A printable worksheet for news-based English conversation classes.
Date: 2023/04/14
Difficulty: Beginner A1
PDF: Spanish sportswoman stays alone in cave for 500 days
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athlete • | • city in Spain |
cave • | • make with yarn |
knitting • | • best |
record • | • rock shelter |
230 feet • | • 70 meters |
Granada • | • sports person |
athlete | sports person |
cave | rock shelter |
knitting | make with yarn |
record | best |
230 feet | 70 meters |
Granada | city in Spain |
A Spanish athlete named Beatriz Flamini stayed alone in a cave in Granada for 500 days. She was 230 feet under the ground. She is 50 years old and went into the cave on November 21, 2021. She wanted to learn how being alone changes people's minds and bodies.
Scientists from three universities watched her from far away. After two months, she lost track of how many days she was there. She thought it was 160-170 days, but it was 500 days.
She did many things underground like reading, writing, drawing, exercising, and knitting. She said there were good and bad times. She learned a lot about herself. Beatriz's helpers said she read 60 books while in the cave. There were two cameras that recorded her time there for a movie.
People think her time underground is a new world record for being alone in a cave.
A: | Hey, want to beat Beatriz? Stay in a cave for 501 days! |
B: | Haha, no way! I can't live without pizza that long! |
A: | But think of all the books you could read! |
B: | Maybe, but I like sunlight too much! |
A: | You could become famous like Beatriz! |
B: | I'll pass, I like being outside and talking to people! |