Bear Hug in a Bulgarian Wood – Graded Reading & Listening

You are going to listen to a story about a hunter and a brown (grizzly) bear.

Before Listening – Worksheet CEF language level: A2

What is a ‘bear hug?
a) a kiss b) an embrace c) a kick

What is a rifle?

a) an animal b) a plant a) a gun

In this story there are

1 bear
2 men
1 rifle

What do you think is going to happen?

Listen/Watch

https://youtu.be/IWXTBILGdIE

Bear Hug in a Bulgarian Wood

Quick Check: True or false?

1. Brown bears are big but slow

2. Mr Colgey was looking for his bear.

3. Mr Colgey raised his rifle.

Download and complete this worksheet

Bear Hug

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press “Check” to check your answers. Use the “Hint” button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the “[?]” button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Marin Cogey is hunting in woods near his home Milkovica in Bulgaria. Suddenly he feels a weight on back. A bear is attacking him from behind.

This not good news. The brown bear is the biggest – based meat-eating animal in the world. It weighs up 770 kilos.

55-year- old, Mr Cogey struggles to get . He is carrying a rifle but can’t free his
to use it. The big bear is crushing him.

Somehow, Mr Cogey manages to get the leverage to hit animal with the butt of his gun. Both the and Mr Cogey fall backwards. Mr. Cogey fires his into the air.
The noise scares the bear. He off. Mr Cogey tries to get his breath back.
Mr Cogey has broken two ribs. He is in a of pain. But there’s an expression in English; ‘you not safe until you are out of the wood’. Mr. Cogey is still in the wood.

Mr. Cogey scrambles his feet. In his hurry to get away, he not put the safety- catch back onto on his rifle. He slips. He loses his balance. The gun goes again.
This time it is pointing directly at Mr. Cogey’s head.

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