Unit 11 Emergency

Unit 11 Page 102 READING exercise 5 Miracle, UNDERGROUND It was 23 June, 2018. Twelve members of the Wild Boars football team and their coach stood in front of the entrance to the Tham Luang cave in Northern Thailand. The boys, aged between 11 and 16, had finished training for the day and they decided to explore the cave. They left their bikes outside and took their torches and some snacks inside with them. It would be more than two weeks before the group saw daylight again. The Tham Luang cave stretches 10 km into the mountain with a network of chambers, narrow passages and tunnels. Parts of the cave have been explored, but much of it hasn't. Inside there is no phone signal, so contact with the outside world is impossible. The first kilometre is open to the public, but only until June. In the rainy season from July to November it becomes extremely dangerous because the whole system quickly fills with water. And in June 2018 the rain came early. When the boys failed to come home that evening, their parents contacted the police. Finding the bikes outside the cave, the police soon realised where they were, but they also knew that rainwater had flooded the caves. The boys and their coach were trapped somewhere inside and were in great danger. At 4 am the next morning, Thai divers tried to start searching the cave, but it was soon clear that they did not have the equipment or experience they needed. News of the emergency soon spread. Within days experts from countries all over the world had arrived at the cave as they hoped to help rescue the group. For days an international team of divers searched deep into the caves but found no sign of the group. Then, at last, on the tenth day, two British divers arrived in a new chamber where they saw 13 figures sitting on a shelf of rock above the water. The boys and their coach were very thin and weak, but they were alive. The celebrations, though, were short. The divers knew the boys weren't out of danger yet and that the rescue would be extremely difficult. They had 13 young people with no diving experience to bring to safety through 4 km of dark narrow passages. Furthermore, heavy rain was predicted and water levels would soon be rising. If they weren't brought out soon, it would be impossible to save them. A team of experts worked night and day to plan the rescue. Each boy, dressed in a wetsuit and with a supply of oxygen, was taken underwater by a diver through the flooded chambers. The divers were guided by ropes to avoid losing their way and they kept checking the air bubbles to make sure the boys were breathing. In other parts of the cave, the boys lay on plastic stretchers which were pushed with great difficulty through the narrow spaces. It took three days to get everyone to safety and the last person was brought out just as the water levels in the cave started to rise quickly. It was a miracle – all 13 members of the Wild Boars had survived.

第十一单元 第102页 阅读练习5 奇迹，地下 那是2018年6月23日。 野猪足球队的12名队员和他们的教练 站在泰国北部Tham Luang洞穴入口前。 这些男孩年龄在11至16岁之间， 他们已经完成了一天的训练，决定去洞穴探险。 他们把自行车停在外面，把火把和一些小吃带了进去。 过了两个多星期，这群人才再次看到曙光。 Tham Luang洞穴绵延10公里，有一个由洞穴、狭窄通道和隧道组成的网络。 洞穴的一部分已经被探索过，但大部分还没有。 里面没有电话信号，所以不可能与外界联系。 第一公里对公众开放，但只开放到6月。 在7月至11月的雨季，它变得极其危险，因为整个系统很快就会充满水。 2018年6月，雨来得很早。 当男孩们那天晚上没有回家时，他们的父母联系了警察。 警察在洞穴外找到了自行车，很快意识到它们在哪里， 但他们也知道雨水已经淹没了洞穴。 男孩们和他们的教练被困在里面的某个地方，处于极大的危险之中。 第二天凌晨4点，泰国潜水员试图开始搜索洞穴， 但很快很明显，他们没有所需的设备或经验。 紧急情况的消息很快传开了。 几天之内，来自世界各国的专家就抵达了这个洞穴 因为他们希望帮助营救这群人。 几天来，一个国际潜水员小组一直在洞穴深处搜寻，但没有发现该组织的踪迹。 最后，在第十天，两名英国潜水员抵达了一个新的舱室 他们看到13个人坐在水面上的岩石架上。 男孩们和他们的教练都很瘦弱，但他们还活着。 然而，庆祝活动很短暂。 潜水员知道这些男孩还没有脱离危险，救援将非常困难。 他们让13名没有潜水经验的年轻人通过4公里黑暗狭窄的通道安全抵达。 此外，预计会有大雨，水位很快就会上升。 如果他们不尽快被带出来，就不可能救他们。 一个专家小组日以继夜地计划救援。 每个男孩都穿着潜水服，有氧气供应， 被潜水员带到水下，穿过被淹没的舱室。 潜水员由绳索引导，以免迷路 他们不停地检查气泡，以确保男孩们还在呼吸。 在洞穴的其他地方，男孩们躺在塑料担架上 它们被艰难地推过狭窄的空间。 花了三天时间才把所有人带到安全地带，最后一个人被带了出来 就在洞穴里的水位开始迅速上升的时候。 这是一个奇迹——野猪的13名成员全部幸存下来。

