8B DARING ACTIVITIES

VOCABULARY
A Look at the map and caption below. Then tell a partner: What did Dhruv
Bogra do? Did he travel with anyone? How long did he spend traveling?

B You are going to read about Dhruv Bogra’s trip.

1. Read questions 1–4. Try to guess the answers with a partner.
2. Complete the story with words from the Word Bank.
 Why did he do it?  How did he prepare? WORD BANK
Biking the Pan-American Highway Before he headed , Nouns
was the ultimate challenge. he spent six months getting ready. challenge
It is the longest road in the In addition to planning his route

world. In fact, at 30,000 miles and packing for Verbs

(48,000 km), it is one of the most the trip, he cycled every day to get head out
challenging rides that a cyclist in shape. He also slept in a tent to get used to
prepare (for)
can for. get used camping
warn (about)
outdoors.
Adjectives
 What were the best parts of  What was the worst part?
challenging
his trip?
In Alaska, Bogra had a few close helpful
The natural beauty in Nicaragua, calls* with bears, which was incredible
Panama, and Costa Rica was —really scary. natural
terrifying
incredible. The locals in every Nobody warned him about the
country were very friendly and animals. He had to learn to be
. The different foods really careful.
and cultures were amazing, too.
*A close call is something bad that almost happens.

C Ask and answer the questions with a partner. When you reply,
cover the answers above. Use the words in the Word Bank to
help you explain.
• Student A: Ask questions 1 and 2.
• Student B: Ask questions 3 and 4.

D What do you think of Dhruv Bogra’s trip? Would you like

to do it? Why or why not?
Pan-American Highway
Alaska Highway
Unofficial Route
Original Route

Cyclist Dhruv Bogra is from India.

He spent over a year biking the
Pan-American Highway, which
goes through over a dozen
countries, on his own.

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 READING
WARM-UP READING

ADVENTURES IN
Ask students, Are there any
sports that you would consider
dangerous or scary? What are

WONDERLAND
those sports? Do you think you
would like to try them? Have
a class discussion. Some
possible answers: snowboarding, Adventure 1: Hike Stromboli
parachuting, ski jumping, rock Stromboli, a tiny island near Sicily, Italy, has one of Earth’s most
active volcanos—and one of the world’s most unusual hikes. Just
climbing. 5 min
before sunset,1 tour groups head out for a climb to the top of the
island’s fiery mountain. The volcano sends hot lava2 into the air
A Look at the photo and read every hour, something it has been doing for over 2,000 years. “It’s
the titles in bold in the article. an incredible sight,” says Lorenzo Russo, a local tour guide. “One
you should experience at night.”
10 min
A person doesn’t have to be an experienced hiker to take part
The verb, noun, and adjective in this adventure, but the route is challenging. It is over 3,000
forms of the words in the feet (914 meters) to the top of the volcano, and the hike can be
chart come up in the reading. physically demanding. People have done it in four hours, but
Quickly go over the forms usually it takes six.
and meanings of the words. To prepare for the trip, you should spend money on a good pair of
Ask students if they can use hiking boots. (You’ll need comfortable shoes for the climb.) Pack
each form of hike and raft in a jacket, too, because it’s chilly on the mountain after sunset. Also
a sentence. Another option carry a flashlight for the late-night hike down the volcano.
is to put sentences like the
Adventure 2: Raft the Zambezi
ones below on the board with On the border between the countries of Zimbabwe and Zambia in
the target word (underlined) Africa is the Zambezi River. It’s one of the longest in the world and
removed; then ask students to has some of the best whitewater rafting anywhere.
complete the sentences with For six days, travelers journey along the Zambezi’s green and
the correct form of the word in white water, surrounded by natural beauty and animals like hippos,
the chart. crocodiles, and monkeys. “It’s amazing . . . to be in wilderness like this,”
says Matt Gontram, a rafting guide.
hike: I went on a hike Before participating in this activity, though, rafters should learn
yesterday. about the risks. In some places, the river moves very fast, and
hiking: I like hiking. waves can be up to 30 feet (9 meters) high. For this reason, it’s
important to get some rafting experience before you go on this
hiker: I only saw one hiker on trip. It might also be helpful to talk to others who have rafted the
the trail. Zambezi. They can warn you about the dangers. The trip is terrifying
in places, say many participants, so it’s important to prepare. But if
hike (verb) = We can hike up you’re into whitewater rafting, it’s an incredible adventure! 71
the mountain or drive. 1 Sunset is the time in the evening when the sun goes down.
hiking (adj) = I bought a pair of 2 Lava is hot rock that comes out of a volcano.
hiking boots.
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B In pairs, read about one of the

