Y6 Unit 6 Language Arts

The Hoax Call

The Hoax Call
恶作剧电话
It was a day that I’ll always remember,
At the time though, it was just like any other,
But it was the day when I lost everything that I loved,
My parents, my sisters and brother.

The group that I always hang around with,

They’re just some kids from my school that I know,
We were bored and generally fed up,
hang around 到处走走
We had no money and nowhere to go. bored 闷
generally 通常
fed up 受够了
I can’t remember who first had the idea,
But it seemed that it might be a ball,
To ring through on a 999 number,
And get the fire engines out to a hoax call.

Whoever it was first decided,

They also thought that the caller should be me,
I was always good at imitating voices,
So I was the natural choice, you see.
ball 勇气
imitate 冒充
We used the phone box right near the station,
Where we had a good view all the time,
Then, waving for silence to the rest of my group,
I picked up the phone and dialled ‘999’.

Less than one minute later, the doors opened,

Lights flashing, sirens blaring and all,
We watched the fire engines scream out of the station,
Going to our emergency hoax call. waving 挥手
dialled 拨打
flashing 闪烁
blaring 高音
Soon after the group separated,
We all went our different ways,
But when I got to the end of the street where I live,
My house was already well and truly ablaze.

Just then a fire engine came around the corner,

But too late for anything to be done,
My family and all our possessions,
separated 分开
Even my beloved puppy had gone. different 不同
ablaze 激烈地燃烧
possession 所有财产
The fireman came up beside me,
And gathered me in close with his arm,
‘I’m sorry, Son, we’d have been here much sooner,
But we were called out to a false alarm.’
ruined 毁了
So I ruined my past as well as my future, future 未来
And my life is now far from a ball,
I still cry for my family, they’d all still be here,
If only I’d not made that stupid hoax call.
Do you think the poet and his friends
did the right thing? Why?

No, I don’t think they did the right thing

because they made a hoax call. This action made
others who were in the emergency can’t get the
first help.
Did the poet learn his lesson? Which verse tells you this?

Yes, the poet learned his lesson. The 10th verse

tell me that.
So I ruined my past as well as my future,
And my life is now far from a ball,
I still cry for my family, they’d all still be here,
If only I’d not made that stupid hoax call.
 Wednesday 16th June 2021

Ali slipped and fell down in the kitchen.

Homewor
Ali was stuck in the lift for an hour.
k: English
A
Do you ………… in an emergency?

Where ……………. the …………. ?

 Do not move the injured boy.
Homewor
k: English
A