Unit 7.ppt

Unit 7 Emergency
Text A
Part I Background information
Part Ⅱ Pre-questions
Part Ⅲ Comprehension questions
Part Ⅳ Language Study
Part I Background information
Cultural notes:
Emergency services: The emergency services are the anizations whose job is to 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 . In China , we have110 for the police, 119 for the fire brigade and 120 for ambulance.
Warm-up exercises:
In an apparently coordinated terrorist attack against the United States, mercial passenger jets crashed on Tuesday, three of them into significant landmarks.  . intelligence officials N "there are good indications that persons linked to Osama bin Laden may be responsible for these attacks." The sources say they based the statement on specific information that had been gathered Tuesday. Bin Laden is the Saudi millionaire who has been blamed for terror attacks against . interests and is believed to be in Afghanistan .
Huge chunks of debris falling from remains of World Trade Center towers more than six hours after the crashes. Firefighters could get no closer than 2 blocks from the burning hulk. The FBI said it believes all four planes, carrying a total of 266 people, were hijacked. Mullah Omar, the Taliban spiritual leader, condemns the attacks and denies that Osama bin Laden, was responsible.  International flights are initially diverted to Canada ; FAA says later, however, that 22 .-bound international flights will be allowed to land.
The New York Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels into the city.   . stock markets close after the New York attacks. NATO sends home all non-essential personnel from its Brussels , Belgium , headquarters. The Immigration and Naturalization Service puts the . borders with Mexico and Cana