?Unit 7
Emergency
Kids on the Track
Jack Murphy
Part 1 Objectives
Part 2 Background
Part 3 Text Organization
Part 4 Structure Study
Part 5 Language Points
Part 6 Translation
? Part 1 Objectives,
? Students will be able to
? 1,understand the main idea ( Anthony
Falzo saved two children in a
courageous deed) and structure of the
text (three parts— what happened
before,during and after the incident) ;
? 2,appreciate the advantages of specific
words over general words;
? 3 grasp the key language points and
grammatical structures in the text;
? 4.conduct a series of listening,
speaking and writing activities
centered upon the theme of the unit,
?
Part 2 Background
? Emergency service:The emergency
service are the public organizations
whose job is to take quick action to deal
with emergencies when they
occur,especially the fire brigade,the
police,and the ambulance service.The
telephone number used in Britain foe
calling the police,fire or ambulance
service in an emergency is 999 in Britain
And 911 in the US
Part 3 Text Organization
? Part One Paras 1-13
? Main Idea While Kate was putting the
groceries away and her two sons were
heading for the railroad,a train was
approaching,
? Part Two Paras 14-33
? Main Idea Anthony prevented a horrible
railroad accident and saved the lives of
the Pritchard at the risk of his own,
? Part Three Paras 34-35
? Main Idea Anthony and the Pitchands
became great friends,
? Language Study
? 1,struggle with,have difficulty handling or
coping with
? Examples,She struggled with the math
problem but eventually worked it out,
? We found the Smiths struggling with their
car stuck in the mud,
? 2,nearby,ad,in the area close by
? Examples,Jack found a part-time job in
the company nearby,
?
?All the towns nearby were crowded with
tourists during the holiday,
?The man spoke softly to an old lady standing
nearby,
? adj,not far away
? Examples,This drug can be bought at your
nearby pharmacy.We stopped at some nearby
shops to pick up some food,
? 3,a thumbs-up gesture,This is a sign that
you make by making a fist and raising your
thumb to show that you agree with someone,
that you are happy with an idea or situation,
or that everything is all right,
? 4,draw one's attention to,make sb,aware
of and be concerned about sth,
? Examples,The article was intended to
draw the public's attention to environmental
protection,
? My teacher drew my attention to an error in
the term paper,
5,signal,send (sth,such as a warning or a
message) by a light or an act
Examples,The student raised his hand,
signaling to the teacher that he had finished
his paper,
She signaled a passing taxi and asked him
to take her to the railway station,
? 6,out of the way,at a distance from the
usual route; in a state or condition so as not
to hinder (used after a verb)
? Examples,Step out of the way and let me
handle the stone,
? The house is well out of the way on the
back road,
7,resume,begin (sth,or doing sth.) again
after a pause
Examples,The search for the missing pilot is
expected to resume early today,
We'll stop now and resume (working)
at two o'clock,
They stopped talking for a moment to
see where the noise was coming from and then
resumed their conversation,
? 8,mess around / about,(infml) spend time
playing or doing things with no particular
purpose
? Examples,He spends his weekends
messing around in his boat on the Thames,
? The kids spent all day Sunday just
messing around,
? 9.,.,you'd better cool down.,..,you'd better
stop spending so much time messing around,
?
cool down,(cause to ) become calmer
Examples,1) She is so angry now,Just leave
her to cool down and then talk to her,2) The
trial was postponed to allow the tension in the
city to cool down,
10,spot,see or recognize
Examples,1)Thank you for pointing out the
error; I hadn't spotted it,
2) He left the house seconds before smoke
was spotted coming up the stairs,
? 11,instant,moment,a very brief period of
time
? Examples,The alarm bells started ringing
and at the same instant all the lights went
off,
? The magician came to the stage with a
bunch of flowers,And then,in an instant,
the flowers turned into a bird,
? (the instant / minute / moment,as soon as
? Example,I tried phoning her the instant I
got home.)
12,pull on,take hold of (sth.) and pull (it)
with strength
Examples,The child pulled on his mother's
coat wanting to leave,
Sophia pulled on the rope,shouting "help."
