UNIT 2: ACCIDENTS

Date: 4th October, 2023

common/
ordinary
accidents

ACCIDENTS

Minor/major accidents
Freak/unusual
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Common accidents Freak accidents Minor/Major
accidents
Cut yourself To be struck by Depending on
Break a leg/an arm lightning how badly the
Sprain/twist an ankle/your person is hurt
back
Bump into something
Crash car into something
Spill something on
somebody
Bang my head on
something
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injury /ˈɪndʒəri/ (plural injuries) [countable,

uncountable] a wound or damage to part of
your body caused by an accident or attack
She was taken to hospital with serious head injuries
injure /ˈɪndʒə/ verb [transitive] to hurt yourself or
someone else, for example in an accident or
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an attack
Angus injured his leg playing rugby.
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bruise /
bruːz/ noun [countable] 1 a purple or brown mar
k on your skin that you get because you have
fallen,
bruisebeen
verbhit 1
etc
[intransitive, transitive] if part of
your body bruises, or if you bruise part of your
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body, it gets hit or hurt and a bruise appears

She fell off her bike and bruised her knee.
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fracture: noun [countable]

a crack or broken part in a bone or other hard
substance
Fracture (verb)
He fractured his right leg during training.
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sprain an injury to your ankle, wrist, knee etc,

caused by suddenly twisting it
Ex: It’s a slight sprain – you should rest your ankle
for a week.
sprain /spreɪn/ verb [transitive] to damage a
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joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist

I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
 Treatments

plaster bandage Plaster cast

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carry
not supposed to heavy things
careful
by himself

back problems 13
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Anita thinks Fran’s Dad should come and see a doctor right away.
Anita is worried about Fran’s Dad’s back problem.
Fran explains why her dad was carrying a heavy gramophone.
 Are you
Yes, my back really hurts.
How bad do you
I have a lot of pain.
Would you like some
That’s a good idea.
does your back
Right here!
did it
I tried to carry an old gramophone to the car.
did you do that?
I thought I could manage.
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Please shout as well.

Let’s wave the bandage at them.

Stay where you are. We’ll call for help.

It seems your ankle doesn’t hurt that much, does it?

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If you drive on a slippery road, you can lose control of your car. 19
If you feed the animals, it can bite you. 20
If you don’t keep close to wall, you can fall down. 21
If you don’t keep it out of reach of children, it might damage them. 22
If you swim here, you might drown. 23
If you aren’t careful with sharp turns ahead, you might have an accident . 24
If the truck is higher than 3 meters, it can get stuck when going through the 25
tunnel.
If you don’t keep off the live wire, you can get an electric shock. 26
If you sit there, you might be kicked out. 27
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- This sidewalk is too close to the building. It’s dangerous!
- But the sign says it isn’t safe. You could get hurt.
Something might fall on you.
- Sally, look out! There are falling bricks!

- Nonsense! It’s perfectly safe.

- Don’t worry. It won’t. Come on. I’m in a hurry.

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You aren’t allowed to drive
your car over that speed limit. Be careful!
You might fall off the tree. 33
You shouldn’t carry it by yourself. You could hurt your back.
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The sign says You aren’t supposed to do this.
you aren’t allowed to swim here. 35
had been sleeping had been eating had been working

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 pushed
crashed
hadn’t been paying

had been thinking

decided
THANH YOU!