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Listening comprehension - Dame Ellen McArthur




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 Dame Ellen McArthur
 
 Watch the first seven minutes of the video and answer the questions.  You can watch the video as many times as you want.
 
     
 
 1. What do you think is possible when you're a young child?
 
2. How old was Ellen when she sailed for the first time?
 
3. What books did she read when she was a child? 
 
4. How long did she have to save money to buy a dinghy? 
 
5. How old was she when she started saving her money? 
 
6. What did she want to be, but couldn't? 
 
 7. How old was she when she started learning to sail? 
 
8. What position was Ellen in when she finished her first race around the world?     
 
9.  What did Ellen want afterwards?  
 
10. What did Ellen call her new boat? 
 
11. On which day did she pass Australia? 
 
12. What's the weather like in the southern ocean?