Урок 39. Emergency services
Предмет: Английский язык, 9 класс

9 класс. Lesson 39.

Emergency services

In this lesson

you will learn to talk about emergency services.
you will practise using the right intonation and conversational formulas in speech.

Ключевые слова: emergency service, rescue, ambulance, police, coastguard, cave rescue, mountain rescue, fire, volunteer, hold the line, put through.

Речевой материал: emergency service, rescue, ambulance, police, coastguard, cave rescue, mountain rescue, fire, volunteer, hold the line, put through.

Can I speak to…? Could you put me through? Could/Would you…? Can I have….? Just a moment, please. Please, hold the line. Stay on the line, please.

Основное содержание урока

In Britain you can dial 999 in emergency situation. You should tell the operator which of the following emergency services you want: fire, police, ambulance, coastguard, mountain rescue or cave rescue.

You should tell the emergency operator:

the trouble
the incident scene your contact number

Never make a false call. You risk the lives of others who really need help and it`s against law. 112 is used across the European Union to contact he emergency services.

Pay attention to the following word combinations:

Rescue teams-команда спасателей

Maritime pollution-загрязнение моря

Accident prevention-профилактика аварий

Rescue helicopters-спасательные вертолёты

Towing ships-буксиры

Patrol boats- патрульные катера

The following phrases can be useful for making calls:

Asking:

Can I speak to… please?
Could you put me through to…,please?

Responding:

Just a moment, please.
Please, hold on the line.
Stay on the line, please.

Requesting:

Would/Could you, please…?
Can I have…?
Please, send help as soon as possible.
Please, come as quickly as you can.

Read the phrases from a telephone conversation. What is it about?

A: Which service do you require?

B: Ambulance, please.

A: Please, hold the line.

B: The man is lying in the road unconscious.

A: The ambulance will be there as soon as possible.

B: OK, I`ll do that.

Тренировочные упражнения

1 Translate the sentences into Russian.

1 There are 19 rescue centres in the UK.

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2 Most rescues take place at sea.

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3 Dave`s rescue centre responds to 24 calls each day.

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4 Most emergencies involve swimmers.

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5 HM Coastguards has four helicopters.

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6 The Coastguard Rescue Service`s volunteers know a lot about the area where they live.

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2 Choose the right variant.

1 The man is calling the [ambulance], [police], [coastguard].

2 The operator connects the man with [ambulance service], [mountain rescue], [cave rescue].

3 The man has called to report that [a car has knocked a man], [a car has knocked a woman], [a car has knocked a child].

4 [A man], [a girl], [a boy] is hurt.

5 The operator tells the man not [to move], [to touch], [to help] the man.

3 Rearrange the letters to make up the words.

odar

_______________

reorrn

______________

ikebrotom

______________

bumanalce

______________

4 Translate the words into Russian.

Fire	______________
Police	______________
Ambulance	______________
Coastguard	______________
Mountain rescue	______________
Cave rescue	______________

5 Fill in the words in the right form: emergency, respond, volunteers, service, risk, hold on.

1 People who have who work without money are called _____________.

2 An operator _____________ the call in the rescue centre.

3 You should dial 999 in _____________ cases.

4 When you make a false call you _____________ the lives of other people who need help at the moment.

5 Which _____________ do you require?

6 Please, _____________the line.

6 Match the words and their meanings.

1 knock off	a) вовлекать

2 put through	b) сбить

3 involve	c) требовать

4 call	d) сообщить

5 move	e) соединить

6 require	f) звонить

7 connect	g) связывать

8 report	h) требовать

7 Complete the dialogue with the corresponding words.

Alice: Hello, Bill! You look scared. What`s the ___________?

Bill: I`ve just seen a ___________ in the forest. I guess I must inform somebody, maybe police.

Alice: No, you should call ___________ service.

Bill: What number must I ___________?

Alice: It`s 999! ___________ where you are and what the trouble is.

Bill: OK, I`ll do that.

8 Cross out the wrong word.

1 [Cave rescue], [mountain rescue], [ambulance],[restaurant] are emergency services.

2 Wait for the operator to [put through], [report], [connect], [help] you.

3 An ambulance will be there [as soon as possible], [in a minute], [in a day], [immediately].

4 112 is used to [contact], [call], [dial], [help] the emergency services across the European Union.

5 Coastguard service has got [helicopters], [patrol boats], [trains], [rescue teams] to save people.

Контрольные задания

Вариант 1

1 Translate the phrases into Russian.

Can I speak to…?

Could you put me through?

Can I have….?

Stay on the line, please.

Just a moment, please.

2 Choose the right variant.

1 Making false calls is against [law], [people], [policemen].

2 The [number], [cover], [display] of my phone is 2630846.

3 The man was lying [unconscious], [happy], [singing] on the road.

4 What is the [nature], [beginning], [price] of the emergency?

5 Did you call the [police], [railway station], [radio station]?

3 Match the words with their meanings. One is extra.

1 rescue team	a) загрязнение моря

2 maritime pollution	b) спасательный вертолет

3 rescue centre	c) спасательная команда

4 rescue helicopter	d) морская авария

e) центр спасения

Вариант 2

1 Translate the phrases into Russian.

Please, hold the line.

Could/would you please …?

Please, send help as soon as possible.

Please, come as quickly as you can.

What`s the matter?

2 Choose the right variant.

1 When you see a house on fire, call [fire service], [cave rescue], [mountain rescue].

2 What exactly has [happened], [opened], [closed]?

3 A car has just [knocked], [touched], [moved] the man.

4 Most emergencies [involve], [need], [provide] rescue teams.

5 The operator [connects], [saves], [phones] people.

3 Match the words with their meanings. One is extra.

1 patrol boat	a) аварийный сигнал

2 accident prevention	b) береговая охрана

3 towing ship	c) патрульный катер

4 coast guard	d) техника безопасности

e) буксирующее судно