Intermediate 1 Unit 8

Unit 8 BRAYAN LAGOS

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Emergency

Emergency
a. In the computer lesson, Mary left John a message about a road accident. Later on, John
phones Mary back and talks to her. Use the words below to complete their conversation.

accident • ambulance • bridge • broken • crossed • emergency room

nowhere • rushed • scared • side • speeding

John: Mary. Is that you? It’s John. How are you?

Mary: Oh, John. It’s good to hear from you. I think we were very lucky. As I told you in my
message, Mike and I were traveling over that (1) ________________
bridge on Route 6 when
a big truck came (2) ________________
speeding towards us. Imagine how we felt when it
(3) _____________
crossed over on to our (4) ________________
side of the road.
John: You must have been so (5) ________________.
scared
Mary: Oh, I was! There was (6) ____________
nowhere for us to go. We couldn’t do anything to prevent
the (7) ______________.
accident The truck just crashed into the side of our car. Someone
stopped at once and called an (8) ______________
ambulance and they (9) _____________
rushed us to
the hospital.
John: Are you still in the (10) _______________?
emergency room Can I come and take you home?
Mary: Oh, yes, please. That would be great. Mike’s being kept in the hospital with a (11)
_______________ leg, but I can’t wait to get home.

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b. Check your answers to activity a. with a partner and then practice the dialogue.

c. Below is a police report of Mary’s accident. Complete the report with the details from
activity a.

ACCIDENT REPORT
Case Number: 34675

Reporting Officer: Foster Jones

Road on which accident occurred:
(1) ________________________
Raute 6

Date and time: 5/1, 16:45

First Driver: Mike WiIkins
2587 Southern Drive, L.A.
Tel: 907 5830
Type of vehicle: private car
Witness: (2) __________________
Mary Wilkins
2587 Southern Drive, L.A.
Tel: 907-5830
Second Driver: Tom Crouch
3436 Lakeland Way, L.A.
Tel: 907-6744
Type of vehicle: (3) ______________________________
private cars
Injuries: (4) ____________________________________
Mary´s broken leg _
Description of accident: (5)________________________
the second car crossed overthe other side and crashed
_____________________________________________
Mary´s car
_____________________________________________

d. Exchange reports with a partner. Do you agree with each other’s answers?

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e. Imagine you are the police officer who interviewed Mary after the accident. Which of the
following questions do you think the police officer asked her in order to complete the
report? Add three more questions of your own.

✔ 1. What is your name and address?

✔ 2. Was anyone hurt?
3. Can I take you to the hospital?
4. Where did the accident take place?
✔ 5. Can you tell me how the accident happened?
6. Were you scared?

7. _______________________________________________________________
Does anyboby called for the ambulance?
8. _______________________________________________________________
What time did it happen the accident?
9. _______________________________________________________________
where you speeding up?

f. Write the conversation between Mary and the police officer.

Police officer: ______________________________________________________

What is your name?

Mary: ______________________________________________________
My name is Mary Wilkins

Police officer: was

_____________________________________________________
anyone hurt?

Mary: ______________________________________________________
Yes, I go a broken leg

Police officer: can

_____________________________________________________
you tell me how the accident happened?

Mary: ______________________________________________________
Yes, the second car invaded the way and crashed mine

Police officer: Did

_____________________________________________________
anybody call for the ambulance?

g. Practice your dialogue with a partner.

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Marge Has a Baby

a. Do you remember the story about Marge? Her baby was born in an ambulance on the way
to the hospital. Read the report of her experience as it was written in the local newspaper.
Complete the report with the names of the people involved.

Alex Winters (Marge’s husband) • Thomas Brown (the driver of the ambulance)
Marge Winters • Jonas Matthews (a medical student doing ambulance service)

SPECIAL DELIVERY IN AMBULANCE

(1) ____________________________
Alex Winters

“At least we had a car phone and

my husband could call an ambulance for help”,
added (2)________________________.
Marge Winters

“I knew that the baby was on its way," said

(3) ________________________,
Thomas Brown “so
I tried to get to the hospital as quickly as
possible. However , there wasn’t enough
time."

“I have never delivered a baby before,"

Yesterday, a very special delivery took place
in an ambulance. Jonas Matthews, a medical
student, doing ambulance service, delivered
his first baby. “My wife was due to have her
baby any time, but when we went for a ride
through the park, I wasn’t prepared for the
fact that the car might run out of gas," said
admitted (4) ______________________,
Jonas Matthews
who was on ambulance duty, “but I’m very
pleased that my first delivery was in an
ambulance!”
After the baby was born, the ambulance
arrived at the hospital, where doctors checked
the mother and baby, who are doing well.

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b. After taking Marge to the hospital, the ambulance was called to the scene of a road
accident. Match the sentences in the ambulance report to the pictures below.

