UNIT 1
A car accident
I. Listening and reading
Listen
to the text
Read
and translate the text
A car accident
Two
cars were going down Second Street in Lawrence, Kansas. A middle-aged
woman was driving a Chevrolet. Right behind her a teenage student was
driving an old Ford. The woman was driving slowly and carefully. She
wasn’t speeding. The student was driving carelessly. He was
worrying about his classes. He was doing badly in Spanish and
Physics. He was worrying about his final exams, so he wasn’t paying
attention to the road. 
The traffic light was green. A young woman was walking down the street. A cat was sitting on the corner near the traffic light. A dog was sitting on the opposite corner. The dog was thinking about a bone.
Suddenly the dog saw the cat and ran across the road. The woman saw the dog and quickly put her foot on the brakes. But the student didn’t have the time to slow down and the Ford crashed into the Chevrolet. The young woman saw the accident. She called the police. The police and an ambulance came immediately.
II. Notes
Lawrence [ˈlɔːr əns] Лоренс
Kansas [ˈkænzəs] Канзас
Chevrolet [ʃevr əˈleɪ ] Шевроле
Ford [fɔːd] Форд
III. Vocabulary
Two cars were going down the street. |
ехать/ идти по улице Две машины ехали вниз по улице. |
A middle-aged woman was driving a Chevrolet. |
средних лет Женщина средних лет ехала за рулем Шевроле. |
to drive a car to drive slowly [ˈsləʊli] / fast [fɑːst] to drive carefully [ˈkeəfəli] / carelessly [ˈkeələsli] A middle-aged woman was driving slowly and carefully. A teenage student was driving fast and carelessly.
driver [ˈdraɪvə] |
водить машину, ехать за рулем водить машину ехать медленно/ быстро ехать осторожно/ невнимательно
Женщина средних лет ехала медленно и осторожно. Подросток-студент ехал быстро и невнимательно.
водитель |
He shut the door behind him.
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позади, сзади, за Он закрыл за собой дверь. |
The woman wasn’t speeding. |
превышать скорость Женщина не превышала скорости. |
He was worrying about his final [ˈfaɪnəl] exams. |
волноваться/ переживать о ч-л Он переживал по поводу экзаменов. |
He was doing badly in Spanish [ˈspænɪʃ] and Physics [ˈfɪzɪks]. |
плохо / хорошо учиться по Он плохо учился по испанскому языку и физике. |
to pay attention to smth to pay attention to the road He wasn’t paying attention to the road. |
внимание обращать внимание на ч-л/ следить за ч-л следить за дорогой Он не следил за дорогой. |
The traffic light was green. |
светофор Горел зеленый свет светофора. |
at the corner (Br E)/ on the corner (Am E) at/ on the corner of the street in the corner in the corner of the room the opposite [ˈɒpəzɪt] corner |
угол на углу
на углу улицы
в углу в углу комнаты противоположный угол |
broken bone |
кость сломанная кость, перелом |
Suddenly [ˈsʌdnli] the dog saw the cat and ran across the road. |
через дорогу Внезапно собака увидела кошку и побежала через дорогу. |
She quickly put her foot on the brakes. |
тормоза Она надавила на тормоза. |
The Ford crashed into the Chevrolet. car crash [kɑː kræʃ]
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врезаться во ч-л Форд врезался в Шевроле. ДТП, автокатастрофа |
The driver didn’t have the time to slow down. |
снизить скорость, притормозить У водителя не было времени, чтобы снизить скорость. |
A young woman saw the car accident. |
ДТП, автомобильная авария Молодая женщина увидела автомобильную аварию. |
to call the police |
полиция позвонить в полицию |
to call [kɔːl] the ambulance The police and an ambulance came immediately [ɪˈmiːdiətli].
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скорая помощь позвонить в скорую помощь Полиция и скорая помощь прибыли немедленно. |