A CAR ACCIDENT

UNIT 1

A CAR ACCIDENT

I. LISTENING AND READING

Listen to the text

Read and translate the text

A CAR ACCIDENT

Two cars were going down Second Street in Lawrence, Kansas. A middle-aged woman was driving a Chevrolet. Right behind her a teenage student was driving an old Ford. The woman was driving slowly and carefully. She wasn’t speeding. The student was driving carelessly. He was worrying about his classes. He was doing badly in Spanish and Physics. He was worrying about his final exams, so he wasn’t paying attention to the road.

The traffic light was green. A young woman was walking down the street. A cat was sitting on the corner near the traffic light. A dog was sitting on the opposite corner. The dog was thinking about a bone.

Suddenly the dog saw the cat and ran across the road. The woman saw the dog and quickly put her foot on the brakes. But the student didn’t have the time to slow down and the Ford crashed into the Chevrolet. The young woman saw the accident. She called the police. The police and an ambulance came immediately.

II. NOTES

Lawrence [ˈlɔːr əns] Лоренс

Kansas [ˈkænzəs] Канзас

Chevrolet [ʃevr əˈleɪ ] Шевроле

Ford [fɔːd] Форд

III. VOCABULARY

1. to go/walk down the street Two cars were going down the street.	ехать/ идти по улице Две машины ехали вниз по улице.
2. middle-aged[ˈmɪdl ˌeɪdʒd] A middle-aged woman was driving a Chevrolet.	средних лет Женщина средних лет ехала за рулем Шевроле.
3. to drive[draɪv] to drive a car to drive slowly [ˈsləʊli] / fast [fɑːst] to drive carefully [ˈkeəfəli] / carelessly [ˈkeələsli] A middle-aged woman was driving slowly and carefully. A teenage student was driving fast and carelessly.     driver [ˈdraɪvə]	водить машину, ехать за рулем водить машину ехать медленно/ быстро ехать осторожно/ невнимательно   Женщина средних лет ехала медленно и осторожно. Подросток-студент ехал быстро и невнимательно.   водитель
4. behind[bɪˈhaɪnd] He shut the door behind him.	позади, сзади, за Он закрыл за собой дверь.
5. to speed [spiːd] The woman wasn’t speeding.	превышать скорость Женщина не превышала скорости.
6. to worry[ˈwʌri]about smth He was worrying about his final [ˈfaɪnəl] exams.	волноваться/ переживать о ч-л Он переживал по поводу экзаменов.
7. to do badly/ well in smth He was doing badly in Spanish [ˈspænɪʃ] and Physics [ˈfɪzɪks].	плохо / хорошо учиться по Он плохо учился по испанскому языку и физике.
8. attention[əˈtenʃn] to pay attention to smth to pay attention to the road He wasn’t paying attention to the road.	внимание обращать внимание на ч-л/ следить за ч-л следить за дорогой Он не следил за дорогой.
9. traffic light[ˈtræfɪk laɪt] The traffic light was green.	светофор Горел зеленый свет светофора.
10. corner[ˈkɔːnə] at the corner (Br E)/ on the corner (Am E) at/ on the corner of the street in the corner in the corner of the room the opposite [ˈɒpəzɪt] corner	угол на углу   на углу улицы   в углу в углу комнаты противоположный угол
11. bone[bəʊn] broken bone	кость сломанная кость, перелом
12. across the road[əˈkrɒs ðə rəʊd] Suddenly [ˈsʌdnli] the dog saw the cat and ran across the road.	через дорогу Внезапно собака увидела кошку и побежала через дорогу.
13. brakes[breɪks] She quickly put her foot on the brakes.	тормоза Она надавила на тормоза.
14. to crash[kræʃ]into smth The Ford crashed into the Chevrolet. car crash [kɑː kræʃ]	врезаться во ч-л Форд врезался в Шевроле. ДТП, автокатастрофа
15. to slow down [sləʊ daʊn] The driver didn’t have the time to slow down.	снизить скорость, притормозить У водителя не было времени, чтобы снизить скорость.
16. car accident [kɑː ˈæksɪdənt] A young woman saw the car accident.	ДТП, автомобильная авария Молодая женщина увидела автомобильную аварию.
17. police[pəˈliːs] to call the police	полиция позвонить в полицию
18. ambulance[ˈæmbjʊləns] to call [kɔːl] the ambulance The police and an ambulance came immediately [ɪˈmiːdiətli].	скорая помощь позвонить в скорую помощь Полиция и скорая помощь прибыли немедленно.

III. COMPREHENSION CHECK

1. Answer the questions:

1. What were the two cars doing?

2. Who was driving a Chevrolet?

3. Who was driving an old Ford?

4. In what manner was the middle-aged woman driving?

5. In what manner was the student driving?

6. Why wasn’t the student paying attention to the road?

7. Who was walking down the street?

8. What was the cat doing?

9. What was the dog doing?

10. What was the dog thinking about?

11. Why did the dog run across the road?

12. Why did the woman put her foot on the brakes?

13. Why did the Ford crash into the Chevrolet?

14. Who called the police?

15. Who came to help?

2. SAY IF THE SENTENCES ARE TRue OR FALSE. CORRECT THE FALSE ONES

1. Two cars were going down Second Street in Washington, D.C.

2. The middle-aged woman was driving a Ford.

3. The teenage student was driving a new Ford in front of the woman.

4. The student was driving carelessly.

5. The student was driving slowly.

6. The student was doing well in Spanish and Physics.

7. The woman was paying attention to the road.

8. The young woman was riding a bike.

9. The cat was sitting on the corner of the street.

10. The dog was thinking about his final exams.

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