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2b Read North

Listen and read. What is
A
Sir Edmund Hillary famous for? West East

Sir South
Edmund Hillary B Read again and answer the questions.

1. When was Hillary born?
Sir Edmund Hillary was a famous explorer and mountain
climber. He was born in New Zealand in 1919. He tried 2. Which was the irst mountain
mountain climbing for the first time on a school trip to Hillary climbed?
Mount Ruapehu and discovered he could easily do it. When 3. How tall is Mount Everest?
he was 20 years old, he climbed to the top of Mount Ollivier. 4. When did the mountain
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climbers reach the top of Mount
However, Hillary’s dream was to climb Mount Everest. In
1953, he joined a British expedition, and they carefully began Everest?
the difficult and dangerous journey to the top of this 8,848- 5. Why did they stay at the top
metre mountain in the Himalayas. After about seven weeks, only a short time?
on 29 May, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a mountain 6. What other places did Hillary
climber from Nepal, reached the top. They couldn’t stay there explore?
for very long because the air was thin, but they became the
first people to climb the highest mountain in the world. C Find words in the text to match
the definitions below.
Hillary continued to climb mountains and explore the world. • a person who travels to places to
He went to both the North and the South Pole in his lifetime. explore them:
Many people call Mount Everest the third pole of the world,
so we can say that he was the first person to travel to all three
poles. Hillary was a brave explorer and a true hero. • a person who climbs:

Now read the NOTE and form nouns
that refer to people. Make any
necessary changes.
NOTE

We form many nouns that refer
to people by adding the su ix –er
to nouns (farm – farmer) or verbs
(teach – teacher).

1. paint
2. write

3. dance
4. swim

5. win
6. train

7. photograph

8. travel
9. drive
10. build

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