Leap of Faith

A woman has plunged 100m after her bungee rope snapped above the Zambezi River on Zambia-Zimbabwe border.

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

Over a hundred metres above the Zambezi River.

With just a cord tied around her feet, an Australian adrenaline junkie launches herself into the void.

But Erin Langworthy's bungee jump became a nightmare when the line broke.

She got through the ordeal in one piece - here describing how she managed to swim to the river bank.

Erin suffered only cuts and bruises and thinks it's a miracle to be alive.

Türkçe metin

Zambezi Nehri en az 100 metre aşağıda...

Avustralyalı bir adrenalin tutkunu, ayağına sadece bir kablo bağlı olduğu halde, kendisini boşluğa bırakıyor.

Ancak kablo kopunca, Erin Langworthy'nin bungee jumping deneyimi bir kabusa dönüştü.

Bu badireyi tek parça olarak atlattı. Bu görüntülerde nehir kıyısına nasıl yüzmeyi başardığını anlattı.

Sadece kesik ve sıyrıklarla olayı atlatan Erin, hayatta olmasının bir mucize olduğunu düşünüyor.

Sözcükler

adrenaline junkie

adrenalin tutkunu, adrenalin bağımlısı, tehlikeli etkinliklere girişip heyecan duymaktan zevk alan kişi

into the void

boşluğa, hiçliğe

a nightmare

kabus, kötü bir düş

in one piece

tek parça olarak, ciddi bir yaralanma olmaksızın

cuts and bruises

kesik ve sıyrıklar; küçük, hafif yaralanmalar

Alıştırmalar

BBC haberlerinde geçen tümceleri aşağıdaki sözcüklerden uygun olanları kullanarak tamamlayın.

Not: Tümceyi doğru şekilde tamamlamak için sözcüğün türünü değiştirmeniz, örneğin fiilden isim türetmeniz gerekebilir.

1.
"The __________ that I have is the memories of when I lived under the Taliban," she said. "That's what we went through and that's what might come back."

2.
She describes herself as an______________ having already tried skydiving and body boarding down sand dunes.

3.
The victim suffered _______________ in the attack.

4.
"Four months ago I was in a very critical situation," Mr Chavez said. "Thanks be to God, four months have passed and here I am, all ____________ and on my feet." Mr Chavez, who has been in power since 1999, has said his illness will not stop him from standing for re-election next year.

5.
Greece is "on the brink of the abyss", President Karolos Papoulias has warned, after three people died during protests over planned austerity measures. "We are all responsible so that it does not take the step ____________," the president said in a statement. It followed a day of violence during which protesters set fire to a bank, killing three employees.

Yanıtlar

Yanıtların altındaki bağlantılardan, ilgili sözcüğün farklı kullanımlarına ulaşabilirsiniz.

1.
"The nightmare that I have is the memories of when I lived under the Taliban," she said.
"That's what we went through and that's what might come back."
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2.
She describes herself as an "adrenaline junkie" having already tried skydiving and body
boarding down sand dunes.
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3.
The victim suffered cuts and bruises in the attack.
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4.
"Four months ago I was in a very critical situation," Mr Chavez said. "Thanks be to God, four
months have passed and here I am, all in one piece and on my feet." Mr Chavez, who has
been in power since 1999, has said his illness will not stop him from standing for re-election
next year.
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5.
Greece is "on the brink of the abyss", President Karolos Papoulias has warned, after three
people died during protests over planned austerity measures. "We are all responsible so that
it does not take the step into the void," the president said in a statement. It followed a day
of violence during which protesters set fire to a bank, killing three employees.
Source: