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Read the newspaper story below, and then answer the questions that follow it.

Tourist stranded at airport for five months

A Dutch tourist has finally returned home after five months stranded in a Brazilian airport.

Sheridan Gregorio was stuck at Fortaleza airport after he spent all his money on holiday.

He had a return ticket to get home but did not realise that he also had to pay airport tax.

After missing his flight, he was told he had also lost his ticket because it was non-refundable.

With no money, Mr Gregorio resorted to sleeping in the airport and cleaning restaurants in exchange for food and some money.

After he saved enough for the airport tax, Brazilian police negotiated with the airline to let him use his old ticket to go home.

Mr Gregorio told Jornal da Globo: "The Brazilian people were really nice to me; they treated me well."


• Text from Ananova.com

Reading comprehension

True or false?

    true false
1. The tourist was from Germany.
2. Fortaleza is in Brazil.
3. Sheridan Gregorio didn't have a holiday.
4. Sheridan Gregorio didn't have enough money for a ticket home.
5. Sheridan couldn't find his ticket and missed his plane.
6. Sheridan tried to exchange his ticket for money and then he missed his flight.
       

Exercises

1. Unable to move.
The words below all express the idea of being unable to move. Choose the most appropriate word to complete the sentences.

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What do you think?

Have you ever run out of money while on holiday? What did you do? What would you do if you were in Sheridan Gregorio's situation? Have you ever been stranded, marooned, stuck or trapped anywhere? What happened?

 

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