Day: December 1, 2022

Where angels fear to tread

Task 3:

Where angels fear to tread

 

This task is about reading to find information and make inferences.

Read ‘Where angels fear to tread‘, then answer the following questions.

 

a)

 

How old is Ngorongoro Crater?

Two Million years old

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b)

 

What word does the writer use in the middle of the story to indicate that he wasn’t scared of buffalo?

Only is the word because say it’s “only a buffalo” means you do not know the dangers of the animal

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c) What would have been a useful item to take on the walk to the lodge?
  A flashlight would be an excellent choice because it was a dark night and only little amounts of light and those lights were way off in the distance. Even the moon ans stars were gone because they were behind clouds.

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d) Explain how the saying in the final line, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread”, goes with the story.
   

“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” refers to a person who behaves impulsively; they don’t think before reacting. The saying goes with the story because a group of people, Halina and the speaker travel to Africa before knowing very little about it e.g. dangers, animals, people.

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 “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” refers to the author and his limited knowledge

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 because if he had taking the wrong step and upset the buffalo as it says in Paragraph 5

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 he would be rammed over by the buffalo or trampled and killed. Thankfully he treated the 

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 animal like a New Zealand sheep which was just to wave it away.

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e) What two lessons could be gained from this story?

       i. Never cross a buffalo in the night 

       Ii. Always learn about the place before you go there