Page 104 PRONUNCIATION exercise 1 Hi, Jane! It's good to see you. What have you been up to? I've been travelling. I've been to so many places, I couldn't name them all! Wow, that's exciting. Did you go to Germany? Well ... that's one place I didn't get to. I went to France and Spain, though. Page 104 PRONUNCIATION exercise 3 Hi, Jane! It's good to see you. What have you been up to? I've been travelling. I've been to so many places, I couldn't name them all! Wow, that's exciting. Did you go to Germany? Well ... that's one place I didn't get to. I went to France and Spain, though. Page 105 LISTENING exercise 8 and 9 We asked you, our listeners, to send us your favourite fables – you know, stories with a moral, where we learn a lesson about life. We've received some great fables from you and now we're reading one every day as part of the podcast series. Today's suggestion is from Jeff in Derby. He has sent us the classic fable of Androcles and the Lion. So here it goes: Once upon a time in ancient Rome there was a slave called Androcles whose master was cruel and treated him badly. One day Androcles managed to escape and went to the forest to hide. While he was walking through the trees, he came across a lion lying on the ground under some trees. His first thought was to turn and run, but then he noticed that the lion was making strange noises and showed no interest in harming him. Androcles walked closer to the lion who held out his paw to him. The paw was purple and swollen. Androcles took it in his hand so as to see what the problem was and he discovered that there was a sharp thorn deep in the lion's paw. Very gently Androcles took hold of the thorn and pulled it out. The lion stood up and licked the hand of the man who had helped him. He then led Androcles to his cave. For days after, the lion looked after Androcles and brought him meat to eat. Some time later, both Androcles and the lion were captured and taken to the town. Androcles was returned to his master and the lion was kept in a cage for days without food in order to make him as hungry as possible. Androcles' master wanted to punish him for running away and decided to throw him to the lions. On the day of the public execution Androcles was led out into the arena. There were many people there to see the event, including the emperor himself. The gates were opened and the lion came running out into the arena towards Androcles. But instead of attacking the poor slave, the lion stopped and lay down on the ground in front of him – he had recognised his friend from the forest. The emperor was amazed by what he had seen and asked for Androcles to be brought to him. When the slave told him his story, the emperor decided that Androcles should be a free man. And he also decided that the lion should be free to return to his cave in the forest. So, there you are. And the moral of the story? I think it's that a true friend never forgets. What do you think of this story? Post your comments on our website ...

第104页 拨款练习1 嗨，简！很高兴见到你。你最近在忙什么？ 我一直在旅行。 我去过这么多地方，都叫不出来了！ 哇，太令人兴奋了。你去德国了吗？ 好。..那是一个我没有去的地方。 我去了法国和西班牙。 第104页 拨款练习3 嗨，简！很高兴见到你。你最近在忙什么？ 我一直在旅行。 我去过这么多地方，都叫不出来了！ 哇，太令人兴奋了。你去德国了吗？ 好。..那是一个我没有去的地方。 我去了法国和西班牙。 第105页 听力练习8和9 我们请你，我们的听众，把你最喜欢的寓言发给我们—— 你知道，有道德的故事，我们从中吸取了关于生活的教训。 我们收到了你的一些精彩寓言 现在，我们每天都会阅读一篇播客，作为播客系列的一部分。 今天的建议来自德比的杰夫。 他给我们寄来了《安德罗克勒与狮子》的经典寓言。 原来如此：很久以前，在古罗马，有一个名叫安德洛克勒斯的奴隶 他的主人很残忍，对他很不好。 有一天，安德洛克勒斯设法逃脱，前往森林躲藏。 当他穿过树林时，他遇到一只狮子躺在几棵树下的地上。 他的第一个想法是转身逃跑， 但后来他注意到狮子在发出奇怪的声音，并没有表现出伤害他的兴趣。 安德洛克勒斯走近向他伸出爪子的狮子。 爪子又紫又肿。 安德洛克勒斯把它拿在手里，想看看有什么问题 他发现狮子爪子深处有一根尖锐的刺。 安德洛克勒斯非常温柔地抓住刺，把它拔了出来。 狮子站起来，舔了舔帮助他的人的手。 然后，他把安德洛克勒斯带到了他的洞穴。 在那之后的几天里，狮子一直照顾安德洛克勒斯，给他带肉吃。 一段时间后，安德洛克勒斯和狮子都被捕并被带到镇上。 安德洛克勒斯被送回主人身边，狮子被关在笼子里好几天没有食物 为了让他尽可能地饿。 安德洛克勒斯的主人想惩罚他逃跑，决定把他扔给狮子。 在公开处决的那天，安德洛克勒斯被带到了竞技场。 有很多人在那里观看这场活动，包括皇帝本人。 大门打开了，狮子跑进竞技场，朝安德洛克勒斯跑去。 但他没有攻击可怜的奴隶， 狮子停下来，躺在他面前的地上—— 他认出了他在森林里的朋友。 皇帝对他所看到的感到惊讶，并要求将安德罗克勒斯带到他面前。 当奴隶告诉他他的故事时，皇帝决定安德洛克勒斯应该是一个自由人。 他还决定让狮子自由地回到森林里的洞穴。 那么，你来了。这个故事的寓意是什么？ 我认为真正的朋友永远不会忘记。 你觉得这个故事怎么样？在我们的网站上发表您的评论。..

