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How to do this lesson:
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Read through each section with your teacher.
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Discuss any new vocabulary, idioms or expressions found in each section.
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Write a 50 word summary of each section using your own words using at least one of the new words or expressions in your summary.
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WILD RIDES AND PASSIONATE NIGHTS
A South American adventure
INTRODUCTION:
Helen or ‘H’ as she had been called at school had always dreamed of travelling the world, and when she turned 21, she finally had the chance to make her dream a reality. She sold everything she owned, bought a motorcycle, and set off on a journey around the globe.
As she rode through the winding roads and endless highways, “H” encountered all sorts of challenges and adventures. She met new people, saw breathtaking sights, and learned valuable lessons about herself and the world around her.
Through it all, Helen’s motorcycle was her faithful companion, it was all she had, apart from her bedroll and a few clothes, carrying her to all corners of the earth. It was her home, her transportation, and her shelter, and she loved it fiercely.
As she traveled from one country to the next, H’s journey took her to places she had never even imagined, and she embraced every moment with open arms and an open heart.
NEW VOCABULARY: turned 21, around the globe, breathtaking, faithful companion, bedroll, shelter, embraced
NOW WRITE YOUR 50 WORD SUMMARY IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
SECTION ONE:
This is the story of H’s incredible trip around the world on her motorcycle, a journey that changed her life forever.
After about eight months on the road, she finally arrived in South America, a place she had always dreamed of going to. It was dangerous and unpredictable but she always made it through. Until one day as she walked into a makeshift bar on the side of a dusty road and after a long day in the saddle, she met a group of rough-looking, tattoo-covered guys who would change the direction of her life and send her down an unknown path. A path that led her to romance, hot sexy nights, rough uncouth bikers, and the adventure she had been longing for.
NEW VOCABULARY: incredible, unpredictable, makeshift, dusty road, saddle, rough-looking, uncouth, longing for
NOW WRITE YOUR 50 WORD SUMMARY IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
SECTION TWO:
CHAPTER 1
A Steamy Encounter: Passion Ignites.
As the sun beats down on the dusty roads of Minas Gerias a rather large state in the center of Brazil, a young woman “Helen” or “H” as she is known is on a motorcycle trip around the world and finds herself drawn into a world of adventure, lust, and danger.
She is a traveller, searching for something more than the mundane life she left behind in England. When she meets a group of rugged bikers in a roadside bar, she is immediately drawn to their sense of freedom and wild spirit. She joins them for a short period on their journey, and together she embarks on a steamy love affair with one of them that takes them across the beautiful, exotic landscape of South America. The wind rushing through their hair as they ride helmetless and free and the open road stretching out before them, she gives in to her deepest desires and experiences some of the most passionate nights of her life. Life on the road alone can give you time to think and ponder the things that never were and those that might be. Alone on the roads for hours and hours can lead your thoughts to the most unexpected places deep in your mind. Some realistic and some just plain fantasy. It’s when fantasy leads to the reality that you start to walk a fine line.
NEW VOCABULARY: drawn into, lust, mundane, rugged, a roadside bar, drawn to, wild spirit, to embark, steamy love affair, the wind rushing through her hair, helmetless, open road, stretching out, deepest desires, plain fantasy
NOW WRITE YOUR 50 WORD SUMMARY IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
SECTION THREE:
This is a story of adventure, desire, and the unbridled power of sex and eventual love between H and the dark-skinned Boni who she eventually settles and has a hot steamy affair. It wasn’t to last as most of these things don’t. When they do eventually fizzle out they do make room for the next episode. It’s usually that next episode that sparks the imagination during those long hot rides across unfamiliar landscapes.
The sun was setting on the horizon as H revved up her motorcycle and took off down the highway that night. As she had been doing for the past six and a half to seven months. Although, out on the road alone for months you do tend to lose track of time. She had always been a wild and adventurous girl, and there was nothing that made her feel more alive than the wind rushing through her hair and the dust on her boots as she rode her Harley through the lush, green landscape of Brazil. She had chosen to set off at dusk again and ride until she was tired because the night air was cooler than the scorching heat of the day. Riding in the heat of the day, sometimes in the high 30s can be hard especially as the sweat chaffed the skin her soft, white inner thigh covered by the soft black leather of her jeans. Sometimes she could feel the sweat running between her legs as she straddled the hard but comfortable seat of her Harley.
