Intermediate 1 Unit 8

Unit 8
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 bridge on Route 6 when
(1)
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 ambulance and they (9)rushed us to
(8) 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)
broken 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) bridge on Route 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) Truck
Injuries: (4) A broken leg
Description of accident: (5) big truck speeding and crossed
over to the other side and crushed into the 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. before the accident what were they doing?

8. Did the driver have a drink before driving?
9. What is your relationship to the driver?

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

Police officer: Ma'am tell me what happened?

Mary: The truck got into our lane and crashed into us.

Police officer: Are you all right?

Mary: Yes, but I'm still scared.

Police officer: Do you have insurance?

Mary: Yes, I do
Police officer: Then please call and I will go talk to the driver of the truck.

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 admitted (4) Jonas Matthews ,

place
in an ambulance. Jonas Matthews, a who was on ambulance duty, “but I’m very
medical student, doing ambulance service, pleased that my first delivery was in an
delivered his first baby. “My wife was due ambulance!”
to have her baby any time, but when we
After the baby was born, the ambulance
went for a ride through the park, I wasn’t
arrived at the hospital, where doctors
prepared for the fact that the car might run
checked the mother and baby, who are doing
out of gas," said
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.
d 2. The first thing we did was B
to check the two drivers.
e 3. We put the motorcyclist into
the ambulance and got
ready to take him to the
emergency room. C

a 4. Before we drove to the

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

Traffic accident
(headline)
Yesterday there was a serious accident on on the main avenue .
We res p“ onded to the emergency because it was a serious accide,n”t.said Fred Smith, the ambulance
driver who was called to the accident.
The accident happened because the motorcyclist invaded lane
.
“ it is the motorcyclist's fault ,” said Jim Cook, the motorcyclist
who was injured. Both drivers were taken to emergency to the hospital
.
“ are injured but not mortally wounded ,” 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.
d 1. “I’m supposed to be on duty at the police station in an hour.”
b 2. “You’re supposed to signal when you turn left.”
c 3. “Where’s the ambulance? It’s supposed to be here by now.”
e 4. “Slow down! You’re not supposed to go over the speed limit!”
a 5. “I thought you were supposed to fill up with gas on the way home from work.”

A
“I thought you were supposed to fill up with gas on the way home from work.”

B C

You’re supposed to signal when you turn left Where’s the ambulance? It’s supposed to be here
by now

D E
I’m supposed to be on duty at the police station in Slow down! You’re not supposed to go over the
an hour speed limit

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 /

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

1

2. I think the accident happened because the truck moved to the other
5
side of the road.

6 3. I don’t know if anyone has called an ambulance, but I know that

the police are on their way.

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

5. I didn’t see who

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

6. I don’t really remember when I left home this morning.

4

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c. Complete the sentences.

1. I was driving over the new bridge when I saw a motorcycle .

2. As soon as I saw the motorcycle coming towards me, I try to slow down .

3. I waited at the scene of the accident until the ambulance arrived .

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

5. The driver was traveling over the speed limit because He had an emergency .

6. The police officer called an ambulance so that to respond to the emergency. .

7.The paramedic decided to take the driver to the hospital although

he claimed to be well .
8. I’ll only buy you a bicycle if you keep riding like that.
.

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: Sir, tell me what happened?

Witness: the car invaded someone else's lane and they collided.
Police officer: Did you see if there was anything that caused you to drift into someone else's lane?

Witness: Yes. An animal crossed the road.

Police officer: I understand and you called the ambulance?

Witness: Yes, I did, so that they would come to the accident.

e. Practice your dialogue with a partner.

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