Unit 8D, Vocabulary and Speaking Exercise 3, page 128.0:02
Are you lost in the jungle?0:21
Find out how to hang on until help arrives.0:32
Have you seen the new TV series everyone is talking about?0:41
If you have, you'll know that it's about a group of people whose plane has crashed on a remote island.0:44
They seem to find it quite easy to find food, build shelters and protect themselves from storms in the thick jungle on the island.0:51
But suppose you were lost in a jungle, Would it be easy for you to survive?1:00
A jungle can be difficult to walk through, so use a stick to part thick vegetation and to see and avoid any poisonous spiders or insects.1:05
Trekking in the jungle can be hard work, but if you are wearing long trousers and long sleeves, don't be tempted to change into shorts and a T shirt.1:15
You don't want to get mosquito bites.1:25
What can you eat when you're lost in the jungle?1:28
Well, you might find some fruit to eat in a tropical forest, but how about some nice juicy creepy crawlies as well?1:31
You might turn your nose up, but insects are an amazing source of protein and are low in fat.1:38
Avoid brightly colored insects, which are usually poisonous.1:46
Storms in the jungle are not uncommon, so keep your eyes open for them.1:51
Some tropical forests get up to 10 meters of rain in a year, about the height of a four story building.1:56
And mudslides are common too.2:02
So if you don't want a mud bath, stay away from steep hillsides.2:05
When you see dark thunderclouds after a tropical storm, there is always plenty of water to drink in the jungle.2:09
Perhaps you can drink some of the rainwater that you will find held in the cupped leaves of some plants.2:18
Or if you follow the tracks of animals, you might find the stream they drink in.2:24
But use that box of matches you carry to light a fire and boil the water first.2:29
You want to kill any germs in it.2:34
It's not that difficult to build a shelter in the jungle so you can protect yourself from the weather and the animals.2:37
You can construct a tent using three branches and sticks.2:44
More simply, if you have a plastic sheet and a rope with you, you can fix a makeshift tent between two tree trunks.2:47
@ least you'll have somewhere warm to sleep.2:55
Never lose hope if you are lost in the jungle.2:59
Hopefully you will see a small airplane flying overhead and get your chance to signal for help.3:02
That piece of broken bottle you found should do the trick.3:09
Simply hold it up to the sun and move it so that sunlight reflects off it towards the plane.3:13
That should get the pilot's att.3:19
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