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Unit seven Emergency
Unit seven Text A Kids on the Track
Cultural Notes
Language Points
Text Analysis
Exercises
Assignment
Cultural Notes:
Emergency services: The emergency services are the anizations whose job is so take quick action to deal with emergencies when they occur, especially the fire brigade, the police, and the ambulance service. The telephone number used in Britain for calling the police, fire or ambulance services in an emergency is 999 in Britain and 911 in the US.
struggle with draw one’s attention for
out of the way mess around/about
instant pull on sway leap
reach out clear of horror
up and down injure twist
via incident
Struggle with
eg: She struggled with the math problem but eventually worked it out.
We found the Smiths struggling with their car stuck in the mud.
Draw one’s attention to
eg: The article was intended to draw the public’s attention to environmental protection.
My teacher drew my attention to an error in the term paper.
out of the way (used after a verb)
eg: Step out of the way and let me handle the stone.
The house is well out of the way on the back road.
Mess around/about (infml)
eg: He spends his weekends messing around in his boat on the Thames.
The kids spent all day Sunday just messing around.
Instant
eg: The alarm bells started ringing and at the same instant all the lights went off.
The magician came to the stage with a bunch of flowers. And then, in an instant, the flowers turned into a bird.
Pull on
eg: The child pulled on his mother’s coat wanting to leave.
Sophia pulled on the rope, shouting “help”.