soup ladle stops tiger attack

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Across 2. with a lot of trees growing close together (adj) 4. a fight (n) 5. a tool, or a simple piece of equipment (n) 10. with no people living there (adj)

Down 1. a large deep spoon with a long handle (n) 3. a small village (n) 6. to move your body close to the ground by bending your knees (v) 7. to jump quickly in order to catch something (v) 8. to find a person or animal by following the marks they have left behind (v) 9. to move slightly (v)

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Exercise 2. Match the underlined words in the text with the definitions below and solve

the crossword.

1. A tiger almost killed a man in northern Malaysia.

2. The man hit the tiger and saved his wife’s life.

3. Wildlife rangers are going to find and kill the tiger.

4. No people live in the jungle in the northern state of Perak.

5. When he saw the tiger, the man shot it with his blowpipe.

6. The man and his wife live in the jungle.

7. His wife was in the kitchen when the tiger attacked him.

8. Tiger attacks are common in that area.

Exercise 1. Are the following statements true or false? Write T for True or F for False.

A man has been rescued from a near-fatal attack by a tiger in northern Malaysia by his wife.

She entered the fray wielding a wooden soup ladle at the tiger - which fled.

Tambun Gediu, now badly lacerated and recovering in hospital, had tried hitting the tiger away in

vain and says his wife saved his life.

Wildlife rangers plan to track the tiger and send it further into dense, unpopulated jungle in the

northern state of Perak.

"I was trailing a squirrel and crouched to shoot it with my blowpipe when I saw the tiger.

"That's when I realised that I was being trailed," Mr Gediu said after surgery.

The tiger pounced not far from the Gediu home in a jungle settlement of the Jahai tribe.

Mr. Gediu had tried climbing a tree to escape the animal, but was dragged down by the tiger.

His wife, 55-year old Han Besau, rushed out of the kitchen on hearing his screams and used the

kitchen implement to good effect.

"I was terrified and I used all my strength to punch the animal in the face, but it would not budge,"

the New Straits Times newspaper quoted him as saying.

"I had to wrestle with it to keep its jaws away from me, and it would have clawed me to death if my

wife had not arrived."

It was the first time anyone in the village had been attacked by a tiger.

The director of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks in the state, Shabrina Mohd Shariff,

estimated that there were about 200 tigers in the jungles of Perak.

She added that five had been spotted near the major East-West Highway in the region.


The texts were taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12446232 http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_9390000/newsid_9398100/9398122.stm

1. Tambun Gediu says his wife saved his life. Tambun Gediu says..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Wildlife rangers are going to track the tiger and send it further into the jungle. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. The man was trailing a squirrel. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. The man didn’t shoot the squirrel with a blowpipe. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5. It would have clawed me to death if my wife had not arrived. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… if my wife had not arrived. 6. His wife used the kitchen implement to good effect. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Exercise 4. Now turn the following active sentences from the text into passive ones. This

time notice the shift of focus from the doer of the action to the action itself.

_____ man has been rescued from _____ teeth of _____ tiger in northern Malaysia by his wife and one of her

cooking utensils.

Tambun Gediu was outside near his home when he was attacked by _____ tiger. When he tried to climb _____

tree to escape it, _____ animal dragged him back down.

But when Gediu's wife used her wooden soup ladle to hit _____ tiger on _____ head, it fled _____ scene.

Wildlife rangers plan to track _____ beast and send it further into _____ unpopulated jungle nearby.

Exercise 5. Here is a summary of the news article. Fill in the gaps with the correct

articles, definite (the) or indefinite (a).

1. A man has been rescued from a near-fatal attack by a tiger in northern Malaysia by his wife. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. That's when I realised that I was being trailed. That's when I realised that ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Mr. Gediu was dragged down by the tiger. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. It was the first time anyone in the village had been attacked by a tiger. It was the first time ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5. She added that five had been spotted near the major East-West Highway in the region. She added that ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Exercise 3. Turn the following passive sentences from the text into active ones. Notice

how the focus shifts from the action to the doer of the action.

