What does the term white-water canoeing come from?A lot of people may be familiar with what I call recreational canoeing. That’s where you take a canoe out onto a nice calm river... with a picnic and have a relaxing time. But if you’re doing white-water canoeing, then you’re doing something very different. White-water canoeing actually gets its name from the fact that when you do it you’ve got to be paddling very rapidly through the water and when you’re doing that, you make a lot of froth and bubbles and the water looks white. First of all, you will need to think about equipment. You’ll need to get yourself a good canoe and these can set you back anything from ￡500 to ￡1500, depending on the material they’re made of. Personally, I wouldn’t go for a cheap one, although obviously this depends on your budget. And to protect yourself against rocks when you fall out of the canoe, you’ll need a good quality helmet. It needs to meet certain government standards, so make sure you go to a reputable supplier. And there’s no point, particularly as a beginner, in wearing anything but a wetsuit. That’s a must. I’d recommend one with short sleeves, rather than long sleeves. Then you’ll have to get a life jacket too and I would also suggest that you get yourself a pair of river shoes. These are made out of the same material as the wetsuit. Some people think that ordinary rubber boots will do, but they’re much too loose and fill up with water. It is also essential to wear something to protect your hands from the paddles, and stop them from being rubbed. the type of river that is chosen the effect of the paddles on the water the speed at which the boat travels

Label the map below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer. [*]Let’s have a look at the street directory. The Thompsons live here in Tulip Street, number 252, so you catch the 631 bus, get off here next to the Post Office in Daisy Terrace. Walk past the Post Office to the corner, and facing you on the opposite corner is the Kindergarten. Then walk down Daffodil Place and cross over to the Primary School. Then keeping going down Daffodil Place to the corner and turn right into Tulip Street.

Label the plan below. Write the correct letter, A-I, next to Questions 1-6. [*]Does everyone have a copy of the plan? Great. OK, we’ll all be meeting in the car park - that’s on the bottom of the plan, see? Now, if you’ve been assigned to the vegetable beds, to get there, you go out of the car park and go up to the footpath until you reach the circle of trees - there they are - in the middle of the plan, and you see that the footpath goes all the way around them. Well, on the left-hand side of that circular footpath, there’s a short track which takes you directly to the vegetable beds. You can see a bamboo fence marked just above them. All right? OK, if you’re helping out with the bee hives, pay attention. Look again at the circle of trees in the middle of the plan, and the footpath that goes around them. On the right side of that circle - you can see that the footpath goes off in an easterly direction - heading towards the right-hand side of the plan. And then, the path splits into two and you can either go up or down. You want the path that heads down and at the end of this, you see two areas divided by a bamboo fence - and as we’re looking at the plan, the bee hives are on the right of the fence - the smaller section, I mean. Now don’t worry - all the bees have been removed! You just need to transport the hives back to the car park. OK, for the seating, look at the circular footpath, at the top of it, there’s a path that goes from there and takes you up to the seating area, alongside the bicycle track and with a good view of the island, I suppose. OK, if you’re volunteering for the adventure playground area, let’s start from the car park again and go up the footpath, but then you want the first left turn. Go up there, and then you see there’s a short path that goes off to the right - go down there and that’s the adventure playground area, above the bamboo fence. That fence does need repairing, I’m afraid. Right, what else? Oh yes, the sand area. We’ve got that circular footpath in the middle - find the track that goes east, towards the right-hand side of the plan, and where that track divides, you need the little path that goes up towards the bicycle track. The sand area is just above the bamboo fence there. And finally, the pond area. So, it’s on the left-hand side of your plan - towards the top - just above the fruit bushes and to the left of the little path. OK, as I said already, hopefully we’ll...

Circle THREE letters A-G. Which THREE things does the speaker recommend you buy to get started? A a low-budget canoe B protective headgear C a waterproof jacket D a short-sleeved wetsuit E a long-sleeved sweater F rubber boots G gloves