1. VIDEO ACTIVITY: Sports: being Aron Ralston by New York Times

GLOSSARY:Canyon boulder (n): very strong rockEpiphany (n): moment when you realize sthWilderness (n): place with nothing and nobody.Notoriety (n): state of being famous for sth (usually bad/ pejorative).

1) What was the headline related to Aron Ralston?2) Why he was giving a speech for kids at school? What

had happened to him?3) What have he learned with his experience?4) What would you do in his place?

2. MOVIE ACTIVITY: 127 hours

1) Watch the interview again and describe Aron’s personality.2) Describe a scene using Past Simple, Present Perfect, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) Present Perfect and Past Simple. Look at Aron’s personal history. Complete the questions and answers.

Age

Facts

0 Born in Ohio, United States.11 Moved to Denver.23 Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with

degrees in Mechanical Engineering and French.27 Moved to Aspen, Colorado in order to persue a life of

climbing mountains. 28 Survived the Blue John Canyon accident.29 Had a movie released about his life called 127

hours.30 Climbed all of Colorado’s “fourteeners”1 peaks.34 Got married with Jessica.35 Had a son.

1. Where was Aron Ralston born?In __________________________________________________.2. Which ___________________________________________ to?Carnegie Mellon University.3. How long_____________________________________climbing?Since he______________________________________________.4. What_____________________________________at University?____________________________________________________.5. How long _____________________________________married?_______________________________________________34 years.6.What _____________________________________________28?_____________________________________________________.7. When ___________________Colorado’s “fourteeners” peaks?___________________________________________________30.8. Who____________________________________________with?________________________________________________Jessica.9. How many_____________________________________climbed?____________________________________________________.10. Has______________________________________exciting life?_____________________________________________________.

1 In mountaineering terminology in USA, a fourteener is a mountain that meets or exceeds a elevation of 14,00 feet (7,270m) above the sea level.