Stories of Courage

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Book key 1.1 1 Open answers 2 1 B 2 D 3 A 4 C 1.2 Possible answers: 1 ✓ 2 ✗ 3 ✓ 4 ✓ 5 ✗

2.1 Age 13: She won a place at a government sports school.

1987: She won two gold medals at the Pan American Games.

January 1993: She had a terrible accident. She was badly burned.

Summer 1995: She won gold for the 800 meters in Stockholm.

1996: Ana won silver at the Atlanta Olympic Games. 2.2 1 B 2 E 3 A 4 D 5 C 2.3 1 a painful b sad 2 a happiness b dream c excitement d care

e success f heat 2.4 Open answers 3.1 8, 3, 7, 1, 4, 6, 5, 2 3.2 Possible answers: a Soldiers took Matthew to prison. b Matthew saw a crocodile in the Nile River, but he

escaped. c Matthew floated in the river for days. d Matthew escaped from Sudan on a ship to

Bulgaria. 3.3 1 was trying / caught 2 was losing / decided 3 were moving / noticed 4 jumped / were going 5 saw / was floating 6 was staying / found 3.4 Possible answers: finding information about the

enemy; hiding soldiers and other spies; hiding guns and equipment; killing important people in the enemy’s government or army; destroying roads, bridges, and the enemy’s equipment; giving false information to the enemy

4.1 1 Because they wanted to fight the Germans in France. Odette’s photos showed possible landing places.

2 In Cannes, in the south of France. 3 They believed Odette’s story that Winston

Churchill was Peter’s uncle. 4 She thought about her family. She imagined making

pretty dresses for her daughters. 5 She was given one of the most important British

medals for courage. 4.2 1 Winston Churchill (picture B) 2 Peter Churchill (picture C) 3 Odette Sansom (picture A)

4.3 1 against 2 in 3 to 4 by 5 at 6 into 4.4 Open answers 5.1 1 future 2 government 3 enemies 4 law

5 prove 5.2 Bad for the rainforest: burning trees for new farm

land; building new roads; building new factories; selling wood for furniture and paper; (possible answer) taking animals from the forest for pets, food, or clothes.

Not bad for the rainforest: taking some rubber from the trees; taking some plants for food; taking some plants for medicines; (possible answers) going to the rainforest on holiday, very small farms.

5.3 1 Trees were cleared to make more land. 2 A road was built through the forest. 3 An electricity station was built on the land. 4 Many forest animals and birds were killed. 5 People were moved out of their homes. 5.4 Open answers 6.1 1 A 2 D 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 D 6.2 Possible answers: 1 Aron was walking in the mountains. 2 His arm was caught under a rock. 3 He cut through his arm to free himself. 4 Walkers found him and he was taken to hospital. 6.3 Possible answers: 1 To visit her mother. 2 To show their feelings/give their opinions. 3 To continue her father’s work. 4 To free his arm. 5 To stop the blood. 6 To wait for the flying mountain police. 6.4 Open answers (health, information, lawyer, lie,

money, poison, secret, water)

Talk about it 1 Possible answers:

pain war

spyFrance

soldiers secret

family

army prisoner

prison dangerous

idea

courage

peace

Amazon rain forest

money

business farms power

murder

government

Burmaspeeches

politicsfreedom

Nobel prize

Stories of Courage

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Similarities: Odette Sansom, Chico Mendez and Aung San Suu Kyi were/are all prisoners. They all fought for ordinary people against powerful governments and/or businesses. They all loved/love their own country. They all had young families, but they fought hard for other people. They all had good and unusual ideas. Suu and Odette both won prizes for their courage. Differences: The stories happened at different times in history. Only Chico Mendez was killed because of his work. Suu’s prison was in her own home. Odette was fighting in a big war. Chico was fighting for the Earth’s future. Odette’s fight is finished, but Chico’s and Suu’s continue.

+ Open answers 2 Open answers

Write about it Open answers

Project Open answers

Discussion activities key 1–22 Open answers

Activity worksheets key 1 a ✓ b ✗ c ✗ d ✓ e ✓

2 a they wanted to produce the best doctors, the smartest teachers and the strongest sports players in the world.

b she wanted someone from a government sports school to see how fast she could run.

c they wanted her to leave. d he wanted her to try the 400-meter races. e they wanted to save Ana. 3 a 2 b 7 c 3 d 5 e 4 f 1 g 8 h 6 4 a Matthew b the crocodile c Matthew’s father d soldiers by the Nile River e the guard at the army prison 5 a 4 b 1 c 7 d 2 e 5 f 3 g 6 6 a Odette when she was given one of the most

important medals for her courage. b Odette when she was asked to be a spy in France. c A German officer after Odette and Peter had

been caught by the German police. d A German officer in court after telling her that she

would be killed for being a spy. e Süren to Odette when the war was almost coming

to an end. 7 a Brazil in South America. It is important because it is

home to millions of animals, plants and birds.

Also it cleans the world’s air, and there are many medicines and special plants too.

b They took rubber from the trees and sold it to local factories.

c Because they wanted to make new fields for their animals.

d Because poor people worked for the big factories and farmers in the forest.

e He talked to politicians, farmers, and other people in the Xapuri area, international companies, ordinary people in the US, the Brazilian government.

f They made some of Chico’s ideas into new laws; in some areas people had to stop clearing the forest.

8 a international companies b businessmen and farmers near Xapuri c television producers d local politicians e Chico Mendez 9 Suggested answers: a simple, happy and comfortable. b the Burmese army was in power / she wanted to

fight for her people’s freedom / she wanted to continue her father’s work, etc.

c writing secret letters and making secret phone calls. d she was a prisoner in her own home / she could

not leave Burma. e they thought prison life made Suu stronger. f she did not trust the army / she knew her husband

understood. g lonelier than before h still fighting for her people’s freedom. 10 a fresh b quickly c carefully d different

e weak/strong f slowly g hard/safe 11 a O b E c E d O e E 12 Erin Brockovich Kenzaburo Oe

a United States Japanb Hinkley Tokyo and Hiroshimac Ed Massry and her

familyDr. Shigeto and his family

d no money, no job, no husband at first; town’s water was poisoned

His son was born disabled; had to travel to Hiroshima when the atomic bomb was dropped

e She fights together with Ed against PG&E

Went to Hiroshima; worked hard to help his disabled son have a better life

13–16 Open answers

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Progress test key 1 a agreed to rest: started walking, exercising and

running b could: could not c gold: silver 2 a 1 b 5 c 2 d 4 e 3 3 a crocodile b floated c strength 4 a ✓ b ✓ c ✗

5 a France’s freedom was lost. b Odette gave them her old vacation photos. c that she was a nurse. 6 a husband b courtroom c hopelessness 7 a 1 b 1 c 2 8 a father: mother b Cambridge: Oxford

c family: father 9 a 1 b 1 c 2 10 a disabled b strength c music