trips. Answer the questions
about it in your notebook.
3. The
  volcano sends hot lava Zambezi
15–20 min
into the air every hour. 1. It’s
  on the border between
In this exercise, partners will
4. Over 2,000 years Zimbabwe and Zambia in
read about different trips and
5. You
  should buy a good pair Africa.
answer the questions only for
the trip they’re reading about. of hiking boots because you 2. Six days
Students should cover the trip need comfortable shoes 3. You
  are surrounded by
their partner is reading about. for the climb; pack a jacket natural beauty and animals
The answers are below. because it’s chilly on the like hippos, crocodiles, and
mountain after sunset; and monkeys.
Stromboli carry a flashlight because
1. It’s
  on a small island near you hike down the volcano 4. 30 feet
Sicily, Italy. at night. You should learn about
5.  
2. Four to six hours the risks because the river

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 moves very fast and waves
can be high; get some
rafting experience before
A Look at the photo and read the titles in bold in C Verify information. Ask your partner you go on the trip, for the
the article. questions 1–5 in B about his or her trip. Take
notes. Then read the other profile. Check your
same reason as above; talk
1. Make sure you understand the verbs hike and
raft. Notice the other word forms in the chart. partner’s answers. to others who have rafted the
Zambezi because they can
Noun Verb Adjective D Infer meaning. Find the underlined words warn you about the dangers.
hike, hiking, hiker hike hiking in the article. Reread the sentences they
raft, rafting, rafter raft rafting are in. Then write your own definition. Use a
dictionary to help you. Check your ideas with
2. What do you think people will do on each C Verify information. Ask your
a partner.
adventure? Tell a partner. partner questions 1–5 in B
Word Definition
about his or her trip. Take notes.
B In pairs, read about one of the trips. Answer 1. sight something you see, an interesting place
Then read the other profile.
the questions about it in your notebook. 2. demanding
Check your partner’s answers.
Student A: Read about hiking Stromboli. 3. wilderness
15–20 min
Student B: Read about rafting the Zambezi. 4. risks
1. Where is it? In this exercise, students
2. How long does the trip last? E Discuss the questions with a partner. compare what they read in the
3. What special thing(s) do you see? 1. What else do you think people should do to text to their partner’s answers
prepare for each activity?
4. Student A: How long has the Stromboli in order to verify the answers.
volcano been erupting? Student B: How 2. Which adventure would you like to go on?
high are the Zambezi waves sometimes? Why? Verify information. This
5. To prepare for the activity, what should strategy requires students to
you do? Why should you do these things?
compare information they’ve
received to the original source,
the text, to confirm that the
information is correct.
The Zambezi is one of the longest rivers
in the world, with some of the best
whitewater rafting. D Infer meaning. Find the
underlined words in the article.
Reread the sentences they
are in. Then write your own
definition. Use a dictionary to
help you. Check your ideas with
a partner. 10–15 min
Have students find and
reread the sentence that each
underlined word is in, as well
as the sentences that come
before and after it. Students
should then write their own
definition by analyzing context
and word parts. As a follow-up,
Lesson B | 113 have students write their own
sentences with the words in
their notebooks.
They should think of any Zambezi River has a basin of Infer meaning. Remind
steps to prepare that weren’t 540,000 square miles (1,390,000 students to look at the whole
mentioned and that they square kilometers) and flows sentence a word is in, not just
think would be helpful. For through six countries: Zambia, the isolated word, and try to
question 2, they should give Angola, Namibia, Botswana, decide what part of speech it
their answer and a few reasons Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. is (verb, noun, etc.) as this will
why. The river and surrounding areas help them guess its meaning.
support large animals such as They can also use the context
ABOUT THE PHOTO hippopotamuses, elephants, the word is being used in.
Whitewater rafting on the Zambezi crocodiles, and giraffes, as well
River is extremely intense. The as hundreds of species of birds
river has long and rough rapids. and fish. Victoria Falls, considered E Discuss the questions with a
There are steep drops, deep to be the world’s largest waterfall, partner. 5–10 min
pools, and obstacles, such as is a feature of the river. Students should scan the
rocks. The nearly 1,600-mile article to answer question 1.

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 LISTENING

A You’re going to listen to a report about an activity called parkour. WORD BANK
Look at the photo and read the caption. Then read the outline. Try to gracefully beautifully
guess the answers. leap jump high or a long
distance
Parkour military the army, navy,
air force
History
• created in the late by a
teenager
• David Belle learned the moves from his .

What it is
• a form of
• done mainly in
• athletes might climb a , jump over a car, or
leap from one to another
• goal: do these things and gracefully
Why people do it
• builds physical and

Dangers
• People have .

