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Accidents & emergencies

1.

• health
• accidents & emergencies
• visiting the doctor
• illnesses & injuries
• The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer by Mark Twain
• an amazing rescue
• water pollution

2.

Before reading learn new words.
bold
храбрый,
смелый
tale
рассказ,
история
summit
вершина
(горы)
strick
ударять
without
knowing it
неожиданно
хватать
to grab
pitchкак
black
черный,
смоль
критиковать
to criticise
against all
несмотря
ни odds
на что
to conquer
преодолевать
показывать
to display
rocks
скалы
edge
край
crippled
покалеченный
peakгоры
вершина
hypothermia
переохлаждение
agonising
мучительный
канат,rope
веревка
miraculously
чудесным
образом
frostbitten
обмороженный
willpower
воля
supposedly
возможно,
якобы
неотразимый,
irresistible
непреодолимый
утес, отвесная
cliff
скала

3.

Imagine you are the person in the picture. Listen to the music and
imagine the scene. What can you see, hear, touch, taste, smell?
How do you feel?
ice
silence
to feel
mountains
sky
heart beating
to hang
to hold on
to taste
ice-cold water
weight of my body
to smell
icicles around me
fresh mountain air
to feel frightened
Answer
Help
to feel exhausted

4.

The following phrases appear in the text. What do you think the
text is about? Read to find out.
Decision – решение;
Agonising – мучительный;
The text
the miraculous
Incredible
taleis– about
невероятная
сказка;
survival
of two
mountaineers and the
Survival
– выживание;
painfulallchoice
of them ни
hadнаtoчто;
make.
Against
odds one
– несмотря
Mountaineer – альпинист;
Peak – вершина горы;
To reach – добираться, достигать;
Summit- вершина (горы);
Frostbitten – обмороженный;
Crevasse – глубокая трещина;
To determine – определять;
Text 1
Text 2
Text 3
Text 4

5.

Read again and match each sentence (1-7) to a gap (A-F). There is
one sentence that you do not need to use.
Decision
A
– 5– решение;
Agonising – мучительный;
TheBtext
the miraculous
Incredible
– about
невероятная
сказка;
–taleis7
survival
of two
mountaineers and the
Survival
– выживание;
painfulall
one
of them ни
hadнаtoчто;
make.
Cchoice

1– несмотря
Against
odds
Mountaineer – альпинист;
D – – вершина
2
Peak
горы;
To reach – добираться, достигать;
E –
3
Summit- вершина
(горы);
Frostbitten
F - –6обмороженный;
Crevasse – глубокая трещина;
To determine – определять;
Text 1
Text 2
Text 3
Text 4

6.

Match the words to their definitions.
bold
tale
crippled
summit
struck
without knowing
it
agonising
grab
pitch black
criticised
miraculously
against all odds
conquered
display
willpower
rocks
edge
hypothermia
irresistible
cliff
peak
Impossible
Having
a very
to
resist,
low
highly
Thick
cord
used
forbody
tying,
Extremely
dark,
no
light
Injured
Huge
by
being
stones
frozen
Line
Take
where
hold
sth
of
stops
High
rock
face
Despite
Deal
Top
Extremely
Determination
with
of
all
Story
the
Brave
successfully
the
mountain
difficult
problems
Accidently
Severely
Assumed
Hit
injured
to be at all
Judged
negatively
Surprisingly
Show
temperature
attractive
pulling
rope
frostbitten
supposedly

7.

In pairs, use a dictionary to help you choose the odd word which does not fit
in each od the sentences (1-10). Add one more word to each group.
1. She cut her finger/bone/big toe/leg and now it’s
bleeding.
Suggested answer:
Lip
To cut

8.

2. She tripped over the hosepipe yesterday and badly
bruised her knee/arm/shin/muscle.
Suggested answer:
Elbow
To bruise

9.

3. Tom broke his toe/arm/leg/lip yesterday.
Suggested answer:
To break
Wrist

10.

4. My grandma recently fell down the stairs and
fractured her collarbone/throat/skull/hip.
Suggested answer:
To fracture
Ankle

11.

5. Oh no, I think I’ve sprained my
waist/ankle/wrist/back.
Suggested answer:
Knee
To sprain

12.

6. I’ve got a stiff neck/shoulder/leg/heel.
Suggested answer:
Back
To stiff

13.

7. I think I’ve done something to my
back/thumb/knee/hair.
Suggested answer:
Shoulder

14.

8. Amy scratched her arm/face/brain/leg really badly
while she was cutting the roses.
Suggested answer:
Cheek
To scratch

15.

9. I’ve got a swollen lip/head/ankle/foot.
Suggested answer:
Toe
To swollen

16.

10. He hurt his nail/head/neck/back in the car accident.
Suggested answer:
Leg
To hurt

17.

