AAman man has

hasbeen
Exercise
Exercise 3.
been rescued
3. Turnrescued
Turn thefrom
the from aanear-fatal
following
following passive
near-fatal
passive attack
attack by
sentences
sentencesbyaatiger
frominin
from
tiger northern
the
the text
text into
northern Malaysia
activeby
active
Malaysia
into his
hiswife.
ones.
by
ones. Notice
wife.
Notice
She
Shehow entered
entered the
the fray
fray wielding
wielding aa wooden
wooden soup
soup ladle
ladle at
at the
the tiger
tiger --which
which fled.
fled.
how the the focus
focus shifts
shifts fromfrom the the action
action to to the
the doer
doer of of the
the action.
action.
Tambun
TambunGediu, Gediu,now nowbadly
badlylacerated
laceratedand andrecovering
recoveringin inhospital,
hospital,had hadtried
triedhitting
hittingthe
thetiger
tigeraway
awayin in
vain
vainand andsayssayshis hiswifewifesaved
savedhis hislife.
life.
1.
1. AAman
Wildlife
Wildlife has
manrangers
has been
beenplan
rangers rescuedto
rescued
plan from
totrack
from
track aathe
near-fatal
tigerattack
thetiger
near-fatal and
andsend
attack by
byaait
send tiger ininnorthern
itfurther
tiger
further into Malaysia
intodense,
northern Malaysia
dense, by
byhishiswife.
unpopulated
unpopulatedwife. jungle
junglein inthe
the
northern
northern state
state ofof Perak.

Perak.

"I"IThat's
2. was
wastrailing
when aasquirrel and crouched totoshoot
shootititwithwithmy myblowpipe
blowpipewhen whenIIsaw sawthe thetiger.
2. That's whenIIrealised
trailing that
squirrel
realised IIwas
thatand being
beingtrailed.
wascrouched trailed. tiger.
"That's
"That's
That's when
when
when I Irealised
realised
IIrealised that
that that I Iwas
was being
being trailed,"
trailed," Mr
Mr
Gediu
Gediu said
said after
after surgery.
surgery.
The
That's
tiger
when
pounced
realised not
that
far

The tiger pounced not farfrom the Gediu
Gediuhomehomein inaajungle
junglesettlement
settlementof ofthe
theJahai
Jahaitribe.
3.
Mr.
Mr.
3. Mr. Gediu
Gediuhad
Gediu
was dragged
wastried
dragged downfrom
down
climbing
by
by the
the
aatree
the
tiger.
tiger.
to escape the animal, but was dragged down by the
tribe.
tiger.
Mr. Gediu had tried climbing tree
to escape the animal, but was dragged down by the tiger.
His
wife, 55-year old Han Besau, rushed out of the kitchen on
His
4. wife,
ItItwas the 55-year
first time old Han in
anyone Besau,
the rushed
village had out
been ofattacked
the kitchenby on hearing his screams and usedthe
aatiger.
hearing his screams and used the
4.
kitchen was the first
implement time
kitchen implement to good effect. anyone
to good in the
effect.village had been attacked by tiger.
"I"IItItwas
was
was
the
thefirst
wasterrified firsttime
terrified time .
and.
and IIused
usedall allmymystrength
strengthto topunch
punchthe theanimal
animalin inthetheface,
face,but butititwould
wouldnotnotbudge,"
budge,"
5.
the
5. She
SheNewadded
added that
Straits
that five
Times
five had
had been
newspaper
been spotted
spotted
the New Straits Times newspaper quoted him as saying. near
quoted
near the major
him
the as
major East-West
saying.
East-West Highway
Highway in
inthe
the region.
region.
"I"IShe
had
She
hadadded
to
added that
that
towrestle
wrestle with
withitittotokeep
keepits itsjaws
jawsaway awayfrom
fromme, me,and andititwouldwouldhave haveclawed
clawedme meto todeath
deathififmymy
wife had not
wife had not arrived." arrived."
ItItwaswasthe thefirst
firsttimetimeanyone
anyonein inthethevillage
villagehad hadbeenbeenattacked
attackedby byaatiger.
tiger.
The
The director of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks inthe
director of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks in thestate,
state,Shabrina
ShabrinaMohd MohdShariff,
Shariff,
estimated
estimatedExercise
Exercise that
that4. there
Now
4.there were
Now wereturn
turn theabout
the
about 200
following
following tigers
200 tigers in
active
active the
in the jungles
sentences
sentences
jungles of of
fromPerak.
from the
the text into passive ones.
Perak. text into passive ones. This
This
She
Sheadded added
time that
thatfive
notice thehad
five hadbeen
shift been spotted
spotted
of focus fromnear
nearthethe
the major
doer major East-West
of the East-West
action to Highway
Highway
the actionin
inthe
the region.
region.
itself.
time notice the shift of focus from the doer of the action to the action itself.

