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Mountain People

ABOUT THE VIDEO

The Sherpa live high in the mountains of Nepal.

BEFORE YOU WATCH

Guess. What do you know about Sherpas? Circle T for True or F for False.

1. Sherpas live in the Himalayas.                                    T      F

2. The name Sherpa means "western people."               T     F

3. Many Sherpas work as mountain guides.                    T     F

WHILE YOU WATCH

A.  Check your answers to the Before You Watch question.

B. Watch the video again. Circle the words you hear.

1. Edmund Hillary was from (Australia/New Zealand).

2. Tenzing Norgay became famous after (1953/1973).

3. Kancha Sherpa says the recent changes in Sherpa lives are (bad / good).

4. Kancha Sherpa's only worry is (global warming / earning money).

AFTER YOU WATCH

C. Talk with a partner. Would you like to climb a high mountain? Why or why not?

A sherpa climbs down the Khumbu Ice Fall, Nepal.