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Skills
Skills Lesson 7, part 1
Lesson 7, part 1
Reading
River rescue!
1 Before you read Look at the W adi rescue!
title and the pictures. Where
do you think the story takes by Jasim
place? How do you know? I visit my older cousin, Amjed.
He lives in Sur.
2 3.16 Listen and read.
Were you right? We go canoeing together on the beautiful
blue waters of Wadi Shab. There is a lot of
3 Think ahead What do you think water in the wadi today and we go very
an emergency signal is? quickly down the wadi. This is harder
than canoeing in a lake!
4 Look at the pictures and
tick (✓). What happens next? Suddenly, I see a big tree across
the wadi! The canoe turns
1 Jasim gets help. over. I swim to the side,
2 Amjed swims to the side. but Amjed is on a rock in
the middle of the wadi.
3 Jasim swims to Amjed. His arm is hurt. He’s cold and tired.
What can I do? Amjed can’t swim
Wadi Shab fact file because of his arm. I can’t swim
to him because it’s dangerous.
Country: Oman
Landscape: wadi, lakes, Then I remember my whistle.
caves, waterfalls, mountains We always carry whistles when
Activities: walking, canoeing, we go canoeing. I fi nd the
boat rides, swimming whistle and I make the loudest
Best time to go: early morning, not sound I can! I blow six times. That’s
weekends the emergency signal. Then I hear
What to take: good shoes, food, lots another whistle! Soon the helicopter is here.
of water It takes Amjed to hospital. He’s safe!
5 After you read Read the story again. Circle the correct word.
1 Amjed is Jasim’s older younger 4 Amjed is cold, tired and his arm leg
cousin. is hurt.
2 There is a lot of water fish in 5 Jasim blows five six times.
the wadi today.
6 The canoe helicopter takes Amjed to
3 The canoe turns over because of hospital.
a tree rock .
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