207. Victims of Nature - part 2 (B1 B2 Story)

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Part 2 of my exciting story Victims of Nature for students studying B1 and B2 English.
Words to explain:

shepherd = somebody who looks after sheep in the countryside

raft = a small flat boat

flock of sheep = a group of sheep

waterfall = where water falls vertically down from a high rock

B2 phrases to listen for. What is the context of each phrase?

1) All of a sudden

2) scared him stiff

3) To make matters worse

4) it went without saying

5) Out of breath

6) shout at the top of his voice

The vowels (a, e, i, o, u) have been taken out (unless the word begins with a vowel). Read the definition and guess the word in bold.

B1-level

1) prdctd v. said what would happen in the future

2) crshd v. hit sth hard

3) clff n. a long vertical drop down in the countryside

4) stt n. a stone model of a person

5) fld n. when the water from a river, etc. covers the land

B2-level

6) trmnds adj. to a large extent, very much

7) ignrd v. did not take notice of because it seemed unimportant

8) shllw adj. not deep (water)

9) rg n. anger

10) exhstd adj. very tired
For answers to the above, go to https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-207.htm You can also see a video clip on this page of the flood mentioned in the story!

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Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and Doctor in English philology)

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