1st form Lesson 29: A NARROW ESCAPE
3. Listen and reorder the following utterances
I. Pre-listening:
The following words appear in the text:
To smash – to hit – fire – overtake – brave – explode
Guess the topic of the text.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
II. Listening:
1. Listen and complete the missing words:
One day I was ……………..…………… down the highway in my friend
Kevin Jackson’s sport car. We were driving back from a day trip to
…………………………. and my friend was rather …………………. Half way
through to Cambridge, we saw a long line of cars in front of us. I
………………………. the road was clear so I decided to ………..…………………….
a big lorry but I lost control of the car. It rolled over and over
and ………………………. against a tree.
2. Listen and complete the missing information:
The event: …………………………………………………………………...
The characters:………………………………………………………………….
The place: ……………………………………………………………………
I shouted his name repeatedly until he came round.
As he staggered out of the car, I had to run through the
intense fire to the other side of the car and drag him to
safety. Seconds later, the car exploded.
I looked over my shoulder and I saw that the back of the car
was on fire.
By now, the car was in flames and the fire reached my door
but I ignored it.
I waited until Kevin could stand on his legs.
I was terrified. I screamed at him to wake up.
It could explode any moment. I had to leave the car very fast
but, beside me, Kevin was lying unconscious
4. Say whether these statements are true or false.
Victoria was driving carefully.
Her car hit a lorry.
Kevin opened his eyes as soon as she called his name.
The fire started at the back of the car.
The car exploded shortly after Kevin was pulled away to
safety.
5. Listen at the last part and say how was Victoria
treated:
as a hero
as a coward person
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 6. Find out words in the text meaning

No one has any power over it =.................................................

To turn repeatedly =...................................................................

Not to pay attention =.................................................................

To pull with difficulty=..............................................................

To burst loudly and with great force =....................................

III. Post listening:

Write a report about a heroic behaviour you witnessed or heard

about.

Step1: Fill in the following chart:

Characters
Time
Place
What happened
Consequence

Step2: try (in groups) to develop these notes into a 10-line report.