9.Then I got up the courage to bend over the boiling lava. ( )

Step 3 Speaking

Think of a powerful natural disaster (such as an earthquake, food, typhoon, storm) that you have experienced. You can use your imagination if you have not experienced any of these things. Tell your partner about your experience and how you felt.

Step 4 Writing

1. Choose one of the natural disasters or any other disaster you have experienced.

2. Make a timeline to show the order in which the events happened. For example:

10am left holiday house to walk in the mountains

12am saw dark clouds in the sky, started to go back

12:30pm snowstorm started

1:00pm we were completely lost

... ...

3. Spend a few minutes on your own imagining your experiences and how you felt. Now imagine you are safely back home. Write a dairy entry about your experience.

A possible version:

Jane and I had been waking in the mountains when we noticed some dark clouds coming down the mountain. We decided to turn around and go home.

As we walked the clouds got nearer and nearer and the day grew darker. Then all of a sudden it began to snow. It was soon snowing so hard we couldn't see very far in front of us. Holding each others' hands so we couldn't get separated, we continued down the mountain. Butthe snow got deeper and deeper. Walking became harder and harder. We began to get very tired and very frightened.

　After a while the path became buried under the snow and we didn't know which way to go. We were completely lost. We found some shelter behind a big rock. Hugging each other for warmth, we stayed like that until the storm was over. Luckily it only lasted an hour or two. Then the sun came out again and we could see our house in the distance. We were so relieved we both burst into tears.

Step 5 Homework

Finish your writing.