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Most people can hold their breath for a bit longer than a minute – long enough to dive down about four metres to the bottom of a swimming pool. But, in April 2009, Sara Campbell went much deeper than that. She held her breath for over three and a half minutes and became the world free-diving champion by diving ninety-six metres below the surface of the sea. Freediving is much more dangerous than you think and Sara is very brave – fifty people a year die doing this sport. What’s more extraordinary is that the ‘Mighty Mouse’ as she is known (she’s only one metre fifty-two centimetres tall) only started diving in 2006, when she was thirty-three years old. During her dives, Sara’s lungs become the size of oranges, the pain is almost unbearable and she meditates to control her fear. Sara knows that she is very strong mentally, and that her mental strength is as important as her physical strength. She is a talented diver and she is fitter than ever before. She’s also determined to go further in this sport: ‘I still haven’t found the boundaries of possibility,’ she says.

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed to the top of Mount Everest in 1953. Peter Habeler and Reinhold Messner aren’t as famous as Hillary and Tenzing, but their achievements are perhaps more extraordinary. On 8 May 1978, Habeler and Messner became the first people to reach the top of Everest without bottled oxygen. The air at the top of Everest contains very little oxygen and it is much more difficult to breathe up there. When they were about 800 metres from the top, getting dressed took over two hours and they didn’t speak in order to save breath. Every time they climbed a bit higher, their progress became a bit slower. They stopped and lay down every few steps because of the lack of oxygen. They were confident of their ability, however, and finally they achieved their ‘impossible’ goal. They reached the top of Mount Everest without oxygen

• feeling physically worse, but also happier, than they ever imagined.

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2. Work in pairs and discuss the questions

1. How would you feel about swimming with sharks or climbing a big mountain?

2. Why do you think people do these kind of activities?

3. Match the adjectives from (1–10) with their correct definitions (a–j).

Vocabulary

1. Brave

2. Confident

3. Determined

4. Fit

5. Funny

6. Generous

7. Intelligent

8. Motivated

9. Reliable

10. Talented

Describing people

a. Having a natural ability to do something well.

b. Someone you can trust to do what they say they will do.

c. Healthy and strong, especially because of regular exercise.

d. Feeling sure about your own abilities or qualities.

e. Willing to give money, help, or time freely.

f. Show courage in difficult or dangerous situations.

g. Having a strong desire to do something, even if it is difficult.

h. Very enthusiastic and eager to succeed or do something.

i. Able to learn and understand things quickly and easily.

j. Making you smile or laugh.

Grammar

Grammar

5. Complete the active grammar box.

Grammar

7. Find the mistake in each sentence and correct it

1. Mount Everest is the most high mountain in the world.
2. Sara Campbell is more brave than most divers I know
3. The air at the summit is thiner than at the base camp
4. Habeler and Messner felt badder when they reached the top
5. It was the extraordinariest achievement of the decade
6. Sara is as determined than her coach
7. She is the talentedest person in our diving class
8. Diving is more easier than climbing for some people
9. This is the most far place I have ever visited

8. Work in pairs and ask your partner the questions below.

Speaking

1. "What is the most frightening experience you have ever had?"

2. "Who is the most talented person you have ever met?"

3. "What is the best piece of advice anyone has ever given you?"

4. "What is the most beautiful place you have ever visited?"