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Unit 4 What Calamities and Rescues ?

Unit 4

Calamities and Rescues

Unit 4 Calamities and Rescues

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Directions: Listen to the following passage and try to fill the missing words. Click here to listen. Nature imposes difficult conditions upon the earth from time to time. The tornado and forest fire, resources destroy natural _____________, homes and other structures, and very often harm or kill people. Technological tragedies happen with little or no warning as we see trains crash and airplanes fall from the sky shortly after take-off. As tragic as bring out calamities are, they seem to ___________ the best in human nature. People trained in _____________ care arrive at the emergency scene and begin assisting the injured. Others come with equipment to remove debris. Men, women, and young people accident willingly come to the scene of an __________ hoping to be of help in some way. These selfless acts of kindness make our eases world a better place. Compassion _______ the wounds of calamities.

American Airlines flight number 587 crashed taking off less than three minutes after __________ from JFK Witnesses Airport in New York in November, 2001. __________ saw an engine fire develop on the plane’s number one engine located under the left wing of the aircraft _______. Seconds later, the airliner _____________ crashed into eight homes, completely destroying four of them. All aboard 260 people _______ the airplane were killed along with six people at the crash site, leaving many loss people to mourn the ______ of their loved ones. The residents (people who live in the area of the crash) rallied together to comfort those grieving, while others removed bodies from the wreckage and did the necessary clean-up.

Listen and answer the following questions What did George see? How did the bus accident happen? Did the people on the bus have injuries? What was Michael going to do?

Dialogue 1 Talking about a trafficaccident

awful adj. 可怕的, 威严的, <口>极度的, 糟糕的我在办公室里度过了糟糕的一天。 I had an awful day at the office. 一次可怕的事故 an awful accident awful weather 恶劣的天气 crash into 闯入 他们的车撞上护栏。 Their car crashed into a guardrail. The cars crashed into each other. 两小汽车轰然相撞。

(使)慢下来 practically adv. 实际上, 事实上, 在实 践上, 几乎, 简直 She's practically always late for work.她几乎每天上班都迟到。 I don’t think he’ll make it. 我想他会难逃一劫. make it v. <口>达到预定目标, 做到，获得成功， 幸免于难, 渡过难关, (病痛等)好转 finally made it as an actor 最后成了一名成功的演员

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Dialogue 2 Visiting the injured of the accidentbright side 光明的一面, 令人高兴的一面therapy n. 治疗,疗法 Physical therapy alternates with chemical. 理疗和化疗交替进行。 shatter 使粉碎，损坏；摧毁；使震惊

,使惊骇 The glass shattered when 我把玻璃摔成了碎片。 I dropped it. Our hopes were shattered. 我们的希望破灭了。 a shattered look 一副惊骇的表情

cheer up

使振奋, 感到振奋, 振作点!

口语中多用于激励某人. 常见的表达还有: Be of good cheer! 不要垂头丧气! You have our backing! 我们支持你! Maybe this isn’t such a bad deal after all. 也许这根本没那么糟. deal n. 交易, 待遇, <口>买卖 vi. 处理, 应付, 做 生意 vt. 分给(out), 发牌, 给予 Who dealt the cards? 谁发牌？ 我们来订个协议。 Let's make a deal.

Answer the following questions according to Dialogue 2

How serious are Jimmy’s injuries? Will Jimmy be able to play football again? What happened to Jimmy’s leg bone?

Task 1Topic: Talking about a traffic accident Roles: Carl and John Situation: Carl saw an accident on campus. His roommate Larry, who was riding a bicycle, collided with a car and Larry got injured. Carl told John about the collision and Larry’s injuries.

Task 2 Topic: Visiting the people injured in the traffic accident Roles: Carl and Larry Situation: Carl went to the hospital to visit Larry, who was injured in the accident. Carl expressed his sympathy and told him not to worry about his injuries and the missed classes.

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