Listen to an excerpt from the diary of a 13-year-old girl Zlata Filipovic who writes of the horrors of war in Sarajevo in her book Zlata’s Diary.
Based on your listening of the passage, complete the following statements.
1. The first sign of approaching war was ………….
2. The family went into the cellar when ………….
3. The ‘awful cellar’ was the only place that could save their lives because ………….
4. Zlata’s friend, Nina died when ………….
5. Zlata and her father were worried about her mother’s safety because ………….
1. that people were leaving Sarajeno and crowding the airport, train and bus stations.
2. the shooting started.
3. their bedrooms faced the hills that was too dangerous a situation and the cellar was the safest place
4. a shell fell in the park and a piece of sharpnel lodged in her brain.
5. two shells exploded in the street and one in the market where her mother had gone and she had still not come home. They feared if she was alive.