Danger and safety

1) Work in pairs. Read the sentences and try to guess the

meaning of the words in bold
1. Some of these prisoners are extremely dangerous.
2. The plane crashed into a mountain. Nobody survived.
3. If you drive, when you are drunk you put your life in danger.
4. People were out of danger when fire fighters
arrived.
5. The policemen carried the children to safety.
6. The victims of the crash were rescued by
helicopter.
7. Wearing a seat belt can help save your life.
8. After a few days of fever, she began to recover.

2) Match the words with their definitions

1. To save someone from a dangerous situation _________________
2. to get better after an illness, accident, etc_____________________
3. able or likely to harm or kill you, harmful_____________________
4. to be in a harmful situation _________________________________
5. no longer be in a harmful situation _________________________
6. to continue to live after an accident, war, or illness____________
7. to help someone live ____________________________
8. To a safe place __________________________

3) Complete the sentences

1. It takes a long time to ____________ from an operation.
2. He was badly injured, but the doctors __________ his _____.
3. John is still in hospital but he is ______ of ________.
4. You are ___ __________ every time you swim after drinking
alcohol.
5. Only 12 out of the 140 passengers on the plane __________.
6. The police described the three escaped prisoners as highly
____________.
7. Fifty passengers had to be
____________ from a sinking ship.
8. The hostages were led to
___________.

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 4) Answer the questions
1. Why do some people do dangerous things on purpose?
2. Do you know anyone who has been in a bad accident and
survived? How did he/she survive?
3. Do you know anyone who has saved another person’s life? Who
was it? What happened?
4. What can help a person recover from depression? Have you ever
had this experience?
5. What do people need to do to survive when their
house/apartment is on fire?
6. Do you remember any interesting dangerous situations from
movies? What happened?

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The keys
2) 1. To rescue
2. to recover
3. dangerous
4. out of danger
5. to survive
6. to save someone’s life
7. to safety

3) 1. To recover
2. saved ___ life
3. out of danger
4. in danger
5. survived
6. dangerous
7. rescued
8. safety

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