2 . It’s most people’s nightmare: surviving a plane crash only to be stranded (滞留) in a jungle with no way of contacting the outside world. But this was _______ for four Colombian children.

The children were _______ with their mother from their village in the Amazon to visit their father working overseas. The plane they were taking experienced engine problems and disappeared on May 1, 2023. Bad weather _______ the army from finding the crash site for two weeks, where they later _______ the dead bodies of three adults, including the children’s mother.

How did these children survive conditions that would be a _______ struggle for most adults? They are members of the Huitoto indigenous group (土著群体) and were _______ in the jungle. As such, they have an intimate (深刻的) understanding of the rainforest. They know which fruits are _______ to eat and which plants should be _______. Working with, rather than _______ the Amazon, they survived on juan soco (a fruit similar to passion fruit) and seeds.

While the children got on with the business of ________, the Colombian army worked with indigenous volunteers to find them. After 40 days of searching, the children were found and taken to ________ at a military hospital in Bogota.

Many around the world have taken their survival to be a ________, but others point out that it is the result of a(n) ________ and intimate knowledge of the rainforest that has been ________ through indigenous communities over the generations. It is their close connection to and understanding of the rainforest that ________ helped the children to survive.