1. O V E R N I A G A R A FA L L S !
1 Complete the fact card using the words below.
3,000 ◆ Canada ◆ 55 metres
Niagara Falls ◆ tourist attractions
Names: 1.................. (USA) or The Horseshoe Falls (Canada)
Place: On the border between the USA and 2...................
Interesting facts:
Fact Card
The Falls are about 3.................. high!
More than 4.................. cubic metres of water fall every second!
The Falls are one of the most popular 5.................. in North America.
2 Read the newspaper articles and answer the questions below.
o Times
T h e T o r o n t JUNE 30, 1860 The Niagara News The New
York Cour
in Does it Aga
in! October 24, 1901 An Incr ier
Charles Blond In a barrel! edible R
escue at
Yesterday Niagara
63-year-old Annie , 7-year-o
ld Roger W
Falls
Deanne a
Taylor wanted to overturne
nd their n
eighbour,
oodward,
his sister
be rich and d in their Mr Honey
Niagara F boat on th cutt,
famous. She alls e river ne
disappeare . Mr Honeycutt dro ar the top
of
decided to go The man
d. A man
saw Dean
wned and
Roger
over Niagara Falls also sent
a boat to
ne and sa
v
in a barrel, and
Roger wa
s wearing look for R ed her.
The men a li oger. Luck
yesterday she did found him fe jacket and it sav ily,
londin walked was successful.
alive at th ed his life
A year ago, Charles B . But it! Luckily, she
e bottom
of the Fall
!
Falls on a rope Good luck, Annie! We ho
pe you s!
across Niagara ous enough for
that wasn’t da nger s!
alked across with become rich and famou
him! He also w . Yesterday, he
ck
a man on his ba but this time he
did a similar trick, a
and he pushed
was blindfolded g the rope!
on
wheelbarrow al
1 How many times did Charles Blondin cross the Falls?
2 Why was the second time more dangerous than the first?
3 Why did Annie want to go over the Falls?
Roger Wo
4 What happened to Deanne? odward
minutes
befor e he
5 What happened to Roger? was save
d.
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2. Answers
OVER NIAGARA FALLS!
1 1. Niagara Falls
2 Canada
3 55 metres
4 3,000
5 tourist attractions
2 1 Three
2 The second time he carried a man on his back.
3 Annie wanted to be rich and famous.
4 Deanne was saved.
5 Roger went over the Falls and was then saved by some men on a boat.
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