The story is about
1. drinking sea water.
2. a dying sailor.
3. a kind doctor.
4. eating good food.
5. a happy journey.
Vocabulary
Draw lines to join the matching words and phrases.
a. food go down under water
b. sink something to eat
c. wait small ship
d. boat stay for someone or something
Complete the sentences using words from the box.
Dangerous salt alive miles sinking caught ill little
a. At the end of the journey Dr. Bombard was_________ but happy.
b. Dr. Bombard drank a_________ sea water on his journey.
c. Most people cannot stay_________ at sea without food or water.
d. It was very_________ for Dr. Bombard to travel alone at sea.
e. You won't get to the town tonight. It's many_________ away.
f. I went fishing last week and I_________ three fish.
g. I like to put_________ on my meals.
h. Help! My boat is_________ and I can't swim.
Find these words in the story.
dangerous (paragraph 1) traveled (paragraph 4) believe (paragraph 2) just (paragraph 3)
Now match each word to the nearest meaning.
a. think to be true b. not safe c. only d. went from one place to another
Looking for detail
Answer these questions about the story.
a. Why can it be dangerous to travel by sea?
b. What do most people believe?
c. Who was Alain Bombard?
d. What did he think?
e. Where did he sail his boat to?
f. What did he live on during his journey?
g. Who does 'they' refer to in paragraph 1?
h. Who does 'they' refer to in paragraph 3?
i. Do you think that Dr. Bombard was right? Give a reason for your answer.
j. If you were at sea in a small boat for a long time, how would you stay alive?
Complete the following sentences. Your answers must come from the story.
a. Sometimes ships sink at sea and sailors_____________________________________.
b. Most people believe that if we drink sea water_____________________________________.
c. Dr. Alain Bombard thought we would not die if_____________________________________.
d. He showed that he was right by living on_____________________________________.
e. Although he was very tired and ill at the end of his journey_____________________________________.
Picture comprehension
Make a tick under the correct picture of Dr. Bombard at the end of his journey. Say why you think this picture is correct.
Organizing ideas
Put these sentences into the correct order by writing the numbers 1-6 next to each letter.
a. ___ His journey took 65 days.
b. ___ Dr Bombard wanted to show that people can drink sea water and not die.
c. ___ When he came to Barbados he was tired but alive.
d. ___ He went across the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat without food or water.
e. ___ He lived on fish, sea water, and small plants.
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f. ___ Many people die at sea because they have no food or water.
Writing
Write sentences about the story by putting these words in the correct order.
a. can Traveling be by dangerous. sea
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b. sea People water believed was dangerous that too.
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c. show to sea. Dr. at that live Bombard people wanted could
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d. ocean the across He alone. went
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e. a fish. water every He little day drank and sea ate
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f. after He journey finished 65 his days.
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g. but He tired alive. was ill he and was
UNIT 4
Shoes
Pre-reading activity
1. How many pairs of shoes do you have?
2. What kind of shoes do you wear most often?
3. How many different kinds of shoes can you think of?
When the first men and women had to travel over cold ground, hot deserts and hard stones, they covered their feet with animal skins and leaves. They cut the skins and leaves and then sewed them together. Then they tied grass and skins around their feet to keep the shoes in place.
Later, people who lived in hot countries made sandals to keep their feet clean and cool. There were many different kinds of sandals. Poor people wore very cheap ones but rich people sometimes put jewels in theirs. In cold countries people wore shoes made out of sheepskin. Today many people still wear sheepskin shoes because they are so warm.
Before there were machines, shoes like the ones we wear today took a long time to make. In 1846 Elias Howe made a strong sewing machine and then in 1858 Lyman Blake changed this machine so it could sew shoes. In 1875 Goodyear Welt made a new machine for making shoes quickly. It was called the Goodyear Welt sewing machine. With this machine Goodyear made cheap shoes from rubber. Today we remember Goodyear because he has made other things with rubber.
Today people wear shoes made from animal skins, cloth, rubber, and plastic. Shoes have come a long way from the first skin and leaf shoes - and with new machines they will change a lot more.
New words
skin: If I go out in the sun without a hat, I'll burn my skin.
sew: Oh dear, there's a hole in my pants. Can you sew it up for me?
tie: The policeman caught the thief and tied his hands together.
machine: They used a machine to dig a big hole.
rubber: Most balls are made of rubber.
plastic: Don't worry. You can't break the cup. It's made of plastic.
Main idea
Does each of these sentences say what each paragraph is about? Write T for true or F for false.
Paragraph 1___ People in the past used skins and leaves to cover their feet.
Paragraph 2___ Then sheepskin sandals became popular.
Paragraph 3___ In the 1800s machines for making shoes were invented.
Paragraph 4___ Today shoes are made only of plastic.
Vocabulary
