CROSSROADSCROSSROA DS Language StudioÊs Newsletter September,September , 2020
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Our readers may remember an article by
one of our students, Natsuki Fukui, which
we featured on page 3 in our June
newsletter. Her article was a short fantasy
about being lost in the jungle. Amazingly,
some of the details in her story actually echo
the true-life experience of a 17 year old
German-Peruvian girl, Juliane Koepcke.
On Christmas Eve, 1971, Juliane boarded aplane in Lima, Peru, with her mother. They
were going to Pacallpa to meet-up with herfather. On the way, the plane flew into aviolent thunderstorm and was hit bylightning. The plane went into a nosedive andbroke-up in mid-air. Before realizing it,
Juliane found herself freefalling over 3
kilometers above the Amazon rainforest. In
2013 she told the BBC–
“Suddenly the noise stopped and I
was outside the plane. I was in afreefall, strapped to my seatbench and hanging head-overheels. The whispering of the wind
was the only noise I could hear.”

Ella
Juliane the day before
she boarded the planewith her motherSheJanis was the only one to survive the crash.
But if that wasn’t miraculous enough, shethen survived 11 days on foot, on her own in
the Amazon jungle tracking towards help.
She had lost one shoe and was only wearing aflimsy mini-skirt. She had a broken
collarbone, a deep gash on her arm andanother on her leg. She had lost her glasses,
her left eye was swollen shut and her righteye was also swollen so badly that she could
barely see. The only
food she had was a bagof candies she foundnear where she had
landed – nothing else.

So, how did she survive?
The plane seat she wasstrapped into remained
attached to the two otherseats adjoining it, and may
Juliane not long after returning tohave functioned as a kind ofcivilization
parachute during her 10,000 feet descent. It has
also been speculated that the storm itself may
have provided timely updrafts ofwind to buffet her fall. Then thereis the relatively “soft” jungle canopy
at the end of her fall to cushion her
landing. But as not one of the other91 people onboard, including her
mother, survived, it is hard not to Juliane learning
jungle survival skills
include the notion of “luck”.
with her mother
However, luck had much less to do with thenext part of Juliana’s survival miracle – 11days
wandering through the jungle alone looking forhelp. Her father had taught her that the best
way to reach civilization in the jungle is to find ariver and follow it downstream. This she did.
Her biggest danger came from insects – ants,spiders, flies, and mosquitoes – not the larger
animals in the jungle. She finally found aloggers’ cabin by the river she was following, wentinside and fell asleep. The next day the loggers
returned and her ordeal wasover. She was taken toGermany where she made a fullrecovery, and like her parents,
went on to get a PhD in biology.
She later returned to Peru to do
Dr. Juliane
Diller/Koepcke in 2013
field work studying bats.

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Here is Koepeke’s own account of what happened:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2418765/JulianeKoepcke-fell-10-000ft-earth-plane-crash-lived.html

Joshua Says: The English word “education” is said to have two different roots in Latin,“educare,” which means to train or mold, and “educere” which means to lead or bring out.
The two definitions would appear to oppose each other and, indeed, etymologists can’t
decide which is more appropriate. However, I think the definition “bring out” is the mostappropriate in our field. All Japanese people have at least 6 years of English education atschool, but surprisingly few can speak it. Our job is, in part, to “bring out” those 6 years!
Junko Says: Everybody knows the meaning of “stay at home” by now and that thisadjustment to our life-style is affecting the economy. Most businesses are contracting
while some others such as food delivery services are expanding. According to somesources, this latter market will expand 11.51% by 2023. Even in Matsuyama, we often
see Uber’s bicycle deliverers. I even saw a young woman deliver the other day. Thismay become a popular part-time job for some young people in the near future.
Marek Says: Recently, while fishing in the Shigenobu River last weekend, I
noticed an enormous specimen of a Grass Carp lazily passing by me. This
species has been artificially introduced in many commercial reservoirs incontinental Europe, often with catastrophic results: overpopulation anddevastation of floral habitat. My first reaction was to question the sheer
legality of this fish’s very existence in the river. Fortunately, they do not seemto pose any threat to Japan’s natural environment.
Mandcy dit: Ça y'est, septembre est arrivé!! C'est le début des vendanges.
Je me souviens de mon enfance, courant dans le vignoble de mon papi sous lebeau soleil de Sicile. Toutefois, cette année a été trés chaude. C'était lacanicule. Il n'y a pas eu de pluie. Donc, les récoltes sont mauvaises et le vin
sera trés cher cette année. Cependant, il a beaucoup plu au Japon, le vinjaponais sera donc le plus délicieux!!! Santé!
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2 general or vague idea
4 strong upward air currents
8 lying next to or connected to9 having no fixed course
11 move downwards13 carefully considered
16 wild, turbulent, aggressive
17 amazing, wonderful

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5 act to fulfill a purpose
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12 call to mind
13 expanded abnormally
14 the scientific study of living organisms
15 lacking strength
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- Here are some friendly moments of animals (and people)
greeting each other. What do you think they are saying?
Fill in the speech bubbles withsome ideas (in English, of course!)
Hey, George oldbuddy! It’s good tosee you again. How’veya’ been doing?

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Last Month’s Puzzle Solution
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2 violent, needless disturbance4 secure against
5 causing loss of strength and vitality
8 joining together
11 insignificant
13 organisms that slightly differ fromothers of the same type17 as a result
19 beneficial relationship between twospecies
20 almost, nearly

1 in control or most influential
3 more than enough6 greater in number or influence
7 influencing, controlling
9 characteristics that distinguish
10 reproducing, making an exact copy
12 single or non-cell organism
14 without restriction, delay orhesitation
15 overpower
16 best, most favored18 great in size or amount

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