October 04, 2017

English Daily: Surviving on a Deserted Island

Engramme: Your Daily English Programme #54: How to Survive on a Deserted Island (Listening B1-B2)


Think Before You Listen

What would you do to survive if you were stranded on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere? What could you do to get rescued?


Watch and Listen

Watch & Listen: On a separate piece of paper, write down the 4 survival tips mentioned in the video:

Survival tip number 1:
…………. …… …………
Survival tip number 2:
…………. …………..
Survival tip number 3:
………… ………… …………
Survival tip number 4:
………… …………


According to the narrator, what is the most important thing to remember in such difficult circumstances? Do you agree?

Let's Practice

Listen More Carefully: Can you find the answers to the following questions?

1. What did the 2016 island survivors use to spell out the word ‘help’?
2. How should you protect your feet from injury on an island while searching for food and water?
3. For how many days can a human being survive without food? Without water?
4. What method does former Navy Seal, Clint Emerson, recommend for turning salt water into drinking water?
5. How did the crew of the Endurance feed themselves after their ship hit sea ice and sank?
(type your answers in the comments under the post and receive free feedback from us:)

Over to You

Prepare a piece of paper & a pen: jot down other factors (e.g. psychological) that might affect someone who is stranded on an uninhabited island. Then, try and write down any coping strategies you can think of that may help. (share your responses with other readers in the comments below)

Great Job! You've reached the end of another lesson on Engramme: Your Daily English Programme. We hope this lesson helped you improve your listening skills as well as your ability to talk/write about difficult situations in English :)

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