Exercise
1.1.Tambun
Tambun Gediu
Gediu1. says
Are the
sayshis
hiswifefollowing
wife saved
savedhis hisstatements
life.
life. true or false? Write T for True or F for False.
Tambun
TambunGediuGediusays..
says..
2.2.Wildlife
Wildlife rangers
rangers are
are going
goingin to track
trackthe
tonorthern tiger
tigerand
theMalaysia. andsend
sendititfurther
furtherinto
intothe
thejungle.
jungle.
AAtiger
tigeralmost
almost killed
killed aamanman in northern Malaysia.


The
The man hitwas
the tiger
tigerand saved
savedhis hiswifes
wifeslife.
3.3. Theman
The manhit
man wasthe trailing
trailing and
aasquirrel.
squirrel. life.
Wildlife rangers
rangers are going to find and kill thetiger.
are going to find and kill

Wildlife
the tiger.
4.4.
No The
No The man
people didnt
live
man didnt
people in shoot
the
live in shoot the
jungle squirrel
in the
the squirrel
the jungle with
northern a blowpipe.
state
stateofofPerak.
with a blowpipe.
in the northern Perak.
..
When he saw the tiger, the man shot it with
.. his blowpipe.
When he saw the tiger, the man shot it with his blowpipe.
5.5.ItItwould
would have
have clawed me to death ififmy
mywifewifehadhadnot
notarrived.
The
The man
manandand hisclawed
his wife
wifelive me
liveininto
the

death
the jungle.
jungle. arrived.
ififmy
His
wife was ininthe mywife
wifehad
hadnot
notarrived.
arrived.
6.6.His
His wife
wife was
used thekitchen
the kitchenwhen
kitchen whenthe
implement thetiger
tiger
to
attacked
attacked
good
him.
him.
effect.
His wife used the kitchen implement to good effect.
Tiger
Tiger attacks
attacksarearecommon
commonininthat thatarea.
area.
.
.

Exercise
Exercise2. Match the underlinedofwords in the text with the definitions belowcorrect
and solve
Exercise 5.
5. Here
Here is
is aa summary
summary of the
the news
news article.
article. Fill
Fill in
in the
the gaps
gaps with
with the
the correct
the crossword.
articles,
articles, definite
definite (the)
(the) or
or indefinite
indefinite (a).
(a).
1 2 3
Acrossman has been rescued from _____ teeth of _____ tiger in northern Malaysia by his wife and one of her
_____
_____ man has been rescued from _____ teeth of _____ tiger in northern Malaysia by his wife and one of her
2. with a lot of trees growing close together (adj) 4
cooking utensils.
4.cooking utensils.
a fight (n)
Tambun
5.Tambun Gediu
or awas
Gediu
a tool, wasoutside
piecenear
outside
simple near his
hishome
homewhen
of equipment (n) he
when hewas
wasattacked
attackedby
by_____
_____tiger.
tiger.When
Whenhe
hetried
triedto
toclimb
climb_____
_____tree
tree
5
10.
to with
escape no
it, people
_____ living
animal there (adj)
dragged him back
to escape it, _____ animal dragged him back down.down.
But
Butwhen
whenGediu's
Gediu'swife
wifeused
usedherherwooden
woodensoup
soupladle
ladletotohit
hit_____
_____tiger
tigeron
on_____
_____head,
head,ititfled
fled_____
_____scene.
scene.
Down 6 7 8
Wildlife
Wildliferangers
rangers plan
plantototrack
track_____
_____beast
beastand
andsend
send ititfurther
further into
into_____
_____ unpopulated
unpopulated jungle
jungle nearby.
nearby.
1. a large deep spoon with a long handle (n) 9
3. a small village (n)
6. to move your body close to the ground by bending your knees (v) 10
7. to jump quickly in order to catch something (v)
ROLEPLAY
ROLEPLAY
8. to find a person or animal by following the marks they have left
behind (v)
Student
9. A:
A: You
to move
Student are
slightly
You aareporter
are(v) reporterinterviewing
interviewingMr.
Mr.Gediu
Gediuaboutaboutthetheincident.
incident.
EclipseCrossword.com
Student
StudentB:
B: You
Youare
areTambun
TambunGediu
Gediutalking
talkingto
toaareporter
reporterabout
aboutthe
theincident.
incident.

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