## Step 1 - Speaking

Speaking
Answer these questions.
First, write down the acts which you consider to be heroic individually.
Then compare your answers to your partner's.

1. What do you consider to be heroic acts?
   1. rescuing a cat from a tree.
   2. giving someone CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
   3. calling the police/fire service or ambulance.
   4. helping an old person who fell over in a shopping mall.
   5. returning a lost dog to its owner.
   6. (your own ideas.) ..........
2. Some people think that when a child performs a ‘heroic’ act, it is more ‘special’.
   Why might people think that? Give three reasons.
3. What defines a hero for you?
4. Who is an example of a local hero to you?