Foscari - Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica
Foscari - Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica
Foscari - Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica
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3. Many young people <strong>di</strong>e as a result of accidents T/F?<br />
4. 2500 children are involved in road deaths every year T/F?<br />
5. Urban areas are safer than rural areas T/F?<br />
6. How many child passengers <strong>di</strong>e every year?<br />
7. About 50% of children <strong>di</strong>e from accidents in the home T/F?<br />
8. Who are more at risk from accidents in the home?<br />
9. What are the major causes of injury in the home?<br />
10. How many people over 65 years of <strong>di</strong>e from falls in the home every year?<br />
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Level 1 Elementary<br />
Pre-rea<strong>di</strong>ng A: Pre<strong>di</strong>cting the content<br />
Read the headline and the sub-hea<strong>di</strong>ng below. What do you think the article is going to be about?<br />
Umbrellas breaking in the rain?<br />
Rainwater filling houses and streets?<br />
Tourists staying away because of the rain?<br />
Pre-rea<strong>di</strong>ng B: Key words<br />
Match these keywords from the text with the meanings below.<br />
<strong>di</strong>saster floods results run-off<br />
drainage sewers ploughs absorb<br />
1. ____________ removing liquids from something<br />
2. ____________ water from rivers filling the land<br />
3. ____________ a very bad accident or serious damage<br />
4. ____________ a system of pipes underground to carry waste water away<br />
5. ____________ things that happen because something else happened<br />
6. ____________ take in liquid a little at a time<br />
7. ____________ too much water that cannot go down into the ground<br />
8. ____________ <strong>di</strong>gs up the land in lines, using machines<br />
Now read the article, check the words in context, and see if your answer to Question 1 was correct.<br />
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Everyone knows that it often rains in Britain. We often have week upon week of rain. So why have a few<br />
heavy showers caused so much damage here this summer?<br />
Aida Edemariam reports<br />
July 24, 2007<br />
People trying to take a train to or from the southwest of England this weekend could think they had<br />
accidentally walked into a <strong>di</strong>saster movie. Some trains never arrived, and the people who had to watch<br />
their homes and businesses go under water couldn’t believe that such a short rainstorm could cause so<br />
much damage.<br />
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