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Wildfire Photographer
ABOUT THE VIDEO
National Geographic photographer Mark Thiessen spends his vacation photographing wildfires.
BEFORE YOU WATCH
Guess. What do you think it's like to be a wildfire photographer? Circle the statements you think you will hear in the video.
It's sometimes dangerous.
It has regular hours.
It lets you work with people.
WHILE YOU WATCH
It pays well.
It lets you be creative. It's challenging.
A. Check your answers to the Before You Watch question.
B. Watch the video again. Circle the correct answers.
1. Thiessen usually takes photos of (wild animals / people and things).
2. Thiessen first wanted to become a photographer when he was (a child / a university student).
3. Thiessen takes photos of wildfires every (summer / fall).
4. Thiessen thinks the sight of trees damaged by fire can be (depressing / beautiful).
AFTER YOU WATCH
Talk with a partner. Would you like to be a photographer? What would you like to take pictures of?
Mark Thiessen photographing a fire on a forest hillside, Montana, U.S.A.
