Human interest story: A lucky escape
1. A news story.
Read the first part of the text and answer the questions below.
Shepherd's miracle escape – thanks to his nose and his mobile phone
An emergency telephone operator couldn't believe her ears when a man telephoned using a mobile phone. "I'm hanging off the edge of a mountain," he said. "If you are hanging off a mountain, how have you dialled this number?" she asked.
"I have pressed the redial button with my nose!" screamed the shepherd.
Finally, the operator was convinced and a helicopter was sent to rescue Christian Raymond, 23, in the Dent de Crolles region of the French Alps.
Look at the three pictures below. Click on the picture that illustrates the situation explained in the text.
3. A news story.
Look at the headline below of an article which appeared in an Australian newspaper recently.
Girl rescued from cold store thanks to mobile phone
The pictures below illustrate the story. Can you put them in the correct order?
5. Describing what happened.
Look at the pictures again. Put the sentence starters in the order that they occur in the story.
6. Write.
Use the pictures and phrases in exercise 5 to write the news story about Lisa's experience. Write about 150 words. Check spelling, grammar and the organisation of your story.