Page 106 READING exercise 2 EMERGENCY? What emergency? An emergency service should be exactly that: a service that you phone in an emergency. You might need to call an ambulance if you're in a car accident or the police if you see a crime happening. But some people phone the emergency services for such unimportant reasons that it's hard to believe these calls are real. Then again, there are some strange people out there, so perhaps it isn't really so surprising that the emergency services get some unusual calls. 1 One football fan was so angry that his team, Manchester United, had lost an extremely important match that he phoned the emergency services after the match and demanded to speak to the team's manager, Sir Alex Ferguson. 2 There was also a man who phoned the police after his son refused to get off his game console late at night. He said they'd had such a bad argument that he wanted them to come and put the boy to bed. 3 One woman couldn't find her glasses and thought the emergency services might help. She complained that she was trying to peel potatoes, but her eyesight was so bad that she couldn't see what she was doing. 4 Once, a man dialled 999 when he found that his snowman had gone missing. He had left his house for five hours to find that it had gone when he returned. He said he was really angry and wanted the police to check CCTV footage of the area. 5 The emergency services received a call from a woman to tell them that she had such a bad memory that she couldn't remember the password for her computer. She was so disappointed when they explained that they couldn't help her. 6 When one man's friend threw his shoes onto a supermarket roof as a joke, he phoned 999 and asked if the fire engine could come and help him get them down. He even offered to climb up to the roof himself if they could just bring a ladder. 7 One woman called up to complain that her husband was such a lazy man because he wouldn't bring her her dinner while she sat and watched TV. 8 Finally, one time a woman was so upset about a squirrel in her garden that didn't have any nuts that she phoned to say she wanted the emergency services to find someone to bring it some food. She was worried it would starve. These calls are amusing to read about, but they can have very serious consequences. 'It's such a waste of time! Every call takes about a minute,' said one man who works in the call centre for the emergency services. 'Perhaps that doesn't sound a very long time, but in that one minute, other people are calling who really have an emergency. And for them, a minute might be extremely important.' So let's get serious: please THINK before you call the emergency services. And, of course, remember that you should never phone them with information that's untrue – it's irresponsible and it's also illegal.

第106页 阅读练习2 紧急情况？什么紧急情况？ 紧急服务应该是这样的：你在紧急情况下打电话的服务。 如果你出了车祸，你可能需要叫救护车 如果你看到犯罪发生，也可以报警。 但有些人因为这些不重要的原因打电话给紧急服务 很难相信这些电话是真的。 再说一次，外面有一些奇怪的人， 因此，紧急服务部门接到一些不寻常的电话或许并不奇怪。 1一位球迷非常生气，他的球队曼联队， 他输掉了一场非常重要的比赛，赛后他打电话给了紧急服务部门 并要求与球队经理亚历克斯·弗格森爵士交谈。 还有一个人给警察打了电话 在他儿子深夜拒绝下游戏机之后。 他说他们的争吵太激烈了，他想让他们来把男孩哄上床。 3一位女士找不到她的眼镜，认为紧急服务可能会有所帮助。 她抱怨说她想削土豆皮， 但她的视力太差了，看不清自己在做什么。 4有一次，一名男子拨打999，发现他的雪人不见了。 他离开家五个小时，回来时发现房子不见了。 他说他真的很生气，希望警方检查该地区的闭路电视录像。 5急救人员接到一位女士的电话，告诉他们她的记忆力很差 她不记得电脑的密码了。 当他们解释说他们帮不了她时，她非常失望。 6当一个男人的朋友开玩笑地把他的鞋子扔到超市屋顶上时， 他打电话给999，问消防车是否可以过来帮他把它们弄下来。 他甚至提出，如果他们能带梯子，他愿意自己爬上屋顶。 一位女士打电话来抱怨她的丈夫太懒了 因为当她坐着看电视时，他不会给她带晚餐。 最后，有一次，一个女人因为花园里一只没有坚果的松鼠而非常沮丧 她打电话说她想让紧急服务部门找人给她带些食物。 她担心它会饿死。 这些电话读起来很有趣，但它们可能会产生非常严重的后果。 “真是浪费时间！每次通话大约需要一分钟 一名在紧急服务呼叫中心工作的男子说。 “也许这听起来不是很长时间，但在那一分钟里， 其他人正在打电话，他们真的有紧急情况。 对他们来说，一分钟可能非常重要。” 所以，让我们认真对待：在拨打紧急服务电话之前，请三思而后行。 当然，记住，你永远不应该给他们打电话，告诉他们不真实的信息—— 这是不负责任的，也是非法的。

