(英会話リスニングスクリプト)
"I'll see you in a week," he said,
and left his house to walk to the port.
He met his four friends and they got onto
the boat, set off and soon started fishing.
Suddenly, there was a terrible storm which
lasted for 22 days.
When it stopped, their radio and engine
were broken.
They had lost their fishing nets and there
wasn't any fresh water.
So they couldn't fish, but they could reach
out of the boat and catch big turtles.
When it rained the roof caught the rainwater
and they could drink it.
In June it didn't rain for a long time.
All the men were very hungry and thirsty
and they thought that they were going to die.
They put on their best clothes and lay down,
then, suddenly it started to rain again.
They drank the rainwater and thanked God
for saving them.
A few days later a Japanese ship picked
them up and took them back to Mexico.
They were 6,500 kilometres from home and
they had been at sea for nearly six months.
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