Winning and Loosing, Past Simple and Past Continuous

     

On 1 August 1976, Niki Lauda was racing to the German grand prix when he had a terrible accident. The weather was bad-it was raining. While Lauda was 

going round the corner, he suddenly lost control of his Ferrari. The car crashed and caught fire. Another driver, Guy Edwards 

was coming toward the corner when he saw Lauda inside the burning car. He stopped and pulled Lauda out.

     It was 17 March 

1984. Thousands of people stood on the banks of the river Thames in London. They waited for the start of the annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. But while the Cambridge boat was going under a bridge it hit another boat. Soon it was clear that the boat sank so they rowed to the bank. The race took place the  next day and Cambridge lost.

      She decided to go surfing with some friends. While she was waiting for a wave, a shark attacked her. The sharks swam away. She started to swim back to the beach. Her friends saw the blood and came to help her. Ten weeks later she took part in a surfing completion.
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