Page 108 Culture exercise 2 The Great ESCAPE After many tragedies, there are always stories of people who have shown an amazing ability to survive. Here are two stories which remind us that miracles can happen. On 5 August, 2010, the San Jose copper and gold mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile collapsed and 33 miners were trapped underground. The mine had a poor safety record and there were fears that the missing men wouldn't come out alive. A rescue team immediately began drilling into the ground where it was thought the men might be. On Day 17, when the drill was brought out of the ground, there was a note taped to it. In bright red letters it read: 'We are alive and well in the shelter, all 33 of us.' It was the news the whole country had been waiting for and the Chilean government promised to bring them out alive. For the next seven weeks, rescue teams from all over the world worked together to drill a hole big enough to bring out the men, who were waiting 700 metres below the ground. It was a long, difficult and dangerous job, but on 13 October, more than a billion people around the world watched live on TV as the first of the miners was finally brought above ground. Twenty-four hours later, the last miner, number 33, was reunited with his family and friends. In June 2013, a rescue diver was swimming through the wreck of the tugboat Jascon-4 when he got an enormous shock: a hand reached out and grabbed his leg. The ship had sunk two and a half days earlier and was now lying 30 metres below the surface of the water. The diver, who was part of a team looking for the bodies of the 13 crew members, hadn't expected to find anyone alive. But one man had managed to survive. Twenty-nine-year-old Harrison Okene from Nigeria was the ship's cook. When the ship got into trouble in rough seas and started turning over, Okene found an air pocket and put his head in it. As the ship sank towards the sea floor, he expected the pocket to fill with water, but it didn't. Despite the freezing water and having nothing to eat or drink, Okene had enough air to breathe. There was nothing he could do except wait. Sixty hours after the ship went down, Okene heard knocking and knew that rescue teams had entered the ship. He still wasn't safe, and a complicated plan was needed to bring him slowly to the surface. Unfortunately, none of the other crew members survived. But for one man, the tragedy had ended with a miracle.

第108页 文化练习2 大逃亡 在许多悲剧之后，总有一些人表现出惊人的生存能力。 这里有两个故事提醒我们奇迹是可能发生的。 2010年8月5日，智利阿塔卡马沙漠的圣何塞铜金矿坍塌 33名矿工被困在地下。 该矿的安全记录很差，人们担心失踪人员不会活着出来。 救援队立即开始在人们认为这些人可能所在的地下钻孔。 第17天，当钻机从地里钻出来时，上面贴着一张纸条。 上面用鲜红的字母写着： “我们33个人在避难所里都活得很好。” 这是全国人民都在等待的消息 智利政府承诺将他们活捉出来。 在接下来的七周里，来自世界各地的救援队 他们一起钻了一个足够大的洞，把那些人带出来， 他们在地下700米处等着。 这是一项漫长、困难和危险的工作， 但在10月13日，全世界有超过10亿人在电视上观看了直播 第一批矿工终于被抬出地面。 24小时后，最后一名矿工33号与家人和朋友团聚。 2013年6月，一名救援潜水员在Jascon-4号拖船残骸中游泳 当他大吃一惊时：一只手伸出来抓住了他的腿。 这艘船两天半前就沉没了 现在躺在水面下30米处。 潜水员是寻找13名船员尸体的团队的一员， 没想到会找到活着的人。 但有一个人设法活了下来。 来自尼日利亚的29岁的Harrison Okene是这艘船的厨师。 当船在波涛汹涌的海面上遇到麻烦并开始翻船时， Okene找到一个气囊，把头伸进里面。 当船沉入海底时， 他以为口袋里会装满水，但事实并非如此。 尽管水很冷，没有东西吃或喝，但奥科尼有足够的空气呼吸。 除了等待，他什么也做不了。 船沉没60小时后，Okene听到敲门声，知道救援队已经进入船内。 他仍然不安全，需要一个复杂的计划才能慢慢浮出水面。 不幸的是，其他船员都没有幸存下来。 但对一个人来说，悲剧以奇迹告终。