Student A: You are a reporter interviewing Mr. Gediu about the incident.

Student B: You are Tambun Gediu talking to a reporter about the incident.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_9390000/newsid_9398100/9398122.stm




1. A tiger almost killed a man in northern Malaysia.

2. The man hit the tiger and saved his wife’s life.

3. Wildlife rangers are going to find and kill the tiger.

4. No people live in the jungle in the northern state of Perak.

5. When he saw the tiger, the man shot it with his blowpipe.

6. The man and his wife live in the jungle.

7. His wife was in the kitchen when the tiger attacked him.

8. Tiger attacks are common in that area.























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1. Tambun Gediu says his wife saved his life. Tambun Gediu says..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Wildlife rangers are going to track the tiger and send it further into the jungle. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. The man was trailing a squirrel. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. The man didn’t shoot the squirrel with a blowpipe. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5. It would have clawed me to death if my wife had not arrived. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… if my wife had not arrived. 6. His wife used the kitchen implement to good effect. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….



_____ man has been rescued from _____ teeth of _____ tiger in northern Malaysia by his wife and one of her

cooking utensils.

Tambun Gediu was outside near his home when he was attacked by _____ tiger. When he tried to climb _____

tree to escape it, _____ animal dragged him back down.

But when Gediu's wife used her wooden soup ladle to hit _____ tiger on _____ head, it fled _____ scene.

Wildlife rangers plan to track _____ beast and send it further into _____ unpopulated jungle nearby.



1. A man has been rescued from a near-fatal attack by a tiger in northern Malaysia by his wife. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. That's when I realised that I was being trailed. That's when I realised that ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Mr. Gediu was dragged down by the tiger. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. It was the first time anyone in the village had been attacked by a tiger. It was the first time ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5. She added that five had been spotted near the major East-West Highway in the region. She added that ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………





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1. A tiger almost killed a man in northern Malaysia. T

2. The man hit the tiger and saved his wife’s life. F

3. Wildlife rangers are going to find and kill the tiger. F

4. No people live in the jungle in the northern state of Perak. T

5. When he saw the tiger, the man shot it with his blowpipe. F

6. The man and his wife live in the jungle. T

7. His wife was in the kitchen when the tiger attacked him. T

8. Tiger attacks are common in that area. F























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1. Tambun Gediu says his wife saved his life. Tambun Gediu says his life was saved (by his wife). 2. Wildlife rangers are going to track the tiger and send it further into the jungle. The tiger is going to be tracked (by wildlife rangers) and (is going to be) sent further into the jungle. 3. The man was trailing the squirrel. The squirrel was being trailed (by the man). 4. The man didn’t shoot the squirrel with his blowpipe. The squirrel wasn’t shot with the man’s blowpipe. 5. It would have clawed me to death if my wife had not arrived. I would have been clawed to death if my wife had not arrived. 6. His wife used the kitchen implement to good effect. The kitchen implement was used to good effect (by his wife).



A man has been rescued from the teeth of a tiger in northern Malaysia by his wife and one of her cooking utensils.

Tambun Gediu was outside near his home when he was attacked by the tiger. When he tried to climb a tree to

escape it, the animal dragged him back down.

But when Gediu's wife used her wooden soup ladle to hit the tiger on the head, it fled the scene.

Wildlife rangers plan to track the beast and send it further into the unpopulated jungle nearby.



1. A man has been rescued from a near-fatal attack by a tiger in northern Malaysia by his wife. A man’s wife has rescued him from a near-fatal attack by a tiger in northern Malaysia. 2. That's when I realised that I was being trailed. That's when I realised that a tiger was trailing me. 3. Mr. Gediu was dragged down by the tiger. The tiger dragged Mr. Gedieu down. 4. It was the first time anyone in the village had been attacked by a tiger. It was the first time a tiger had attacked anyone in the village. 5. She added that five had been spotted near the major East-West Highway in the region. She added that people / villagers had spotted five near the major East-West Highway in the region.





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