crew had been swept overboard.
23. Many of the famous European explorers in Africa were either missionaries or sent to establish colonies.
24. I’m fascinated by other people’s adventures but, being a coward myself, I’m best suited to being an armchair traveller.
1.2. Brazilian Adventure – Chapter IV. OUTLOOK UNSETTLED
Vocabulary:
- to qualify: to describe by giving the characteristics of: mô tả tính chất.
- category: class, group: loại, nhóm.
- Hereinafter (adv) below: dưới đây.
- to refer to: to direct to some source of information: chỉ dẫn cho biết.
- intrepidity (n) fearlessness, bravery: sự gan dạ.
- to miscast: to give a role for which xomeone is not suitable: phân công vai diễn cho ai đó không thích hợp.
- imprecise (adj) not exact: mơ hồ, mông lung.
- corpse (n) dead body: xác chết, tử thi.
- jaguar (n) large America spotted animal of cat family: báo đốm.
- itinerary (n) route: lộ trình.
- obselete (adj) no...
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