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Click It or Ticket Persuasion - 151
Click It or Ticket Persuasion - 151
a. at 15 miles an hour
b. figures
c. four times as hard as
d. impact of the collision
e. leading cause of death
f. prevent death
g. that can take it
h. the steering wheel, dashboard or
windshield
i. to put it another way
A properly worn safety belt can save your life as they transfer the
(8)______________________ to the parts of your body (9)_________________________-
your hipbones and shoulder bones.
Information source:
http://ehs.okstate.edu/KOPYKIT/seatbelt.htm
Task 3. Refutation of anti-seatbelt
arguments.
Match the definitions to the phrases in bold.
5. "They're uncomfortable."
Actually, modern safety belts can be made so comfortable that you may wonder if
they really work. Most of them (8) give when you move - a device locks them in
place only when the car stops suddenly. You can put a little bit of slack in most
belts simply by pulling on the shoulder strap. Others come with comfort clips,
which hold the belt in a slightly slackened position.
Task 1.
1. figures
2. leading cause of death
3. prevent death
4. at 15 miles an hour
5. the steering wheel, dashboard or windshield
6. four times as hard as
7. to put it another way
8. impact of the collision
9. that can take it
Imagine your car hitting something at 15 miles an hour. The car stops in the
first tenth of a second, but you keep on at the same rate you were going in the
car until something stops you - the steering wheel, dashboard or windshield
that is, if you're not wearing your safety belt. Bad enough at 15 miles an hour,
but at 30 miles you hit "the wall" four times as hard as you would at 15. Or to
put it another way, with the same impact you'd feel as if you fell three stories.
A properly worn safety belt can save your life as they transfer the impact of the
collision to the parts of your body that can take it - your hipbones and shoulder
bones.
Task 2.