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A short, two minute audio clip tells the story of a daring stunt by illusionist David Blaine, in which he did a parachute jump above the Arizona desert, after ascending using a bundle of helium gas balloons. Some of Blaine’s earlier stunts are described, along with his reasons for doing this stunt. The full text transcription is given, with definitions of key vocabulary. There are four self-study exercise, testing understanding of the text and use of nouns, prepositions and verbs.