Focus 2 U5.4

Read the text again. Are statements true (T) or false (F)?

Greg Mortenson is a hero to people in the mountains

of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

It took him seventy-eight days to climb to the top of K2.

He was very healthy when he fi rst arrived in Korphe.

The people of Korphe were surprised when Greg

came back.

Most of the mothers in Korphe can’t read.

Greg thinks that if a girl stays in school, she’ll have

more children.

Greg Mortenson has helped them to build

more than seventy schools and this has changed the

lives of many young people, especially the girls.

Greg Mortenson was born in Africa,

After three years of fundraising, he went back to Korphe.

Greg Mortenson climbed his first mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, when he was only twelve.

The villagers were amazed when he kept his promise and built Korphe School for Boys.