Listen to the recording and fill in the gaps with the words from the list. On August 9th, 2010, an Englishman Ed Stafford became the first man in history to walk the length of the Amazon River. To be exact, he walked 4,000 miles in 28 months! But this explorer faced some hazards along the way! The of the Amazon River is high in the Andes Mountains. At first, it’s a gentle , but then it gathers speed and , eventually rushing into the Atlantic Ocean at 58 million gallons a second. The Amazon runs through the world’s largest which is home to a tenth of the world’s animal and plant . It is also one of the planet’s most and habitats. European sailed it in the 16th , but no one was brave enough to walk it. The dangers there are enough to put anybody off floods, giant anacondas, jaguars, electric , drug smugglers, malaria, hostile and sharp-toothed caiman crocodiles! So why did Ed want to walk there? Firstly, Ed wanted to that this walk was possible, simply because everyone said it couldn’t be done! But his true was something even more important –the itself. Ed, who was a former army captain, used to lead jungle for a living, and saw how was destroying huge sections of rainforest. He desperately wanted to raise public about the issue and knew that if he went on an like this, it would grab people’s . So, on April 2nd, 2008, Ed set off from the jungles of Peru. From the start, he kept a video blog so could follow his progress online. Ed recorded his many moments – the bites and he suffered, encounters with angry and his meeting with a deadly viper. The snake, ready to strike, backed off at the last moment: lucky for Ed! Ed faced endless . After his GPS failed, he had to use a compass and a 60-year-old map to find his way. When he a village for supplies, he realised the village was no longer there so for a while he had to on piranha and turtles! He constantly to stay healthy. One time, a of wasps attacked him and stung him over 30 times. Another time, he had to himself with antibiotics for 3 weeks to stop a bug he caught! weren’t always easy, either. Only three months into his journey, Ed and his walking partner argued over an iPod and his partner returned to the UK. But then, a Peruvian worker, Gadiel Cho Sanchez, offered to join Ed for a few days. He up staying with him for two years! One day, five filled with an Amerindian tribe approached the pair. Some had their drawn; others even had . They were furious to find in their territory. Eventually, the chief let them go, but only if he could go with them. He became their for the next 47 days! The list of difficulties goes on and on. Crossing under or over fallen trees, through , and walking through grass made painfully slow, but Ed never considered giving up. He was to finish what he started. Finally, after 860 days and 50,000 bites, Ed reached his final ; the Atlantic coast of Brazil. But the last part of his journey was also the hardest. In the last week, he with exhaustion, got an rash all over his body and then a fierce, 6-mile wide river nearly swept him out to sea. But, somehow, Ed finally made it. He is so happy that his succeeded in raising lots of money and drawing attention to the many to the Amazon rainforest: the lungs of the planet and a natural we must at all !

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On August 9th, 2010, an Englishman Ed Stafford became the first man in history to walk the ... length of the Amazon River. To be exact, he walked 4,000 miles in 28 months! But this ... explorer faced some ... hazards along the way!
The ... of the Amazon River is high in the Andes Mountains. At first, it’s a gentle ... , but then it gathers speed and ... , eventually rushing into the Atlantic Ocean at 58 million gallons a second. The Amazon runs through the world’s largest ... which is home to a tenth of the world’s animal and plant ... . It is also one of the planet’s most ... and ... habitats. European ... sailed it in the 16th ... , but no one was brave enough to walk it. The dangers there are enough to put anybody off floods, giant anacondas, jaguars, electric ... , drug smugglers, malaria, hostile ... and sharp-toothed caiman crocodiles! So why did Ed want to walk there?
Firstly, Ed wanted to ... that this walk was possible, simply because everyone said it couldn’t be done! But his true ... was something even more important –the ... itself.
Ed, who was a former army captain, used to lead jungle ... for a living, and saw how ... was destroying huge sections of rainforest. He desperately wanted to raise public ... about the issue and knew that if he went on an ... like this, it would grab people’s ... . So, on April 2nd, 2008, Ed set off from the jungles of Peru. From the start, he kept a video blog so ... could follow his progress online. Ed recorded his many ... moments – the bites and ... he suffered, encounters with angry ... and his ... meeting with a deadly ... viper. The snake, ready to strike, backed off at the last moment: lucky for Ed!
Ed faced endless ... . After his GPS failed, he had to use a compass and a 60-year-old map to find his way. When he ... a village for supplies, he realised the village was no longer there so for a while he had to ... on piranha and turtles! He constantly ... to stay healthy. One time, a ... of wasps attacked him and stung him over 30 times. Another time, he had to ... himself with antibiotics for 3 weeks to stop a ... bug he caught!
... weren’t always easy, either. Only three months into his journey, Ed and his walking partner argued over an iPod and his partner returned to the UK. But then, a Peruvian ... worker, Gadiel Cho Sanchez, offered to join Ed for a few days. He ... up staying with him for two years! One day, five ... filled with an Amerindian tribe approached the pair. Some had their ... drawn; others even had ... . They were furious to find ... in their territory. Eventually, the chief let them go, but only if he could go with them. He became their ... for the next 47 days! The list of difficulties goes on and on.
Crossing under or over fallen trees, ... through ... , and walking through ... grass made ... painfully slow, but Ed never considered giving up. He was ... to finish what he started.
Finally, after 860 days and 50,000 ... bites, Ed reached his final ... ; the Atlantic coast of Brazil. But the last part of his journey was also the hardest. In the last week, he ... with exhaustion, got an ... rash all over his body and then a fierce, 6-mile wide river nearly swept him out to sea. But, somehow, Ed finally made it. He is so happy that his ... succeeded in raising lots of money and drawing attention to the many ... to the Amazon rainforest: the ... lungs of the planet and a natural ... we must ... at all ... !

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