NEW VOCABULARY: unbridled, fizzle out, sparks the imagination, unfamiliar landscapes, revved up, took off, tend to, lush, dusk, scorching, sweat, chaffed, inner thigh, soft black leather, to straddle,
NOW WRITE YOUR 50 WORD SUMMARY IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
LISTENENING SECTION: Listen and watch the short video and then answer the five questions below.
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- What is Adam doing? How many world records will he break after he finishes his trip?
- What is the name of his dog?
- How many Harley Davidson dealerships will Adam have visited by the end of his trip?
- Name three places Adam has slept with his bike.
- What is the name of the most famous motorcycle movie?
- What was the name of the most famous motorcycle stuntman?
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NEW VOCABULARY: dealerships, stuntman
SECTION FOUR:
As she drove, Helen, better known as “H” couldn’t help but feel a sense of restlessness within herself. Most days it was a mixture of tiredness and a kind of sexual frustration. She had been riding through the country for months now alone, searching for some kind of meaning or purpose in her life, but no matter where she went, or whom she met, she just couldn’t seem to find it. The trip was usually enough, but this time was different. Something was missing and a definite sense that something was coming her way. She could feel it and she knew deep inside that it was only a matter of time.
She had always been drawn to the freedom and independence of the open road, and as an English, sexy-looking blonde-haired biker girl, she had always turned heads wherever she went. She would pull up in a car park like any other biker only drawing a passing glance but when she stood up and dismounted the bike it became all too clear that the shape of that arse and the tightness of the leather around her cheeks that she was no ordinary biker, and when she took off her full-face helmet and shook her head to loosen her long blonde hair, it was then that everyone’s heads were turned. It wasn’t just her looks but her sexy British accent that caught her attention more than once and not always the attention she wanted.
NEW VOCABULARY: drove, a sense, restlessness, a mixture, tiredness, sexual frustration, purpose, no matter, deep inside, a matter of time, drawn, car park, passing glance, dismounted, arse, tightness, cheeks, full-face helmet, to loosen, heads were turned,
NOW WRITE YOUR 50 WORD SUMMARY IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
SECTION FIVE:
But despite her rugged but sexy exterior and tough-as-nails attitude, H was a woman with a heart full of gold and a longing and a deep desire to find her place in the world. This was exactly the reason she had set off on what some might describe as a reckless trip in the first place. After all, Brazil isn’t the obvious choice for a lone female rider. It’s dangerous, a place where murders and muggings often go unchallenged in the absence of any effective law or enforcement of the law.
As the darkness of night began to fall that day and became too dark to ride, H pulled off the road as she had done every night for the last six-plus months and found a quiet spot under some trees and far enough away from the road as not to draw any unwelcome attention to herself, to set up camp in this dangerous place. Crime in Brazil was on a different level from what she was used to back in the UK.
NEW VOCABULARY: despite, sexy exterior, tough-as-nails, attitude, a heart full of gold, a longing, deep desire, sett off, reckless, lone female rider, murders and muggings, unchallenged, absence, enforcement, darkness of night, pulled off the road, six-plus months, a quiet spot, draw attention to, unwelcome, set up camp,
NOW WRITE YOUR 50 WORD SUMMARY IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
SECTION SIX: my motorcycling world
Murders were commonplace and the police useless. She unrolled her sleeping bag and bivvy bag and settled in for the night beside her Harley, gazing up at the stars above as she tried to make sense of the swirling thoughts in her head and eventually fall asleep. She usually tucked herself under the bike as it stood tilted to one side and gave a little shelter from any wind during the night.
Tomorrow, she would wake up and hit the road again, searching for adventure and meaning in the vast, unknown expanse of Brazil.
NEW VOCABULARY: commonplace, unrolled, sleeping bag, bivvy bag, settle in for the night, gazing up into the night, to make sense, swirling thoughts, to fall asleep, tucked herself in, stood tilted to one side, shelter,
NOW WRITE YOUR 50 WORD SUMMARY IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
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