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The right place at the right time.






SimonGreen doesn’t normally take risks. He has lived in the small town of Windermere all of his life. He’s had the same friends and worked in the same bank for years. Nothing unusual had ever happened to him – until January last year, when Simon did something remarkable.

‘It was Saturday morning, and I was walking my dog along the lake when I heard a loud noise. I looked behind me, and saw a car crash into a wall and drive straight into the water. At first I was so shocked I just stood by the side of the lake. For a few moments it was eerily silent, and nobody came to the surface. I was starting to fell sick with fear, but deep down I knew I had to do something. There were people trapped in the car, and I couldn’t let them drown.

Simon jumped into the freezing lake. ‘It was terribly cold and quite deep’, he said, ‘and it was very difficult to see. By the time I got the car, I didn’t have time to think. I just forced open a door and pulled out the nearest passenger. ‘ The passenger was teenage boy, and Simon quickly took him to the surface. There was still a woman left in the car, so Simon dived down again. ‘This time it was more difficult. I didn’t have enough air, and I was starting to panic’, he said, ‘ but I was determined to get to her’. Fortunately Simon managed to reach the car again and pull the woman out. Amazingly, both of the people in the car survived.

So would he do it again? ‘ Definitely, ’ he says. ‘Looking back on it, I really didn’t have a choice. I’m not a hero, but I had to help those people. I was just in the right place at the right time’.

  1. Read the first sentences of each paragraph. Choose the information you think the paragraph is going to contain.

Paragraph A

Simon Green doesn’t normally take risks

a. information about Simon Green

b. a description of a dangerous activity

c. why Simon isn’t risk taker

Paragraph B

‘ It was Saturday morning, and I was walking my dog along the lake when I

heard a loud noise’.

a. a description of the park

b. information about his dog

c. a description of something that happened

Paragraph C

Simon jumped into the freezing lake.

Simon jumped into the freezing lake

a. Simon went for a swim

b.Simon tried to help someone

c. Simon had an accident

Paragraph D

So would he do it again? Definitely’, he says

a. why he decided to do something

b. what other people would do

c. why the situation was dangerous

Read the text again and answer the questions.

1. What type of person is Simon Green?

2. How did Simon help the people in the car?

3. Why was the second dive more dangerous?

4. How does Simon his actions?

 

3.Find words and phrases in the text which mean:


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