Lecture · A2
Perdidos na Chapada
In her travel podcast, Nina tells about a hike in the Chapada Diamantina two years ago: on the trail to the Cachoeira da Fumaça thick fog came down, the guide had gone to help another group and they got lost; her phone battery had already died, so they waited on a rock until Seu Antônio, a man from a nearby village who had known the trails since he was a child, showed them the way back with his torch.
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Idée générale
1. What went wrong on the hike?
Voir la réponse
Thick fog came down, the guide had gone to help another group, and Nina and her friends got lost.
Détail
2. Why couldn’t Nina call the guide?
Voir la réponse
Her phone battery had already died: she had filmed all morning.
Détail
3. Who helped them, and why could he help?
Voir la réponse
Seu Antônio, a man from a nearby village who had known all those trails since he was a child; he had a torch and showed them the way.
Déduction
4. Did the group see the Cachoeira da Fumaça? How do you know?
Voir la réponse
No: in the fog they couldn’t see anything, and Nina wants to go back «this time to see the waterfall».
Déduction
5. How does Nina feel about the trip now?
Voir la réponse
It was scary, but now she laughs about it and wants to go back: a special memory.
Mots à connaître
- assustadorscary, frightening
- a trilhaMottrail, hiking path
- a cachoeiraMotwaterfall
- a neblinafog, mist
- cadê…?Motwhere is…? (spoken)Dans des expressionsCadê você? — Tô aqui na esquina!Cadê o meu celular? — Tá em cima da mesa.
- se perderto get lost
- descarregar (a bateria)to run down, die (the battery)
- a lanternaMottorch
- o povoadovillage, small settlement
- dar risadato laugh