Unit 3 An Accident
1.Listen,read and practice in pairs.
Have you ever seen a car accident? How would tell a policeman about it?
Let's see what Li Meng and Xiaohong are doing.
Xialhong:Look! Li Meng.That grey car has just hit a black one.
Oh,no,look at all the broken glass on the road.Are the drivers still OK?
Li Meng:I don't think so.Nobody's moving.Let's call the traffic police.
It's lucky that I bought a mobile phone last week.
Xiaohong:Be quick,Li Meng.
LiMeng:Hello?Is that the police station?
...I'm sorry to have called the wrong number.
You see we just saw a car accident and need to report to the police.
Would you check the number for us?....Thanks.
Xiaohong:I hope you've got the number all right.
LiMeng:Yes,I think so.It's 000.We should remember that.
Hello?Is that the police station?
This is LiMeng calling from Cherry Road,Port Noarlunga.
We just saw a car accident....
Xiaohong:What did the policeman say?
LiMeng:He said they're sending a police car here right now.
Xiaohong:I think we should call for an ambulance.
The drivers are still inside the cars.They must be badly hurt.
LiMeng:The policeman said he would also send an ambulance here.
Xiaohong:OK now,
let's go and see if we can do something to help the people in these cars.
6.Listen,read and act.
The drivers have been taken to nospital.
The policeman is now asking LiMeng and Xiaohong some questions.
Policeman:Thank you for letting us know about the accident.
Now,can you tell us what you saw please?
LiMeng:Sure.We were going along this road
when we saw those two cars hitting each other.
It was very loud.
Xiaohong:And nobody else was passing by,
so we though we should try to let the police know about it quickly.
Policeman:You did the right thing,kids.And what happened after that?
Xiaohong:Soon you arrived and the drivers were taken to hospital.
Policeman:I see.Thank you very much,kids.
We'll contact you if we need further help from you.
LiMeng:Yes,of course.We'd be glad to help.
7.Listen and read.
Emergency services
People say that our life would be very peaceful if we had no floods,
earthquakes,thunder storms and other natural disasters,or man-made emergencies.
However,these things do exist.
That's the reason why emergency services are extremely important.
Everywhere around the world,emergency services help save millions of people.
They act quickly and appear at accident scenes in no time.
Sometimes the rescue workers risk their lives,bringing people to safety.
They help the fractured patient with a bandage;stop the injured from bleeding;
treat swelling with an ice-pack
and give the patients the right capsules or tablets.
The emergency services in the west are a bit different from ours.
They get many volunteers to work no the rescue teams.
Some of the emergency service units are made up entirely of volunteers.
Those volunteers are well trained.
They receive training in first aid and general rescue techniques.
They stand ready to assist at a moment's notice,
often in difficult and dangerous situations.
They are willing to give up their time to help the community.
They pride themselves on being able to rescue people from dangerous places.
Wherever the accidents and threats are,
the rescue team will soon be there and if you are looking for help,
the rescue workers can be easily identified
by their brightly coloured yellow or orange overalls.
11.Listen,read and act.
The family is now at the dinner table talking about the ambulance workers.
LiMeng:You know,they were so quick.
The men in the cars were carried carefully into the ambulance
and then they left in no time.
Mr.Davis:Yeah.A minute might mean life or death.
Xiaohong:I think I'll be an ambulance worker when I grow up.
LiMeng:That;s usually a man's job.
Xiaohong:So what?A girl can do everything a man does.
Mrs.Davis:Well,you can work as a nurse,or even a doctor,dear.
You also help many people in those jobs.
Xiaohong:Yeah.I never thought about it.Doctors are always treated with respect.
LiMeng:Sure.But do you know if you want to become a doctor,
you have to do well in Maths?
Daniel:I don't think Maths is a problem to her.