You will be given a card which asks you to retell a short story about a particular situation. You should include your ideas while telling it. You will be given 1 minute to prepare your talk and
then 1-2 minutes to speak. Your classmates prepare the questions to ask you on the topic.
Learners take turns in retelling the stories from the cards.
Card 1
Romanian Avalanche
In 2003, a British politics student named Ken Jones
took a holiday from his studies and traveled to
Romania, where he wanted to scale Moldoveanu
Peak. He almost made it to the summit when the earth
shook and a pair of avalanches dumped tons of snow on
top of him, trapping him helpless on the mountain. He
managed to walk ten miles through the freezing cold
over the next three days to a remote Transylvanian
village, where a local doctor saved his leg and his life.
Card 2
Indonesian Tsunami
The massive tsunami that was in Indonesia on the
day after Christmas in 2004 still stands as one of
the most devastating natural disasters in recorded
history. In all of the chaos as waves up to 100 feet
high covered the Indian Ocean coastline, some
interesting stories came to light. One story was
about a small boy named Martunis, who was
washed away while playing soccer in Indonesia
and spent the next 18 days floating in the ocean.
He was finally rescued and taken to a hospital.
Card 3
Frankenstein
Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein and his equally brilliant protegee Igor
Strausman share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their
groundbreaking research into immortality. But Victor's experiments go too far,
and his obsession has horrifying consequences. Only Igor can bring his friend
back from the brink of madness and save him from his monstrous creation.
Card 4
Lion King
A young lion prince is born in Africa, thus making his uncle Scar the
second in line to the throne. Scar plots with the hyenas to kill King
Mufasa and Prince Simba, thus making himself King. The King is
killed and Simba is led to believe by Scar that it was his fault, and so
flees the kingdom in shame. After years of exile he is persuaded to
return home to overthrow the usurper and claim the kingdom as his
own thus completing the "Circle of Life".
