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BBC Learning English 

Video Words in the News  

13 March 2013 

Attack survivor saves sharks 

Transcript: 

A frightening sight for any swimmer… 

Jonathan Kathrein was attacked while surfing in 1998. He battled to free his leg 

from a shark's jaws.  

The Californian survived to tell the tale and he still has the scars to prove it.  

He turned his ordeal into a campaign to save the animals, though.  

And this month, his state added the great white shark to its list of protected 

animals.  

Vocabulary: 

frightening 

scary 

jaws 

bones in the mouth which contain the teeth 

to tell the tale 

to say to people what happened 

scars 

a mark on the skin from an injury 

ordeal 

experience which causes suffering 

Exercise: 

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from 

news reports.  

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence 

correctly. 

frightening / jaws / to tell the tale / scars / ordeal 

1.  In both incidents the suspect was described as white, about 25 years old, of 

average height and slim build. He had ________ on his face and two small 

tattoos on his neck, possibly squares or Chinese symbols. 

2.  Two football players needed surgery for broken ________ after a fight 

broke out on the pitch during a reserve game. 

3.  Only two men survived ________ of Operation Frankton, but its significance 

reportedly led Winston Churchill to say he believed the raid could have 

shortened the war by six months. 

4.  Local media reported that several other people in the same group, including 

a Mexican woman, had been tied up and gagged while the attack took place. 

After the ________ the women went to the nearest police station 

accompanied by local tourism officials. 

5.  A number of planned flights were delayed by the storm, which also caused 

power outages in several suburbs. Fallen trees and debris blocked some 

roads. "This must have been an extremely ________ situation for many 

people in the local community," Prime Minister John Key said in a statement. 

Answers: 

1.  In both incidents the suspect was described as white, about 25 years old, of 

average height and slim build. He had scars on his face and two small tattoos on 

his neck, possibly squares or Chinese symbols. 

2.  Two football players needed surgery for broken jaws after a fight broke out on 

the pitch during a reserve game. 

3.  Only two men survived to tell the tale of Operation Frankton, but its 

significance reportedly led Winston Churchill to say he believed the raid could 

have shortened the war by six months. 

4.  Local media reported that several other people in the same group, including a 

Mexican woman, had been tied up and gagged while the attack took place. After 

the ordeal the women went to the nearest police station accompanied by local 

tourism officials. 

5.  A number of planned flights were delayed by the storm, which also caused power 

outages in several suburbs. Fallen trees and debris blocked some roads. "This 

must have been an extremely frightening situation for many people in the local 

community," Prime Minister John Key said in a statement.