Before you listen to Innes and his experience with a bear, read the following
questions.
1. How many people are in the story?
a) 2 – Innes and his wife
b) 3 – Innes, his wife and a forest ranger*
c) 4 – Innes, his wife, a forest ranger and a man in a car
d) 5 - Innes, his wife, a fisherman, a forest ranger and a man in a car
* guarda forestal, guardabosques
2. What happened to Innes?
a) He was shot by a ranger while he was fishing
b) He was attacked by a black bear
c) He saw a black bear and was saved by a ranger
3. What was his wife’s reaction?
a) That he should have taken a photograph
b) That he had shot someone
c) That he had caught a fish
Now listen and answer the questions.
Check your answers.
Before you listen again, do the following vocabulary exercise.
1. Another way to say forest is
a) the fuzz
b) the woods
c) the branches
2. Another way to say walk around
silently is
a) to flap around
b) to sponge around
c) to pad around
3. An informal way to say to complain is
a) to moan
b) to gasp
c) to sigh
4. susurrar in English is
a) to whisper
b) to whistle
c) to whine
5. Another way to say to frighten is
a) to chase
b) to traipse
c) to scare
6. The expression for No tengo palabras in English is
a) I’m out of words
b) I’m a bit short of words
c) I’m lost for words
d) I haven’t got any words
Check your answers.
Now read the following questions.
1. What kind of fish did Innes want to
catch?
2. What time did Innes and his wife leave to go on the fishing trip?
3. What was Innes' wife doing while Innes was fishing?
4. Did Innes catch any fish?
5. Why didn't Innes want to put his fishing tackle down?
6. What did Innes' wife first think had happened to him?
7. As Innes tells his story, what verb does he sometimes use to
report speech apart from the verb to say?