الكاتب: kafej

عمل يتطلب شخصاً لا يخاف المرتفعات.

بعض جامعي القمامة في مدينة ريو البرازيلية يتوجب عليهم النزول بالحبال الى مدن الصفيح لجمع ما يتركه الآخرون ورائهم.

حبال امان وحبال نزول من اهم الادوات المستخدمة للوصول الى مخلفات عديدة، منها ثلاجات قديمة واغلفة اطعمة ومسدسات وحتى جثث.

وتجري حالياً في البرازيل عملية تنظيف واسعة استعداداً لاستضافة نهائيات كأس العالم لكرة القدم والالعاب الاولمبية.

A job that requires a head for heights.

Some bin men in Rio have to abseil down shanty town hills to retrieve what others have left behind.

A harness and ropes are the essential tools for reaching items such as old fridges, food wrappers, guns and even a body.

A big clean-up operation is underway as Brazil prepares to host the World Cup and the Olympics.

a head for heights – to be able to be in a high place without feeling scared or uncomfortable

bin men – people whose job it is to collect rubbish

to abseil – to go down a steep mountain or vertical drop using a rope

harness – support made of straps that are attached to the body

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from BBC news reports. Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly. a head for heights/ bin men/ to abseil/ harness/ underway

1. A Suffolk businessman followed Prince Andrew’s lead _______ down The Shard to raise money to help injured marines.

2. A three-week-old kitten who was dumped in a bin narrowly escaped being crushed by a recycling truck in Devon. The female, named Lucky, was emptied into the back of a waste truck. Its crusher was stopped by two _______ who heard the kitten’s cries.

3. Taking a tour of the east London site with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, she proved she had _______ as she was whisked up to the top of the 114.5m Orbit Tower.

4. As the big United Nations meeting gets _______, the West’s biggest foreign policy challenge is not likely to be discussed.

5. Stewart was the first driver to wear seatbelts, who insisted circuits should be lined by barriers, on fire-resistant clothing, pit walls, six-point safety _______ and crash structures in cars.

1. A Suffolk businessman followed Prince Andrew’s lead to abseil down The Shard to raise money to help injured marines. Source: Suffolk father’s Shard abseil helps injured marines

2. A three-week-old kitten who was dumped in a bin narrowly escaped being crushed by a recycling truck in Devon. The female, named Lucky, was emptied into the back of a waste truck. Its crusher was stopped by two bin men who heard the kitten’s cries. Source: Lucky the kitten saved from Plymouth recycle van crusher

3. Taking a tour of the east London site with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, she proved she had a head for heights as she was whisked up to the top of the 114.5m Orbit Tower. Source: London Olympics diary: Day One

4. As the big United Nations meeting gets underway, the West’s biggest foreign policy challenge is not likely to be discussed. Source: Netanyahu gets tangled up in US election

5. Stewart was the first driver to wear seatbelts, who insisted circuits should be lined by barriers, on fire-resistant clothing, pit walls, six-point safety harnesses and crash structures in cars. Source: Formula 1’s greatest drivers. Number 7: Jackie Stewart

طريقة جديدة للتزلج في نهاية العالم… هناك في الاسفل…في استراليا.

اللوح الطائر الذي اخترعه رجل فرنسي العام الماضي، اصبح مشهوراً في استراليا.

اويرتبط للوح بدراجة مائية (جيت سكي) عبر خرطوم فيساعد ضغط الماء الراكب على التحويم في الهواء وعلى علو 10 امتار.

اما الدلافين فقد تشعر بالغيرة اذا رأت كيف راكب اللوح يغوص في الماء.

ويتحكم الراكب باللوح عبر قدميه ويديه ليحافظ على توازنه.

Surfing down under as you’ve never seen it before.

Flyboard, invented by a Frenchman last year, is catching on in Australia.

The board is attached to a jet ski by a hose. The water pressure allows the pilot to hover up to 10 meters in the air.

The dive would make a dolphin jealous.

With his feet, the rider controls direction and with his hands, he keeps the board stable.

down under – reference to Australia or New Zealand

catching on – becoming popular

to hover – to float in the air

jealous – envious, wanting something or to be like someone

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from BBC news reports. Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

down under/ catching on/ attached/ to hover/ jealous

1. Raiders in a stolen Land Rover smashed the wall of Buckfastleigh post office on 3 July and ______ a wire rope round the cash machine before towing it on to the road.

2. Robbie Williams says he’s ______ of the career One Direction are currently enjoying.

3. As well as feeding themselves, all the families working on the allotment hand over a chunk of their produce to others in need. The fruits and vegetables are passed on to what Greeks have dubbed a “social supermarket”. It is an idea ______ all over Greece.

4. When Apollo 11 reached the point of ______ over the lunar surface Neil Armstrong had 20 seconds to decide whether to continue or abort.

5. Thousands of Britons emigrate to Australia every year in search of a better life, but now more and more are deciding ______ is not for them and returning home.

1. Raiders in a stolen Land Rover smashed the wall of Buckfastleigh post office on 3 July and attached a wire rope round the cash machine before towing it on to the road. Source:

Buckfastleigh ram-raid office due to reopen

3. As well as feeding themselves, all the families working on the allotment hand over a chunk of their produce to others in need. The fruits and vegetables are passed on to what Greeks have dubbed a “social supermarket”. It is an idea catching on all over Greece. Source:

Ingenuity and allotments provide relief in Greece

5. Thousands of Britons emigrate to Australia every year in search of a better life, but now more and more are deciding down under is not for them and returning home. Source:

Why are so many Britons leaving Australia?