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Task 3. Read the text about Ben Southhall and answer the questions
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1) Who is Ben Southall?
2) What did he win?
3) What records did he beat?
I 4) What did he and his wife do in 2015?
Ben Southall is a presenter, digital journalist and adventurer. His achievements
include beating 35,000 to win the Best Job in the World in 2009.
In 2008 he climbed five of Africa's highest mountains and ran five marathons during
his circumnavigation of the continent with his Afritrex expedition. During 2011 he
kayaked 1600kms along the Great Barrier Reef retracing Captain Cook's 'Voyage of
Discovery' with the Best Expedition in the World.
Ben has set a number of world records in the last few years; the Aussic 8 - the fastest
ever ascent of the tallest mountain in each state in Australia, and the New Zealand 9 -
the fastest ever completion of New Zealand's Nine Great Walks - totalling 545km in
9 days.
In 2016 Ben and his wife Sophee completed their Best Life in the World expedition
a 55,000km, 12-month drive through 33 countries from Singapore to London. They
both run successful travel websites that have become portals for would be travellers
from around the world