? 13,with all one's strength,with all one's
power
? Examples:1) With all his strength he
removed the piano to the next room,
? 2) She opened the door with all her strength
and ran out of the house,
? 14,explode,burst with a loud noise
? Examples,1)The clap of thunder exploded
overhead,which frightened the child into
crying,
? 2)A bomb exploded at one of London's
busiest railway stations this morning,
15,sway,(cause to) move or swing slowly
from side to side
Examples:1) Trees swayed gently in the
breeze,
2) The coastal highway is lined with tall,
swaying palm trees,
3) She swayed her body in time with the
music,
16,flash,move very fast; produce a sudden
bright light
? Examples:1) It was a busy road; cars flashed
by every few minutes,
? 2) A figure flashed past the window,
? 17,calculate,work (sth.) out using
mathematics
? Examples:1) Carrie has calculated that it
would take five workers eight months to
complete the job,
? 2) The cost of the damage caused by the
recent flood has been calculated at / as over
$5 million,
? 18,Scott looked up and froze.,Scott looked up and
became completely still with fear,
? 19,leap,jump
Examples,1)The thief leaped from a window and
escaped,
? 2) The instant he heard the baby crying Jordan
leaped up from his chair and rushed into the room,
? 20,grab,seize suddenly; take roughly and quickly
? Examples,1)A mugger grabbed my handbag as I
was walking across the park,
? 2 The man grabbed the boy's arm to stop him from
running into the road,
? 21,loose,not firmly fixed in place
? Example,His tie was pulled loose and his collar
hung open,It seemed that he was drunk
? 22,They were gone!,They had disappeared!
? 23,crash,fall or strike suddenly,violently,
and noisily
? Examples,I heard the dinner tray crash to
the floor,
? Standing on the beach,I could hear
the waves crashing against the rocks,
24,reach out,stretch one's arm,usu,in order to
get or touch (sth.) (often followed by infinitive to)
Examples:1) The mother reached out to grab her
little boy but it was too late,
2)When he saw his former teacher,he reached
out a hand in greeting,
? 25,clear of,free from,not in contact with
? Examples,1)The plane climbed until it was clear
of the clouds,
? 2The man kept clear of his wife after the argument,
? 26,scrape,push or drag (sth.) along a hard or
rough surface
? Example:1) George drove too close to the wall and
scraped the car's wing,
? 27,punch,hit hard
? Examples:1) The young couple quarreled with each
other,
? 2)The wife punched her husband on the nose,
? 3) He punched me hard in the stomach,
? 28,horror,great fear or shock
? Examples,The crowd breathed in horror as the
spacecraft exploded,
To her horror,she saw the boy fall from the ladder,
? 29,up and down,higher and lower
? Example,My little daughter was jumping up and
down on the sofa when I returned home from work,
? 30,injure,harm,hurt; damage
? Examples,A bomb exploded in a quiet street,
injuring three people and killing one,
? The soccer game was very fierce,One of the
players injured his knee and had to be carried off,
? (Collocation,be badly/seriously/critically
injured
? Example,Two people were badly injured
in a road accident.)
? injury n,
? 31,visible,that can be seen (often followed
by to/from)
? Examples,These cells are not visible to
the human eye,
? The TV tower is just visible from my
bedroom window,
? invisible adj,
? 32,twist,1) turn round; revolve
Examples:A) Matt twisted around to see
who it was,
? B)I twisted round in my seat to speak to her,
? 2)bend sth,so as to spoil its natural shape
Examples,A)His face was twisted with pain,
? B)The bus was so crowded that my body
was twisted,
? 34,internal,of or in the inside
? Example,The X-rays showed that the victim
of the car accident had no internal injuries,
? Cf,external
? 35,incident,sth,that happens
? Examples,Some incidents in her
childhood had a lasting impression on her,
? A 23-year-old man was seriously
injured in a shooting incident which
happened on Saturday night,
? 36,shelter,protect; cover (often used in
the pattern shelter sb./sth,from)
? Example,The female eagle sheltered her
chicks with her wings,
? (The word can also be used as a noun
meaning something that gives protection,
?
? Examples,The city's bomb shelters were
being prepared for possible air raids,
? We took shelter from the storm in a barn,
我们在一个谷仓里躲避暴风雨 。
? give shelter to 庇护
? take shelter (=find shelter) 避难,躲避
? under the shelter of 在,..的庇护下
? Translation
? The instant the professor entered the classroom,
the words on the blackboard "Welcome Back
Professor" drew his attention,He had been injured
in a car accident,and had had several operations
in a nearby hospital,The doctor calculated his
chances of survival to be no more than 10%,Now,
not only had he recovered from his injury,but he
was also able to resume teaching,Every student
felt excited at the sight of him,and minutes passed
before the class cooled down,
