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1 Work in pairs. Describe what the people and animals

in the pictures do in an emergency.

2 Match the pictures in activity 1 to the messages

sent by disaster victims.

4 Look at the pictures in activity 1 again and choose

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one of the events. Use the prompts to write about
it. Work in groups to compare what you wrote.
.
Two things that would or would not have
happened if...
n Something that could have happened
. How people must have feltAffhat they must
have seen

5 Think of a time when someone helped you. Make

l'm writing to thanl< you. We didn't l<now
what to do after the earthqual<e. We
didn't have any food or clean water. You
were so l<ind to us. lt coutdn't have been
easy tal<ing care of strangers til<e you did.
lf you hadn't hetped us with food and
clothes, it wou[d have been much worse.
notes about what happened, where you were, and
who was involved.
ó Work In groups. Describe your experience. Explain
what would or would not have happened if the
person hadn't helped you. Encourage your group
members to comment on your experience.

Useful Language
cool mail lf l'd been with you, lwould have.
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lwould have done the same.
I owe you my life! Your bravery was incredible. You must have felt...

You could have been killed. We were stuck It could have been worse.
on the fourth floor and all of the exits were It couldn't have been easy.
blocked. The fire was getting closer. lf you What would have happened if ...?
hadn't arrived in time, we would have died for
surelThanks a million!
World People
3 Underline the expressions that the writers use to
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express gratitude. tqaJor oadhquakoe
around lra world.

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