Swedish Man Survives

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Level: Intermediate

Objective: To discuss this recent piece of news and survivor scenarios

 

 

Словарный запас: Reportedly, stuck, snowed in, deserted, spotted, scrapped

A Swedish man has reportedly survived being trapped in his car eating only snow for 2 months. The man is understood to be in his mid 40′s; he became stuck when his car was snowed in on a deserted road in December. This police officer says when he was found he was in a very poor state. He says the man told them he’d been there for a long time, and survived on just a little snow.

 

Local media report he had a sleeping bag in the car and had driven off a main road deep into the forest a week before xmas, when he became trapped. A man on a snow scooter spotted the car Friday, scraped snow off the window and saw movement inside. The man is now in intensive care in a Swedish hospital.

 

Comprehension check (scroll down for answers):

1. What did the man eat to survive?
2. How long was he trapped?
3. When did he get trapped?
4. What helped him survive?
5. How was he discovered?
6. Where is he now?

Discussion

• How would you feel being trapped for so long?
• How long do you think humans can survive with no food?
• Do you know any other extreme survival stories?

Answers to questions

1. Snow
2. 2 months
3. December
4. The sleeping bag
5. A man passing on a snow scooter
6. In a Swedish hospital