A
Ambulance Report:
B 1. On arriving at the scene of the
accident at 7:55 a.m., we saw that
both a motorcycle and a car were
involved.
B
D 2. The first thing we did was to
check the two drivers.

E 3. We put the motorcyclist into

the ambulance and got ready
to take him to the emergency C
room.

A 4. Before we drove to the hospital,

we called for a second ambulance
to take the driver of the car to
the emergency room. D E

C 5. We arrived at the emergency

room at 8:25 a.m.

c. Write a short newspaper report of the accident as shown in activity b. Give your report a
headline and include quotations from the people involved.

___________________________
A motorcicle crashed (headline)
Yesterday there was a serious accident on _____________________________.
Main Avenue

“____________________________________,”
A car crashed a motorcyclist said Fred Smith, the ambulance driver who
was called to the accident.
The accident happened because _____________________________________________.
the car was speending up and crashesd the motorcycle

“___________________________________________,”
I have a lof of paint said Jim Cook, the motorcyclist
who was injured. Both drivers were taken to ____________________________.
th ehospital

“___________________________________________,”
Now, the drivers are in recovering said the doctor who treated them.

d. Exchange your report with a partner. Read your report to the class.

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I Have to Go
a. Read what some people say about different obligations. Match what each person says to
the appropriate picture below. Then write what the other person in the picture says in
reply.

B Can yousupposed
1. “I’m tell me how theonaccident
to be happened
duty at the police station in an hour.”
D Did
2. you seesupposed
“You’re who wastodriving the other
signal when car left.”
you turn
C Do
3. you havethe
“Where’s any idea why he
ambulance? It’swas speesing
supposed to be here by now.”
E Do4.you remenber
“Slow whennot
down! You’re yousupposed
left yourto
house thisthe
go over morning
speed limit!”
A Do5.you
“I thought
know ifyou
he were supposed
turned to fill up
the signaled with before
corner gas on the way home from work.”

________________________________________

B C

_______________________ _______________________

D E

_______________________ _______________________

b. Compare your answers with a partner.

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Clauses: Noun and Adverbial Clauses

a. Put the word in the following sentences in the correct order.

1. how / accident / the / me / can / tell / happened / you /

______________________________________________________________
B Can you tell me how the accident happened ?
2. driving / who / see / you / did / was / car / the / other /
______________________________________________________________
D Did you see who was driving the other car ?
3. do / any / why / you / speeding / have / was / idea / he /
______________________________________________________________
C Do you have any idea why he was speesing ?
4. you / morning / remember / your / house / when / left / you / do / this /
______________________________________________________________
E Do you remenber when you left your house this morning ?
5. corner / know / the / signaled / turned / he / before / you / do / if / he /
______________________________________________________________
A Do you know if he turned the signaled corner before ?
6. wonder / whether / services / the / informed / been / have / emergency / I /
______________________________________________________________
I wonder whether the emergency services have been informed .

b. Complete the sentences with the words below and match them to the sentences from
activity a.

because • if • that • when • who • how

1. I have no idea ___________

how the accident happened.

2. I think the accident happened ___________

because the truck moved to the other

side of the road.

3. I don’t know ___________

if anyone has called an ambulance, but I know that

the police are on their way.

4. I expect ___________
that he was in a hurry to get home.

5. I didn’t see ___________

who was driving the car. It all happened so fast.

6. I don’t really remember ___________

when I left home this morning.

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c. Complete the sentences.

1. I was driving over the new bridge when ___________________________________

the accident happened .

2. As soon as I saw the motorcycle coming towards me, I ________________________

stopped inmediately .

3. I waited at the scene of the accident until __________________________________

the ambulance arrived .

4. While the police officer was taking notes, I _________________________________

triep to help the injured driver .

5. The driver was traveling over the speed limit because__________________________

he didn´t see the sing .

6. The police officer called an ambulance so that ______________________________

they can check the drivers .

7. The paramedic decided to take the driver to the hospital although ________________
he wasn´t very injured .

8. I’ll only buy you a bicycle if ____________________________________________

you accept it .

d. Imagine you are a witness at the scene of the car accident shown in the picture below.
Write a dialogue between yourself and the police officer who is called to the scene. Use the
words and phrases from activities a., b. and c. to help you.

Police officer: _______________________________________________________

Doyou know how the accident happenet?

Witness: _______________________________________________________
I was walking when suddenly, I heard a crash.

Police officer: _______________________________________________________

What did you do when you realized the accident?

Witness: _______________________________________________________
I had a emergency call

Police officer: _______________________________________________________

What was your reaccion after calling the ambulance?

Witness: _______________________________________________________
I recommended the girl not to move and wait for medical help.

e. Practice your dialogue with a partner.

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