week 41 Unit1.4 les 3

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week 41 Unit1.4 les 3

Ex: 11-13

Friday the 13th of October

Unit 1.4

Goal for this lesson: During this lesson I am working on developing my watching/ listening and reading skills.

You are going to see a clip which is a link to (a reading) lesson 1.4 about Yosemite National Park. Make notes about the clip (for example: numbers, de rode draad, what do you see?)

What does ‘’Free solo’’ mean?

1. To climb without any gear.
2. To climb with gear.
3. To dance alone.
4. To dance whilst climbing.

What's the name of the mountain?

1. Captain
2. Yosemite
3. El Capitan
4. California

How big is El Capitan?

1. 3000 ft. (900 meters)
2. 2000 ft. (600 meters)
3. 5000 ft. (1500 meters)
4. 3500 ft. (1067 meters)

Name one of the 2 guidelines the crew came up with to film Alex (als het lukt: in English)

What is special about the crew around Alex?

1. they aren't nervous
2. they weren't climbers
3. they have climbed El Capitan before
4. they were his friends

What happened when they were climbing El Capitan?

1. A rock fell on one of the crew members' head
2. A rock fell down and hardly missed one of the crew members
3. A backpack fell down
4. Someone lost his balance and fell down

"Oefening baart kunst" is the Dutch saying, what do they say in English? (they say it in the clip)

Alex says the filming is a bit hard sometimes, why is that?

1. He gets tired from climbing
2. The members of the crew were in the way sometimes
3. because of the unpredictable weather
4. They were filming his personal life too

How long were they following Alex before they filmed the climb?

1. 5 years
2. 4 years
3. 2 years
4. 1 year

How many hours did it take Alex to climb El Capitan?

Would you do this? Why (not)?