Unit4PublictransportProjectPreventingtrafficAccidentsPreventingtrafficAccidentsWhatdothetwopicturestellus?Let’sdiscussthefollowingquestions:•Whatshouldyoupayattentiontowhenyougoschoolbybike?•Whatdoyouneedtodotoavoidaccidentsonyourwaytoschoolonfoot?•Ifyouareabusdriver,whatdoyouthinkyoushouldorshouldn’tdowhenyoudrivestudentstotheirschool?•Whatarethepossiblereasonsforthetrafficaccident?Whatdoyouthinkshouldbedonetoavoidatrafficaccident?TrafficAccidentsandRoadSafety•Fromthetitle,whatinformationdoyouthinkthereadingpassagewillgiveus?•thecausesoftrafficaccidentsandhowtobesafeontheroadReadthearticlecarefullyandfindanswerstofirstfourquestionsinPartB.1Whataresomeofthecausesoftrafficaccidentsinvolvingvehicles?2Howdoaccidentsinvolvingbicycleshappen?3Ifyouarecyclingatnight,whatshouldyoualwaysdo?4Whatshouldallpedestriansdo?Answers1Trafficaccidentsinvolvingvehiclesaremainlycausedbydriverswhomakeincorrectactions,suchasnotpayingattentionwhiledriving,beingimpatientinatrafficjam,speakinginamobilephonewhiledriving,drinkingalcohol,speedingandsoon.2Accidentsinvolvingbicyclesareusuallycausedbecausecyclistsarenotpayingattentiontothecarsaroundthem,orcarryingapassenger.Sometimesaccidentsoccurwithbicycleswhenthebrakesontheirbicyclesdonotworkproperlyortheirbicyclesdonotuselightsatnight.3Thereshouldbealightonthebicycle.4Pedestriansshouldalwayscrossroadsonacrossing.Whilecrossing,theyshouldlookbothwaysandlistenforcars.Let’scheckyourunderstandingofthereadingpassagebymorequestions.•1Whatisthepurposeofthenotice?•Thenoticeisaimedatincreasingpeople’sawarenessofthetrafficproblem.•2Whatisthemostcommoncauseofaccidents?•Drivers’notpayingattention.•3Whyisitdangerousfordriverstospeakonmobilephones?•Becausespeakingonthephonerequiresconcentrationandtakesadriver’sattentionfromtheroad.●4Cancyclistsrideonthepavement?Why(not)?•No,theycan’t.Becauseridingonthepavementcanbedangeroustopedestrians.Theyshouldwalknexttotheirbicycles.•5Whatcanwedotopreventaccidents?•Pedestrians,cyclistsanddriversshouldallobeytrafficlightsandmakesurethatweavoidaccidentsbypayingattentiontoroadsafety.Readthearticleagainandcompletethefollowingnotes:•Inordertopreventaccidents,driversshould•___________________________________;•(payattentiontothesurroundingtraffic)•___________________________________;•(bepatientinatrafficjam)•___________________________________;•(notspeakonamobilephone)•___________________________________;•(notdrinkalcohol)•___________________________________;•(notdrivetoofast)•Inordertopreventaccidents,cyclistsshould•_______________________________;•(alwaysobeytrafficlaws)•_______________________________;•(payattentiontothecarsthatsurroundthem)_______________________________;•(notcarryapassenger)•_______________________________;•(havealightonthebicycleatnight)•_______________________________;•(keepthebicycleingoodcondition)•Inordertopreventaccidents,pedestriansshould•______________________________;(alwayscrossroadsonacrossing)•______________________________;(neverignoretrafficlights)•PartB•Workingroupsoffourorsixtodiscussthequestions5-8inPartB.Writedownyouranswers.Thenonestudentfromeachgrouppresentsyouranswertotheclass.Othergroupscangiveyourcomments.ExercisesinclassCompletethesentenceswithproperwordsorphrasesfromthearticleonpages62-63ofyourbook.Changetheformwherenecessary.1Therewere3...
