Emergency

Emergency

By Ruth Goh

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Objective: By the end of this lesson, you will be able to call emergency services for help and answer their questions. Context: Francophone adult learners, B1 Duration: 10-15 minutes

Watch the video. Pay close attention to the sentences used in the dialogue.

Drag and drop each word/sentence to the correct picture.

Please send a fire engine.

Can you do CPR?

There is a lot of smoke.

She is unconscious.

Drag and drop each word/sentence to the correct picture.

An ambulance is on the way.

He is bleeding.

the driver

There is a car accident.

999

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Definitions

• unconscious: the person is not awake and not responding.
• smoke: the grey, black, or white mixture of gas and carbon produced when something burns.
• CPR (CardioPulmonary Resuscitation): an emergency treatment. You place your hands on the person's chest and pressing down hard and fast.
• fire engine: a vehicle that carries firefighters and water to a fire to extinguish it.

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Explanation

• breathing: (verb) the process of taking air into and out of your lungs.
• location: (noun) a place or position.
• near: (preposition) not far away in distance.

1. The ambulance worker had to know if the patient was breathing to decide what advice to give.
2. She needed to know where the man was are to know where to send the ambulance.
3. The man did not know the address, so he told her a reference point.

Definitions

Explanation

• on the way: (noun) travelling.
• CPR (cardiopulmonary rescucitation): (noun) pressing on someone's chest hard and fast to resuscitate them.
• confident: (adjective) being sure.
• hands-free: (adjective) not needing to hold the phone in the hand. Also called "speaker mode"

1. The ambulance was travelling to where the man was.
2. The 999 worker wanted to know if the man could save the woman.
3. The man was not sure whether he can do CPR very well.
4. "Hands-free mode" allowed the man to keep talking to the 999 worker while using his hands to press on the woman's chest.

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Explanation

• any moment now: (phrase) very soon.
• keep: (verb) continue.
• until: (preposition) up to (a certain time).

1. The ambulance was arriving soon. The closest choice to "soon" is "any moment now".
2. The verb "keep" here has the meaning of "continue". The 999 worker was encouraging to continue CPR.
3. The 999 worker was telling the man to continue CPR while waiting for the ambulance.

Definitions

• car accident: a vehicle crashes into another vehicle, a human, or an object.
• driver: a person who drives a vehicle.
• bleeding: blood is coming out of the body.
• ambulance: a vehicle that takes sick or injured people to the hospital quickly.

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Explanation

• emergency: (noun) a serious or dangerous situation that needs immediate action.
• collapse: (verb) fall down, usually because you are sick or weak.
• ambulance: (noun) a vehicle that takes you to hospital when you are sick or hurt.

1. The 999 worker had to say who she was when she answered the phone.
2. He was describing what had happened to the woman. The woman had fallen down.
3. He was asking for an ambulance to come as the woman needed to go to the hospital.

Explanation

When you call 999, the first thing they need to know is whether you need the police, ambulance or fire rescue.Then, they need to understand the situation, to know how serious and urgent it is.Next, they will ask for your location to know where to send the emergency team(s).