MODULE 2 1 2 Extension Name: The words below appear in the text in Exercise 2. Write the words in your own language. You can use a dictionary. 1. overnight 3. plank 2. holiest 4. wooden 5. adventure-seekers Read the text about two adventurers. WALKING THROUGH CHINA Have you ever dreamed of hiking around the world? Australian adventurers Jarryd Salem and Alesha Bradford have been travelling around the world for over ten years. Since 2013, they have also had a popular travel blog about their adventures called NOMADasaurus. In 2014, they decided to go backpacking from Thailand to South Africa – without flying. They started in southeast Asia and by March 2015, they had arrived in China. Thousands of years old and 21,000 km long, the Great Wall of China is visited by over 10 million people every year. Alesha and Jarryd had also decided to see this incredible attraction, but being adventurers, they didn’t want to see the main tourist sections. Instead, they took a four-hour bus ride to the quieter Gubeikou section. They had also decided to camp there overnight. Millions of people have walked the Great Wall of China, but people don’t usually spend the night on it! Mount Huashan was another stop for Alesha and Jarryd on their journey through China. People have been visiting Mount 3 Huashan for thousands of years because it’s one of the holiest mountains in China. Alesha and Jarryd had heard about Mount Huashan, but they were more interested in climbing it because of Plank Walk in the Sky – the most dangerous hiking trail in the world. Plank Walk in the Sky is a 700-year-old narrow wooden path. It’s over 2,000 metres high. Hikers should walk the path very slowly, wearing safety equipment. It seems that every year, people fall from this path and die. But for adventure-seekers like Alesha and Jarryd, walking the path wasn’t enough. During the hike, they held onto the wall and took selfies and photos of the incredible views. Jarryd and Alesha had spent four months in China before they decided to continue on their journey. They have had many adventures and they are always ready for more. Will they ever stop travelling? Probably not! Write questions about the text with the words below. Then answer the questions. Use the Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect Simple or Past Simple. 1. how long / Alesha and Jarryd / travel / around the world 2. how / they / get / from Thailand to South Africa 3. what / Alesha and Jarryd / decide / to do / on the Great Wall of China / before / they / visit / it 4. why / people / climb / Mount Huashan / for centuries 5. what / Alesha and Jarryd / hear / about Mount Huashan / before they / arrive 6. what / they / do / on Plank Walk in the Sky Advanced Think Ahead 3 Photocopiable © Burlington Books MODULE 2 Extension 4 Complete the sentences about the text with the correct forms of have and has below and the verbs in brackets. has • hadn’t • had • have • haven’t 1. Alesha and Jarryd (start) their travel blog before their visit to China. 2. The Great Wall of China (exist) for thousands of years. 3. Most visitors to the Great Wall of China 4. Over the years, some people (fall) from Plank Walk in the Sky. 5. Alesha and Jarryd 5 (ever / sleep) on it. (decide) to stop travelling by the time they left China. Write a blog post about a visit to an interesting place. Include the following information: • where you went • what you did there • why you recommend visiting the place Advanced Think Ahead 3 Photocopiable © Burlington Books 2