.. so I’m going to talk to you about an ____ that I ____ last year called the Duke of Edinburgh Award as my part of the project. To get this award, you have to ____ a series of four activities. These ____ volunteering, a physical activity, developing and practising a new skill, and going ____ an ____, usually as part of a team. Many young people ____ up for the of Duke of Edinburgh Award, partly because our teachers really ____ us to do it, but also because it looks ____ on your university ____ form, and because it’s usually a lot of fun, especially when you do it with a group of friends. The Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme was ____ in 1956. It began in ____ UK, but young people can now take part in similar schemes in 144 ____ countries around the world. There are three different levels of award that you can ____ -gold, silver and ____. The level you take will depend on your ____ and on the ____ of time that you have ____ to complete all 4 of the activities. The gold award takes the longest to ____ - you need to spend 12 months ____ 2 of the activities, 6 months on one and 3 nights on the ____. I decided to do the silver award, as I was about to ____ 15. For the ____ part, I decided to volunteer at a park in my city. My work ____ planting trees and clearing the ____ so that people could go ____ and cycling there. It was hard work, especially when the weather was cold, but I enjoyed spending time ____ and found it very ____ to do hard ____ work. For the physical activity, I decided to ____ on mountain biking. I had done a bit of mountain biking before with my older brother ____ family holidays, but I wanted a bigger ____, so I ____ to go on a series of longer bike rides with my best friend. These were more challenging than any of the rides I ____ been on before, but I loved the ____ rush that I got from cycling downhill fast. For me, the ____ of the Duke of Edinburgh Award was taking part in the ____. Me and a group of school friends planned to go hiking and camping ____ three days in the highlands of Scotland. Before we went on our expedition, we ____ to learn some basic skills to prepare for the trip. These included first ____ skills, how to cook meals on a camping stove, and how to read maps. It was a challenging trip, and I don’t think we were ____ prepared for how ____ it would be. I particularly remember ____ the tent on the first morning and seeing two feet of snow, and thinking ‘how are we going to pack our tent away now?’, but the feeling of being completely ____ and managing to keep going in challenging ____ really made it all ____. There are many ____ of doing a Duke of Edinburgh Award. It is a really good way to really challenge yourself and to learn how to be ____. For example, when I was volunteering, I had to take it seriously and make sure that I ____ attention to the health and ____ regulations - no playing the ____. Taking part in the activities ____ made me feel a lot more confident about ____ in challenging situations. I would probably be prepared to take on an even bigger challenge in the future.

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