Choose the correct words, then check in a dictionary.
Unconscious – in the state of
notNagging
being awake
and not aware
– complaining or
Slim
Injury
(especially
– physical
of
harm
people)
or
of––things
around
you,
criticizing;
Harsh
Pain
a

unpleasant,
feeling
used
of
to
physical
describe
unkind,
Cure – to make someone with
Internal
–as
inside
the body;
attractively
damage to
someone’s
thin
(стройный,
body
especially
the
result
of or
a
suffering
cruel,
ananunpleasant
or
more
caused
severe
feeling
by
injury
than
that
is
illness healthy again
inside
aтонкий)
person’s
mind
Painful
caused
–by
causing
an
accident
emotional
or an
or
head
injury
continues
necessary
illness
for
a
(боль).
long
(резкий)
period
of
(вылечить)
(внутренний,
душевный)
physical
attack
(рана,
pain
(болезненный)
повреждение)
(бессознательный)
time (надоедливый,
Narrow - having a small
Hurt
Severe
противный,
– to–feel
causing
ворчливый)
in
a part
greatof
Treat
– topain
usevery
drugs,
Inside

the
part,
space,
or
Wound
distance
Hurtful

a
from

damage
causing
one
area
side
emotional
to
ofof
the
the
Subconscious
– the
part
your
pain,
body,
difficulty,
or
to
worry,
injure
exercises, etc. to cure a
side
of (болезненный)
something
that
is in
body,
pain
other,
such
as
especially
a cut
or
in
hole
your
mind
that
notices
and
someone
Excruciating
damage,
or
etc;
cause
very
extremely
them
serious
pain
person of a disease or heal an
inside
the
comparison
skin or(внутренний)
flesh
with the
made
length
by
a
remembers
information
when
painful;
(удариться,
extremely
(сильный)
пораниться)
boring
or
injury (лечить)
weapon
(рана)
you
are
not(узкий)
actively
trying to
embarrassing
(мучительный)
do so, and influences your
behavior even thought you do
not realize it
(подсознательный)

18.

Listen and read the text again. Answer the questions. Discuss in
pairs.
Text 1
Text 2
Text 3
Do you think Simon made the right
decision? What would you have
done? Why?
Text 4
I think Simon made the right decision. I
would have done the same. It is better for
one man to die than two. There was no
guarantee that Simon would have been able
to save his friend’s life, anyway.

19.

In groups
offine
three,
takeway
theup
roles
an interviewer,
Simon and Joe
Everything
was
on the
the of
mountain
and we weren’t
and prepare
questions
and answers
a radio
expecting
have
anyhere.
problems
at allfor
on the
wayinterview.
down. You
It’s to
nice
to be
see, we chose an easier route for our descent.
It’s quite a story you two have to
That
Welcome
What
must
went
to
have
wrong
thebeen
programme.
exactly?
painful!
tell.
Extremely. So, Simon tried to get me
down the mountain using a rope. But that
didn’t work very well as it was already
Yes, it’s truly amazing. We’re
getting
dark
before
I was
But then
I and
slipped
andlong,
I broke
lucky
to
be
alive
after
our
climb
hanging
over
edgeplaces.
of a deep
my leg
inthe
three
Siula Grande.
crevasse. up
I couldn’t
climb back up the
rope as my fingers were so frostbitten. I
called out to Simon but he couldn’t hear
me – I was too far away.

20.

knew
something
wastake
wrong
when
felt
myself
pulled
In
groups
of three,
the
roles
of an
interviewer,
Simon
IImade
the
most
difficult
decision
inI my
life.
I cutbeing
the rope
to and Joe
down
towards
the
theIanswers
crevasse.
I tried
to interview.
hold on
prepare
questions
and
for
athe
radio
saveand
my
own life.
Iedge
just of
knew
didn’t have
strength
tobut
holdI
felt myself
weaker
and weaker.
on getting
to Joe any
longer.
What an amazing story! What
courage and strength! So, for all
ofyou
yourealise
listeners
outwas
there

Did
So,
fell
down
what
the
mountain,
wrong,
So anything
what didisyou
do next?
Simon?
Joe.possible!
Yes, that’s right. But
miraculously, I wasn’t killed by
the fall. I was in great pain and
had no food or water, yet I was
determined to stay alive. It took
me four days but I managed to
get down to safety.

21.

Imagine you are Joe. Write a paragraph describing what happened and
how you felt during your journey down the mountain to safety (80-100
words)

22.

Do you agree with the statement?

23.

Fill in the gaps with the following words.
Workbook
• agonising
• odds
• edge
• miraculously
• hypothermia
• bold
• irresistible
• willpower

24.

Complete the following exchanges with words from the list below.

25.

Complete the spidegrams.

26.

Match to form phrases. Then, use them in the correct form to
complete the sentences.
f
a
g
b
c
e
d
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