Last Chance

Tittle: Last Chance

Author: Phillip Burrows

Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Summary:

Mike is a cameraman and works for News. His boss Mr. Frank said go and fined a good news, this is your last chance, or lose your job

In Hawaii, a volcano was erupting. Mike thought it was a good opportunity for a good story. He took his camera and went to Hawaii.

When he arrived in Hawaii, people were scared, the volcano was very dangerous. But he thought it was his last chance. Or lose his job

After walking two hours Mike was in the volcano. He filmed the smoke, fire and a big rock almost hits him, but he had very good movies.

He heard a girl ask for help saw a young woman there. She could not move, because her leg was under a rock.

The rock was heavy and pushes harder and rock moves down the volcano. Mike has a tripod that attaches it to the leg of Jenny.

Mike puts down his camera to raise jenny and began to walk very slow, the fire is behind them, and they had to leave there fast.

Mike forgot his camera, but have to leave the volcano very fast, He knows that life is more important.

There was a helicopter waiting for them. In the helicopter, Mike said he needed a camera and fell asleep because he was very tired

When he returned to his work. Mr. Frank had Mike’s camera. It was picked up by people in the helicopter.

The camera was broken, but the movies were good. It was very exciting. Mr. Frank congratulated Mike and said: We have a new press person. Jenny came into the office, they were excited to be alive.

Author and Brief Biography

Author: Phillip Burrows

Since 1991 they have been writing stories their books mirror reality. Dogs finding lost people, robots robbing old ladies, cats getting lost in Pyramids, aliens... all those things that are part of their normal lives.

Información bibliográfica

Título Oxford Bookworms Library: Starter: Last Chance

Oxford Bookworms Library

Oxford Bookworms ELT

Autores Phillip Burrows, Mark Foster

Edición ilustrada

Editor OUP Oxford, 2008

ISBN 0194234363, 9780194234368

Characters

Mike's boss Mr. Frank

Mike cameraman

Woman is in trouble Jenny.

Setting

Occurs in a Hawaiian volcano. When mike lose his job if he has not a good documentary.

Introduction

Go away and find some news, says Mr. Frank to Mike this is your last chance.

Mike is a god cameraman but his boss at SFX news doesn’t think so mike need his job.

Conclusion

Mike learn that some things are more important than his job or his camera.

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