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Copia de Classwork 1 (Gropu 2)

Olivia and her friend Grace got lost in heavy snowfall while skiing in Italy and had to spend the night in their car as it became stuck. They wore all their extra clothes to stay warm and cleared snow away from the doors. The next day, rescue workers arrived and cleared snow to lead the car to a nearby village where the hungry travelers had a hearty hot meal.

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Copia de Classwork 1 (Gropu 2)

Olivia and her friend Grace got lost in heavy snowfall while skiing in Italy and had to spend the night in their car as it became stuck. They wore all their extra clothes to stay warm and cleared snow away from the doors. The next day, rescue workers arrived and cleared snow to lead the car to a nearby village where the hungry travelers had a hearty hot meal.

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1. I was really cold because I had forgotten my coat.

2. Mia is fairly sure she will pass her exam.


3. The traffic is moving very slowly.
4. Be extremely careful when you cross busy roads.
5. That was a rather difficult question.

Narrator: For each question, choose the correct answer.

You will hear an interview with a woman called Olivia

talking about her experience of traveling through a snowstorm

with her friend Grace.

Interviewer: Today I’m talking to Olivia Richardson,


who was with a friend on a skiing holiday in central Italy

when over two meters of snow fell in 24 hours.

Where were you, Olivia, when that happened?

Olivia: Grace and I were near Capracotta, in the mountains.

There’d already been some light snow and we stopped

for a quick meal before carrying on to a crossroads,

but there we took a wrong turning and got completely lost.

Then, while we were trying to decide how to return to the main road,

some really heavy snow started coming down.

Interviewer: Was that frightening?

Olivia: At first I was quite certain it wouldn’t last long.

It was March in Italy, so I wasn’t worried.

Of course, it was rather annoying we’d gone the wrong way,

but I couldn’t blame Grace because it'd been my idea.

And we were still moving, but not very fast.

Interviewer: When did you have to stop?

Olivia: Well, it was getting quite difficult to see

and we nearly crashed into a parked car.

There was more and more snow on the road,

so when we tried to go up a steep hill the wheels started

going round really fast, but it was so deep

the car just wouldn’t move forwards.

It looked as if we'd be stuck there, but we didn't have much petrol

left so we switched off the engine.


Grace tried to phone for help but couldn't get through.

Interviewer: How did you stay warm? With the car heater?

Olivia: That meant having the engine on so we only used it a bit.

Instead we got all our jumpers, trousers and socks from our suitcases

and wore them all night.

We were still frozen, though, and wished we had

some coffee or tea with us.

Interviewer: So you spent the whole night inside the car?

Olivia: Yes, I'd at last managed to contact the emergency services.

They knew our location from my phone and they advised us to stay

in our vehicle until help could be sent the next day.

That’s what we did, but by then the snow was starting to cover the car

completely so we cleared a space next to the doors

in case we needed to get out.

Interviewer: How did you get moving again?

Olivia: The rescue vehicles didn't get there until the afternoon.

They’d called to ask if we needed an ambulance and luckily we didn’t,

so they just cleared the snow and led us along

the road to the nearest village.

There we stopped for an enormous hot meal of roast fish and pasta

with cheese, the most delicious I've ever tasted!

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