"50 THINGS WE CAN DO BEFORE WE DIE"

"50 THINGS WE CAN DO BEFORE WE DIE" - BBC

1. Mark the sentences true (T) or false (F).

1- The main thing people say they love about sledding is the scenery.
2- The presenter preferred driving the sled to sitting in it.
3- Pilots used to strap themselves to the wings at airshows.
4- Rebecca found it surprisingly easy to wave and look elegant.

5- The legendary Route 66 runs from Chicago to San Francisco.
6- On of the bungee jumpers likes the feeling of being stretched.
7- People have always been fascinated by dolphins' playfulness and intelligence.
8- The speakers like dolphins because they are helpful to humans.

2. Complete the phrases in bold so that they mean the same as the words in brackets. Then watch the video again and check.

1- .... and you can really _____ it in because the dogs are doing all the hard work. (absorb)

2- and feeling like you're in or out of control is definitely ______ it's at. (the key experience)

3- .... wanted nothing more than to be strapped to the outside of a plane and ______ part in your very own wingwalking display. (be involved in)

4- Once upon a time it was, the kind of the _______ to do.
(the fashionable experience)

5- The feeling you get when you jump off, fall off, dive off, or _____, is just awesome. (anything like that)

6- They are so huge and powerful and ______ so playful and, I'm really; really lucky to be here with them. (but)

3. Order the five activities in the programme from the one you'd most like to do to the one you'd least like to do.

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