Exercise 2B, page 82.0:01
From climbing mountains to moving mountains.0:10
Have you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life?0:24
Well, Greg Mortensen wanted to climb a mountain.0:29
But he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life.0:32
Greg Mortensen's story began with failure.0:38
In 1993, he set out to climb K2, the world's second highest mountain.0:41
But Greg never made it to the top.0:48
After five days, he stumbled into the village of Khorfay in northern Pakistan.0:51
The kind villagers there looked after him for several days.0:58
Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and there was a lot of disease and hunger.1:02
Also, the village school didn't have a roof and the children wrote on the ground with sticks.1:08
Greg knew he wanted to do something to help.1:14
Ill build you a school, he told the villagers.1:18
Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school.1:23
He even lived in his car to save money.1:28
Finally, he went back to Corfe and built the school.1:32
But this was just the beginning of something much bigger.1:36
Since then, Greg's organization has built around 80 schools and runs many others in Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries too.1:40
Greg hasn't finished yet.1:51
He believes that poverty, illiteracy and ignorance cause many wars and other problems in the world.1:53
So he also organizes many campaigns to fight these issues.2:00
He has won many humanitarian and peace awards.2:05
But it's the smiles of the children he has helped that makes him happy.2:09
Greg has just written a best selling book about his story called Three Cups of Tea.2:14
It's a thrilling read and proof of what ordinary people can do with courage and determination.2:20
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