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Cycling on the mostdangerous road in
the world
‘One mistake and you are dead.’
High in the Andes, the North Yungas Road goes from LaPaz, the _____ 1 capital city in the world, to Coroico in the Yungas region of Bolivia. The road is only about three metres ______ 2 and the Coroico river lies 200 metres ______ 3 . Bolivianscall it ‘El Camino de la Muerte’ (Death Road) because of the number of _____ 4, and in 1995 it was officially _____ 5 ‘the most dangerous road in the world.’
• 1 highest • 2 wide • 3 below• 4 accidents• 5 declared
Since a new road opened in 2006, there are fewer busesand _____6 on the old road. But now thousands of mountain bikers come from all over the world to have the most ______ 7 ride of their lives. They start at La Cumbre, 4,700 metres above sea ______8 , and go down to 1,525 metres, travelling at nearly 80 km an hour down the ____9 road. During the rainy season, from December to March, only _______ 10 cyclists can take part, but some _____ 11 every year on the road.So, why do people do it?
• 6 lorries • 7 exciting• 8 level• 9 narrow• 10 experienced• 11 die
Andrew Jagoo, 26, from Melbourne, said after finishingthe _____ 12 , ‘If you go to London, you have to see London _____ 13 and if you go to Sydney, you have to see the Opera House and if you go to Bolivia, you have to do the most _____ 14 road.’Marte Solberg, 22, from Norway said, ‘A lot of people saidit was fun, but I was _____ 15 of falling over and dying. I was worried because I had no ______ 16 of mountain _____ 17.One mistake and you are dead. I asked myself a thousandtimes, “Why am I doing this?”’
• 12 ride• 13 Bridge• 14 dangerous• 15 scared • 16 experience• 17 biking
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVcODj7iN9o
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGA3qXQs1wE
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO CYCLING THERE? WHY (NOT)?
• No, because it’s the most dangerous road in the world. • No, because I’m afraid of high places. • No, because I fear falling from the mountains. • No, because I’m afraid that I can fall from the mountains. • No, because it’s a very dangerous road and I’m interested in
other things. • No, because it’s a high mountain and I think that it’s
dangerous. • No, because I don’t have a lot of cycling experience. • No, because I’m not really good at cycling. • Because the Andes are high mountains.
• Yes, I would love it. Because it’s a very exciting experience for me.
• Yes, because it’s a good experience and I like going cycling and the speed.
• Yes, because I think the views are fantastic. • Yes, because I like going to the mountains. • Yes, because I could feel new sensations. • Yes, I’d like to cycle there because I think it’s a new
experience but I’m not sure that I can/could do it. • Yes, because the road goes down.
BE CAREFUL!After superlative adjectives we use the preposition IN, not OF.Because it’s the most dangerous road in the world.