Minister Swims for Hours after Helicopter Crash

B1 – Intermediate

A Madagascar police minister was lucky enough to be one of the few to survive after their helicopter crashed into the Indian Ocean. He was one of only two men to survive the accident by swimming for so many hours.

Read the lesson about Serge Gelle’s incredible story of survival. Be ready to answer the questions that follow.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2112/211227-survival-swim-4.html

Discussion Questions:

  1. What is your reaction to this story?
  2. What do you think about the two men?
  3. Have you ever been involved in an accident? Share your experience.
  4. Share an experience where you have ‘beaten the odds’.
  5. When a situation is very difficult and hopeless, what do you try to do?
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2 replies on “Minister Swims for Hours after Helicopter Crash”

1. What is your reaction to this story?
While reading the story i was surprise. Not a lot of people survive’s a helicopter crash.
The first memory that came into my mind was the kobe bryant accident, was a helicopter crash two.
After thinking for a while, on the 2000’s, the president of spain suffered a helicopter crash too. In that accident, we had no casualties.

2. What do you think about the two men?
They have a strong will power. There is not a lot of people who can swim for twelve hours.

3. Have you ever been involved in an accident? Share your experience.
Luckely not. When i was 14, I broke my arm one time while i was skying for the first time.
Two years later i had a serious injury playing basketball. I was sprinting, then i sudenly stoped to make the shot, and my knee didnt resist such force. The doctors operated me and put me nails(screws) to fix the knee. I spent 3 months on a bed and had recovery sesions of another two.
About one year later i got the nails removed with a little incision.

4. Share an experience where you have ‘beaten the odds’.
Nothing comes to my mind.

5. When a situation is very difficult and hopeless, what do you try to do?
I usually analice the situation and see what its in my hand to change it. I try to do that every day, so i hope that the very difficult and hopeless situation neves comes.

Thanks for doing your best in writing your responses. Keep up the good job in practicing your skills.

Here are some tips that could help your writing become a bit better:

1. Always capitalize the pronoun “I”.
2. Do not forget to use an apostrophe on contractions. For example, instead of “didnt”, it should be “didn’t”.
3. Be a bit careful with your spelling. Some words that were misspelled were “suddenly” and “stopped”.

Two years later i had a serious injury playing basketball. I was sprinting, then i sudenly stoped to make the shot, and my knee didnt resist such force.

Two years ago, I had a serious injury playing basketball. I was sprinting, then I suddenly stopped to shoot the ball and my knee couldn’t bear such force.

Continue with this exercise to see more and more improvements in your overall writing skills.

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