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| BBC Learning EnglishPeople and PlacesJoshua JonesJackie: Hello, welcome to People & Places with me,Jackie Dalton. Joshua Joneswas born with the illness cystic fibrosis. It's a conditionwhich causes blockages in the lungs and other organs of thebody. Today we'll find out about the amazing things Joshuahas done in the face of this serious illness. Cysticfibrosis can affect people to different degrees. Somesuffer a lot from the condition; others can lead a fairlynormal life. Joshua thinks he's doing quite well. How doeshe think he has managed to stay so healthy? Listen tofind out. JoshuaI'm very lucky, from a very young age, I've been very fit. I've had a lot of help from my family and I think, for me,the sport definitely has kept me where I am. Jackie: Joshua says he's doing so well because hehas had support from his family and he does a lot of sport– he's fit and active. He said 'Sport has kept me where Iam,' meaning it's stopped things from getting. Joshua sayson average people with cystic fibrosis live until the ageof 30. He'll use the expression 'life expectancy' toexplain this – life expectancy – how long someone isexpected to live. Joshua says this low life expectancy hasaffected his attitude towards life – in what way? JoshuaThe average life expectancy of anyone who suffers fromcystic fibrosis is around 30. And that, to me, is just thebiggest thing of all. You know, I mean, to know that youmight not be here in another ten years, you got to doeverything you can to live, you know, and have the bestexperience of life that's possible. Jackie: Did you get the answer? Joshua says he doeseverything he can to really make the most of life, to getthe best experience possible. Listen again. JoshuaThe average life expectancy of anyone who suffers fromcystic fibrosis is around 30. And that, to me, is just thebiggest thing of all. You know, I mean, to know that youmight not be here in another ten years, you got to doeverything you can to live, you know, and have the bestexperience of life that's possible. Jackie: So Joshua is determined to live life to thefull – to make the most of every moment. Just one of thethings he's done is to climb Mount Kilimanjaro – thehighest mountain in Africa. He did it for charity, to raisemoney to help other ill people. Listen to him describe histrip. Try to answer this question: why did he get up at oneo'clock in the morning on the last day up? JoshuaYou trek to the mountain through the rainforest and over aplain, the desert plain first. It takes about three days toget to the top. You rest at midnight on your last night andyou set off at about one o'clock in the morning to get tothe summit for the sun to rise. Because it's the mostamazing experience, you know, you can see the whole ofAfrica from the top and then to see the sun rise, it's justincredible. Jackie: Well, Joshua got up at one o'clock in themorning to get to the summit – to the top of the mountain,to watch the sunrise. But climbing Mount Kilimanjaro wasn'tenough for Joshua. He wanted to push himself even furtherand do something that might help raise even more money forcharity. What did he and his friend Scott decide to do? JoshuaWe set out to raise sort of forty thousand pounds and wethought, "If we do something a bit different, out of theordinary, we might be able to raise a little bit more." Sowe thought, "Right, ok why not having a boxing match on thetop."Jackie: Joshua and his friend decided to have aboxing match when they got to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. And that's not all…how did they make it even harder? JoshuaAnd we thought "Right, ok, well why don't we take out topsoff as well, just to make it a bit harder for us," youknow, and it's funny because as soon as I took my top offit was minus15 degrees - absolutely freezing. And I looked and Scottand someone said 'Go!' and I don't know why, but I just hada giggling fit. Jackie: They took their tops off for the boxingmatch – pretty crazy on top of a mountain at minus 15degrees! And Joshua seemed to realise it was all a bit mad– what did he do just before he started to box? JoshuaAnd I looked and Scott and someone said 'Go!' and I don'tknow why, but I just had a giggling fit. Jackie: Joshua had a giggling fit – he startedlaughing uncontrollably. It must have been a funny sight! Joshua is certainly making the most of life. As he's aboutto tell us, he tries not to dwell too much on his illness. 'To dwell on' something means to worry about it a lot. Listen out forthat expression now. JoshuaIt's definitely in the back of your mind. I don't think Ilet it get to me too much because I think if you dwell onit too much you're thinking about it every day and youthink oh what's going to happen tomorrow – could I fallill next week, next month, next year…you justdon't know. And I think if you dwell on it too much, you’ re not going to live, so I think it's so important just toget out there and just do what you want to do and don'tworry what people think about you – just do it. Jackie: A great message from Joshua to end withthere. That's all for this week'sPeople & Places from bbclearningenglish.com. |
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