Make Your Way 5, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Reading Read the text below, then decide whether the statements (1–8) are true (T), false (F) or not given (NG) in the text. Put a in the correct box. The first one (0) has been done for you. 29 People have been mining iron ore at Clearwell in the Forest of Dean for more than 7,000 years. It was fully industrialised in the eighteenth century, and employed hundreds of children to carry the iron ore towards the surface. Today its main business is tourism. The most exciting part of the visit was climbing through the small tunnels, which were quite damp and cold. None of us had ever been in a mine before; we didn’t like the dark, and we were worried we would not fit through the tunnels. We were all given overalls, boots and hard hats with lamps. Once we had crawled through the cramped tunnels there was tons of space in the caves. We went 100 feet down, and it wasn’t scary at all. Our guide in the mines was Jonathan, who was really friendly and informative, although he sometimes went too far ahead. He told us how children as young as eight were once used to carry the ore up from the mines in boxes called ‘Billies’. We each picked up a piece of iron ore that was so heavy it felt like our arms were going to fall off. This was a typical size and weight of the pieces of iron that the children had to carry. The children worked 10 hours a day, which made us feel sad and strange – we thought about how we go to school and how they worked long hours in the cold mines six days a week. We couldn’t bear to think what our lives might have been like if we had lived at this time. 100 feet down our guide told us to switch off our lights and lit a candle to show us how the children would have seen the mine. It was chilling. When he blew out the candle we were all scared and held on to each other. Back home you never see real darkness, but in the caves it was totally dark, and brought the phrase ‘pitch black’ to life. It was like being blind. We had worried the caves might be quite boring, but they weren’t. We found out lots and it was fun because we climbed through very small mine tunnels, found iron on the floor and on the walls, and got very dirty! We all wish we could go again, and give Clearwell Caves 9 out of 10. A school trip to an ancient iron mine ( is review was produced by students Vicky Palmer, 15, omas Hemsley, 16, and Ann-Marie Palmer, 14) Statements T F NG 0 People first began mining at Clearwell in the eighteenth century. × 1 Clearwell is the only mine open for the public in England. 2 This was the students’ first visit to a mine. 3 The students were given special clothes to wear in the mine. 4 Jonathan told the students about the history of the mine. 5 One of the students was injured by a piece of iron ore. 6 The students were shocked by what they learnt in the mine. 7 The lights in the mine went out because of an accident. 8 The only thing the students didn’t like about the trip was the dirt. 44 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv