大学英语Unit 10 Disasters

Unit 10 Disasters Part A You are going to hear two news reports of disasters. Pay attention to the elements mentioned above and complete the following charts. 1. Type of disaster 1) Earthquake Time 2) Three days ago Place 3) Turkey Number of people killed 4) 10,000 Number of people injured 5) 34,000     2. Type of disaster 1) Explosion Time 2) Early this morning Place Shijiazhuang Number of people killed 3) 108 Number of people injured 4) 38 Number of people severely injured 5) 11 Cause Unknown     Script: 1.    Turkey says more than 10,000 people now are confirmed dead after the earthquake three days ago. Most of the deaths are in five northwestern cities. About 34,000 people are reported injured. Rescue workers are still searching for about 35,000 missing people; many are trapped under fallen buildings. Rescuers are using cameras, dogs and listening devices to search for survivors. 2.    Early this morning a severe explosion took place in Shijiazhuang, the capital of North China’s Hebei Province, killing 108 and injuring 38, according to the Public Security Department. After treatment, 15 of those injured have been discharged from hospital care. Hospital officials say five among the 11, who were severely injured, are now out of danger. Police are still investigating the cause of the explosion. Part B Listening Tasks Surviving a Plane Crash Script: Three months ago I flew to Burma with my boyfriend, Johan. The plane was a small one and our seats were near the back. The sky looked very black as we took off, and throughout the flight, we kept our seat belts fastened. Twenty minutes later we flew into a terrible storm. The plane rolled and shook in the wind. We were both very frightened. I couldn’t remember anything after that until I opened my eyes. I didn’t know where I was. Slowly I realized that the plane had crashed. I was in terrible pain and I couldn’t move. “Johan,” I called, but he didn’t reply. It was dark, but I knew that he wasn’t in his seat. I heard groans and I worked out that possibly six other people were still alive. When daylight came, I could see all the bodies around me. Johan was on the other side of the aisle, but I knew that he was dead. After a day or two the other voices stopped and I was alone. But the rescuers didn’t come. “They must be on their way,” I told myself. I didn’t know that we were in a swamp in the middle of a jungle and that the helicopters couldn’t fly in the heavy rain. Outside the window the floodwater was going slowly up. But that water saved my life. I managed to stay alive by drinking that dirty water. At night the mosquitoes came. I was out of consciousness because of pain and hunger. Then I heard voices. I pushed my hand out of the window and amazingly someone grabbed it. The rescue team had arrived nine days after the crash. Exercise 1 Listen to the passage and complete the following chart with the missing information. Type of disaster Plane crash Time 1) Three months ago Place 2) In the middle of a jungle Cause 3) A terrible storm Number of people killed 4) All on board the plane except the narrator Number of people injured 5) One (the narrator)     Exercise 2 Listen to the passage again and write down answers to the following questions. 1. What happened to the plane before it crashed? It rolled and shook in the wind. 2. Did the rescue team arrive immediately after the crash? Why or why not? No. It arrived nine days later because it was raining heavily and the helicopters couldn’t fly in the heavy rain. To make the matter worse, the plane crashed in a swamp in the middle of a jungle. 3. Was the narrator seriously injured? Yes. She was in terrible pain and couldn’t move. 4. How did she manage to stay alive? By drinking dirty floodwater. Part C Test Your Listening            A Passage Listen to the passage and choose the right answers to the questions. 1. What does the passage mainly tell us? a. How Jan and five others were helped out of an elevator by firefighters. b. How Jan rescued five passengers in an elevator. c. How Jan saved himself and five others. d. How Jan escaped death with his courage and wisdom. 2. Which of the following is true? a. Jan and the five others had only one hour to escape from the damaged building. b. After they kicked the wall apart they found themselves in the corridor of the 50th floor of the building.      c. The North Tower collapsed at 10:23 a.m. that day. d. It took Jan 95 minutes to escape death. 3. What does Jan do? a. He’s a window cleaner. b. He’s an elevator operator. c. He’s an elevator cleaner. d. He’s an office worker. 4. Which of the following can best describe Jan? a. Kind-hearted. b. Strong-willed. c. Calm. d. Brave. Script: On the morning of September 11th Jan was in an elevator of the North Tower of the World Trade Center with his window cleaning equipment when the building was hit.