Unit 4
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Sim’s dream
Sim is my eldest cousin. Her real name is Simla but she likes to be called Sim because it
makes her feel like a star.
“Do you want to become an actress?” I ask her.
“No,” she replies. “I don’t want to become a heroine in lms and rehearse long scripts.”
“Why not?” I ask. “You will become very famous. You may even win an award!”
“I want to win an award for my documentaries on wildlife animals,” says Sim.
Sim dreams of making documentaries on the lions of Africa, the penguins of Antarctica and
the Golden Eagles of America. She wants people to know about the wildlife of our islands too.
The Pink pigeons of Mauritius, the geckos of Agalega and the Rodrigues Warbler are also
interesting animals. Unfortunately there are only a few documentaries about them.
Making wildlife documentaries is more difcult than making lms. Even though you work with
a crew, you have to travel in jungles and ice cold regions. Often there are no roads or hotels.
You must camp in tents and walk for days carrying heavy equipment. There are dangers too
when you are lming wild animals such as tigers, rhinos and snakes. All this does not scare
Sim because she wants to learn more about nature. She very often follows and records frogs
or butteries in her garden. She uses her father’s mobile phone for the recording.
“Are you making documentaries?” I call out to her.
She does not reply because she does not want to stop recording.
I hope one day her dream comes true. How proud we will all be!
Ex. 1 Read the text below and answer the questions.