Swiss cable guy

BBC Eğitim Dairesi'nin hazırladığı Haberlerle İngilizce Dersleri'ni haftada bir gün görüntülü olarak sunuyoruz.

Bu sayfada haber metni ve Türkçe çevirisinin yanı sıra seçilen beş sözcüğün pekiştirilmesi için alıştırmalar da bulabilirsiniz.

Haber Metni

Türkçe metin

Gözüpek bir İsviçreli, Almanya'nın en yüksek dağına alışılmadık bir şekilde tırmandı...

3 bin metrelik zirveye, bir teleferiğin kablosunu cambaz ipi gibi kullanarak ulaştı.

Freddy Nock bir kilometrelik yolu emniyet kemeri ya da denge sopası kullanmadan yürürken yaklaşık 350 kilometre irtifa kazandı.

Dublörlük yapan Freddy Nock bir haftada yedi dünya rekoru kırmaya ve bu arada hayır kurumları için para toplamaya çalışıyor.

Sözcükler

daredevil: gözüpek, gözünü budaktan sakınmayan

tightrope: cambaz ipi

altitude: irtifa, yükseklik

safety harness: emniyet kemeri

stuntman: dublör

Alıştırmalar

BBC haberlerinde geçen tümceleri aşağıdaki sözcüklerden uygun olanları kullanarak tamamlayın.

Not:

daredevil/ tightrope/ altitude / safety harness/ stuntman

1. A Chinese inventor claims he reached an __________ of 4,000m on his home made flying machine.

2. Strapped to a __________ tethered more than 100 floors up, he began his climb up the silvery, glass-covered tower just after 1800 (1400 GMT) on Monday.

3. A "human cannonball" __________ plunged to his death in an accident seen by hundreds of people at a daredevil show.

4. The New York state assembly has made an exception to a century-old ban on stunts at Niagara Falls, to allow a renowned __________ walker to cross from one side to the other.

5. Sam has a touch of the ___________. He flies helicopters, boxes, rides motorbikes and carries the air of a dashing gentleman untroubled by life's frailties.

Yanıtlar

1. A Chinese inventor claims he reached an altitude of 4,000m on his home made flying machine.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> A Chinese home-made flying machine and other tech news</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/nH28hf" platform="highweb"/></link>

2. Strapped to a safety harness tethered more than 100 floors up, he began his climb up the silvery, glass-covered tower just after 1800 (1400 GMT) on Monday.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> 'Spiderman' Alain Robert scales Burj Khalifa in Dubai</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/exhRMp" platform="highweb"/></link>

3. A "human cannonball" stuntman plunged to his death in an accident seen by hundreds of people at a daredevil show.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> 'Human cannonball' killed in Kent stunt show</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/hRcZUZ" platform="highweb"/></link>

4. The New York state assembly has made an exception to a century-old ban on stunts at Niagara Falls, to allow a renowned tightrope walker to cross from one side to the other.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Can Niagara tightrope walk offer safety net for sagging tourism?</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/jCZdoC" platform="highweb"/></link>

5. The Sam has a touch of the daredevil. He flies helicopters, boxes, rides motorbikes and carries the air of a dashing gentleman untroubled by life's frailties.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Kauto Star upstaged by Long Run at King George VI</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/h6h83F" platform="highweb"/></link>