B Listen for details. Listen. Write a word in each space in the outline.
Then listen a second time to check your answers. 72

C Read the sentences and circle T for true or F for false. If a statement is
A parkour athlete in
false, make it true. Then listen again to check your answers. 72
Vienna, Austria, leaps
1. David was in the military. T F between two walls.
2. Doing parkour is similar to being in an action movie. T F The name parkour
comes from a French
3. More than one country has recognized parkour as a sport. T F word (parcours) that
4. Parkour’s popularity has grown because it’s been in the news. T F means “course.”

D With a partner, answer the questions using your

notes in A and C and your own words.
1. How long have people been doing parkour?
2. How do you do parkour? Why do people do it?
3. How did David Belle learn parkour moves?
4. What are the dangers of this activity?
5. What do you think of parkour?

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 A rock climber in
Krabi, Thailand

GRAMMAR

A Read the Unit 8, Lesson B Grammar Reference in the appendix. Complete the exercises. Then do
the exercises below.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS VS. PRESENT PERFECT VS. SIMPLE PAST
Ongoing actions that started in the past Completed past actions
Present perfect People have been doing parkour for
continuous over 20 years.
People have done parkour for over 20 The UK has recognized parkour as a
Present perfect
years. sport.
Simple past I tried parkour last year.

B Work with a partner. Follow the steps below.

Student A: Turn to page 210. Follow the directions there.

Student B: You want to learn more about Mario and his hobby. Complete the questions below.
Use the words in parentheses and a verb form from the grammar chart.
1. Mario is into rock climbing. Why did he start (he / start) doing it?
2. How long (he / do) it?
3. How (be) his first rock climbing experience?
4. (he / ever / climb) alone?
5. What (he / prepare) to do recently?

C Student B: Ask your partner the questions in B to find out about Mario. Complete the chart.
Mario (rock climbing) Jen (kayaking)
1. Reason for starting? a new challenge
2. How long? a year
3. First experience? terrifying (not a strong swimmer),
but now she’s pretty good at it
4. Experience alone? yes, twice
5. Now preparing to? kayak for a week in Belize

D Switch roles. Student B: Answer your partner’s questions about Jen. Use the information in the
chart. Answer in complete sentences.

E Compare Mario’s and Jen’s experiences. Are they similar? How are they different?
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 ACTIVE ENGLISH Try it out!

A Turn to the Writing appendix and read about one woman’s hobby. Then
answer the questions.

1. What activity is she into?

2. When did she start doing it?
3. Why did she start doing it?
4. When she first started, was she good at it?
5. Has she improved? If yes, how? If no, why not?

6. How often does she do it now?

7. Why does she like the hobby? How has it benefited her?

• It helped her get in .

• It allows her to be .
• She likes her photos.
• It helped her make .

B Write the questions from A in the second person (you) in your notebook.
Take some notes about your answers.
Example: What activity is she into?  What activity are you into?

C Interview four classmates using your questions in B. Take notes on their answers.

D Work with a partner. Compare the answers to your questions.

1. Which interests are the most popular? 3. Which hobby is the most challenging?
2. Which is the most interesting or unusual? 4. Who’s been doing his or her hobby the longest?

E WRITING Write three paragraphs about your hobby. Use the example in the Writing appendix
and your notes in B.

F Exchange your writing with a partner. Read his or her paragraphs.

1. Answer the questions in A about your partner.
2. Are there any mistakes? If yes, circle them.
3. Return the writing to your partner. Make corrections to your own paragraph.

8B GOALS Now I can . . .

1. Yes, I can.
Explain how long I’ve done certain activities
2. Mostly, yes.
Explain why I like a hobby
3. Not yet.

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 GLOBAL VOICES
A Think about the activities you like to do. Could any of them be jobs someday?
How? Tell a partner.

B Gabby Salazar is a photographer. She is going to answer the questions below.

Read them. Then watch and choose the correct answers.
1. When did Gabby become interested in photography?
a. when she was in college b. when she was 11
2. What is the most exciting part of Gabby’s job?
a. waiting for the perfect photo b. being surprised by nature
3. What is the most challenging part of Gabby’s job?
a. working in remote places b. finding good things to take photos of
4. What does Gabby do to be creative?
a. spend time in nature b. rest at home
5. Does Gabby think that taking a risk is part of being creative?
a. yes b. no

C Think about one of your activities in A. Imagine doing it as a job.

Answer questions 1–3 in B about yourself and your activity.

D Interview a partner about his or her job. Use questions 1–3 in B (but change
them to the second person).

So, what are you

interested in?

Video games.
And now I
create them.

When did you become

interested in . . .?”

Gabby Salazar with a

butterfly in Tambopata
National Reserve in Peru

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