Read the article about learning how to snowboard. You will receive up to 6 marks for the content of your summary, and up to 6 marks for the style and accuracy of your language. In a month's time, I'm going on a snowboarding holiday with a friend. The trouble is that I've never been snowboarding before, and I don't know if I'll be able to learn. I contacted snowboarding instructor Ross Gardner for advice. 'Snowboarding is great fun and you'll probably love it,' Ross said. 'But beginners make plenty of mistakes. The first is that they think it's going to be easy.' As I told Ross, I definitely didn't think that. He then told me that many beginners don't bother with lessons, which isn't very wise. I'm sure Ross is right, so l'm definitely going to book a place on a course. 'Before anyone tries snowboarding, they should do exercises to make their legs stronger,' Ross said. 'New snowboarders often ignore that advice.' By now, I was taking notes of everything Ross said. 'Also, you'd be amazed at how many first-timers don't buy suitable clothing,' he said. 'And they often end up very cold and wet.' What about when they get onto the snow? 'Something that a new snowboarder often gets wrong is trying to attach the snowboard to their feet when standing up - they nearly always fall over as a result,' Ross said. 'They should sit down instead.' I wrote this in my notes. Ross said that most beginners fall over a lot when they start moving, but he doesn't think of that as a mistake - it's part of learning. 'The problem comes when they put their hands out to protect themselves as they're falling. It can cause wrist injuries.' But how can you avoid falling? 'Bending your knees helps, but many people don't do that,' Ross explained. I tried to stand in what I imagined the correct position was. 'That's quite good,' Ross nodded. 'But you're looking down at the snowboard, which is another common problem. It's important for snowboarders to look in the direction they want to go.' I thanked Ross, and left feeling much more confident about how I should prepare for my holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Award up to a total of 12 marks.
Up to 6 marks to be awarded for Content (Reading)
Relevant Content points to include are:
Why the AWA is a safe place for people to store data:
1300 metres below the ground / protected from Arctic conditions above
2 temperature underground does not vary a great deal
3 (island is in a very) remote location
4 unlikely that anyone would try to access it [it = island where AWA is]
5 data saved on special digital film which lasts 500 years
6 data cannot be edited in any way
7 data in archive not connected to the internet
8 (data sent electronically using) special safe cable which is connected to the mainland

Up to 6 marks to be awarded for Language (Writing).
See generic marking criteria for Exercise 4.

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