They had a narrow escape

(Они чудом избежали гибели)

Everybody 1)_______(enjoy)summer holidays. People usually have a fantastic time and a lot of fun. But it happens so, if they behave in a proper way, have a sense of responsibility and obey simple rules.

Last summer a group of tour­ ists 2)______ (near) became shark food when they visited an aquarium(ак­вариум) in New Orleans, the USA.
The tourists 3)________ (tell)to wait for their turn and

come to a spe­cial platform by the ten people. Trying to get a 4)________(good) look at the deadly animals twenty or more tourists got on that plat­form. It collapsed (обвалиться) and they 5)_______(fall) into the water.

Some of the sharks (акулы) in the aquarium6)_____(be)as big as the people — but luckily they had already had 7)_______(they) breakfast.

As they weren't hungry the sharks stayed away from the tourists, giving the stuff (персо­нал) time to rush to the people's rescue (броситься на помощь).