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Clinging on for dear life.

Ninety-two-year-old Colombian Roberto Blanco was taking a nap by a flooded river when he was washed into the torrent.

He grabbed a cable hanging under a bridge and held tight as passers by and police carried out a precarious rescue operation.

Back on dry land, Roberto took time to speak to reporters, looking none the worse for his ordeal.

Transcriçãoonabet apostasportuguês

Agarrando-se à vida.

O colombiano Roberto Blanco,onabet apostas92 anos, estava tirando uma soneca ao ladoonabet apostasum rio inundado quando foi levado pela correnteza.

Ele agarrou um cabo que estava pendurado sob uma ponte e o segurou firme enquanto pessoas que passavam pelo local e a polícia promoviam uma operaçãoonabet apostasresgate precária.

De volta à terra firme, Roberto ainda passou tempo conversando com repórteres, parecendo não ter sido afetado pela experiência difícil.

Vocabulary

for dear life (à vida) - using all your strength or effort to avoid danger or serious trouble

taking a nap (tirando uma soneca) - having a short sleep

passers by (pessoas que passavam pelo local) - people going by a particular place

precarious (precário) - dangerous, because not firmly fixed or likely to fall

none the worse (não afetado) - not damaged or harmed (by something)

Exercise

for dear life / taking a nap / passers by / precarious / none the worse

1. Firefighters said once the pony was out of the pool it was quickly dried off and led back to his paddock, cold and wet but _________ for his escapade.

2. "I wasn't keen on getting on the back of a motorbike, whizzing down the road, hanging on _________. No, there's nothing like a scooter."

3. On the subsequent flight, his co-pilot asked if he could _________, which the pilot approved. But then the pilot fell asleep too - for about 10 minutes.

4. "They had to be winched off the rocks by the helicopter. It was a _________ and dangerous rescue."

5. A group of residents from the Isle of Wight have begun a campaign for a permanent memorial to a well known cat.

Smudge spent much of his life at the bus stop outside his home in Shanklin and became a favourite with commuters, schoolchildren and _________.

Answers

Source: Jersey firefighters rescure pony from swimming pool http://bbc.in/1eKwl7I

2. "I wasn't keen on getting on the back of a motorbike, whizzing down the road, hanging on for dear life. No, there's nothing like a scooter."

Source: Maureen Lear: Essex grandmother fuels scooter passion http://bbc.in/16gejkA

3. On the subsequent flight, his co-pilot asked if he could take a nap, which the pilot approved. But then the pilot fell asleep too - for about 10 minutes.

Source: One in five pilots 'suffers cockpit fatigue' http://bbc.in/188rMNb

4. "They had to be winched off the rocks by the helicopter. It was a precarious and dangerous rescue."

Source: Seven rescued as boat hits rocks http://bbc.in/1el4cmz

5. A group of residents from the Isle of Wight have begun a campaign for a permanent memorial to a well known cat.

Smudge spent much of his life at the bus stop outside his home in Shanklin and became a favourite with commuters, schoolchildren and passers by.

Source: Memorial plan for Shanklin 'bus stop cat' http://bbc.in/1dldI6n