unit4publictransportprojectpreventingtrafficaccidents whatdothetwopicturestellus let sdiscussthefollowingquestions whatshouldyoupayattentiontowhenyougoschoolbybike whatdoyouneedtodotoavoidaccidentsonyourwaytoschoolonfoot ifyouareabusdriver whatdoyouthinkyoushouldorshouldn tdowhenyoudrivestudentstotheirschool whatarethepossiblereasonsforthetrafficaccident whatdoyouthinkshouldbedonetoavoidatrafficaccident trafficaccidentsandroadsafety fromthetitle whatinformationdoyouthinkthereadingpassagewillgiveus thecausesoftrafficaccidentsandhowtobesafeontheroad readthearticlecarefullyandfindanswerstofirstfourquestionsinpartb 1whataresomeofthecausesoftrafficaccidentsinvolvingvehicles 2howdoaccidentsinvolvingbicycleshappen 3ifyouarecyclingatnight whatshouldyoualwaysdo 4whatshouldallpedestriansdo answers1trafficaccidentsinvolvingvehiclesaremainlycausedbydriverswhomakeincorrectactions suchasnotpayingattentionwhiledriving beingimpatientinatrafficjam speakinginamobilephonewhiledriving drinkingalcohol speedingandsoon 2accidentsinvolvingbicyclesareusuallycausedbecausecyclistsarenotpayingattentiontothecarsaroundthem orcarryingapassenger sometimesaccidentsoccurwithbicycleswhenthebrakesontheirbicyclesdonotworkproperlyortheirbicyclesdonotuselightsatnight 3thereshouldbealightonthebicycle 4pedestriansshouldalwayscrossroadsonacrossing whilecrossing theyshouldlookbothwaysandlistenforcars let scheckyourunderstandingofthereadingpassagebymorequestions 1whatisthepurposeofthenotice thenoticeisaimedatincreasingpeople sawarenessofthetrafficproblem 2whatisthemostcommoncauseofaccidents drivers notpayingattention 3whyisitdangerousfordriverstospeakonmobilephones becausespeakingonthephonerequiresconcentrationandtakesadriver sattentionfromtheroad 4cancyclistsrideonthepavement why not no theycan t becauseridingonthepavementcanbedangeroustopedestrians theyshouldwalknexttotheirbicycles 5whatcanwedotopreventaccidents pedestrians cyclistsanddriversshouldallobeytrafficlightsandmakesurethatweavoidaccidentsbypayingattentiontoroadsafety readthearticleagainandcompletethefollowingnotes inordertopreventaccidents driversshould payattentiontothesurroundingtraffic bepatientinatrafficjam notspeakonamobilephone notdrinkalcohol notdrivetoofast inordertopreventaccidents cyclistsshould alwaysobeytrafficlaws payattentiontothecarsthatsurroundthem notcarryapassenger havealightonthebicycleatnight keepthebicycleingoodcondition inordertopreventaccidents pedestriansshould alwayscrossroadsonacrossing neverignoretrafficlights partbworkingroupsoffourorsixtodiscussthequestions5 8inpartb writedownyouranswers thenonestudentfromeachgrouppresentsyouranswertotheclass othergroupscangiveyourcomments exercisesinclass completethesentenceswithproperwordsorphrasesfromthearticleonpages62 63ofyourbook changetheformwherenecessary 1therewere39 000newcaseslastyear an of7percent 2heisstillstandingunderthetree not thedanger 3myfatherwas fordangerousdrivingyesterday 4hehasbeen fromhisjobfordishonesty increase awareof fined dismissed 5itwouldbe toignorethesewarnings 6leavingyourhouseunlockedisanopen toburglars 7thewesternpartofchinaisingreat ofteachers 8wheneveryoucomeintohisroom itisalways irresponsible invitation need orderly 9ifoundithardtofollowwhattheteacherwassaying andeventuallyilost 10in cases thediseasecanleadtoblindness concentration extreme languagepoints 1 thenumberofroadaccidentsandthedeathsarisingfromthoseaccidentshasincreasedgreatlyoverthepastyear p62 arisev i arose arisen tohappen shouldtheopportunityarise i dlovetogotochina couldyouworkonsaturday shouldtheneedarise ifitweretobenecessary arethereanymattersarisingfrom causedby thelastmeeting 2 thisnoticeisaimedatincreasingpeople sawarenessoftheproblembecauseithasbecomequiteextreme p62 aimatsth toplan hope intendtoachievesth thetalksareaimingatacompromise doing thegovernment scampaignisaimedatinfluencingpublicopinion awareadj knowingthatsth exists 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determinedtowinorsucceedandusingforcefulactiontoachievevictoryorsuccess anaggressiveelectioncampaignaggressivemarketingtactics overtakev overtook overtaken vt togobeyondsth bybeingagreateramountordegree ourussaleshavenowovertakenoursalesineurope we dplannedtoholdameetingtomorrow buteventshaveovertakenus thingshavechanged 2 vt vi tocomefrombehindanothervehicleorapersonandmoveinfrontofit alwayscheckyourrearviewmirrorbeforeyouovertake anothercar 5 recentlythenumberofpeoplefinedforspeakingontheirmobilephoneswhiledrivinghasincreasedby30percent p62 finen c anamountofmoneythathastobepaidasapunishmentfornotobeyingaruleorlaw themaximumpenaltyfortheoffenceisa 1000fine iffoundguilty hefacessixmonthsinjailandaheavy severe fine vt driverswhoexceedthespeedlimitcanexpecttobefinedheavily twoobjects theyfinedhim 100forusingthreateningbehavior 6 ifyoudriveafteryouhaveconsumedalcoholicdrinks youareviolatingthelawandriskingyourownlifeaswellasthelivesofothers p62 consumevt 1 tousefuel energyortime 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