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1.2. Discuss the following questions with your friends.
a. Have you seen a road accident? When and where?
How many people were killed and injured?
b. Is any of your relatives injured or deceased in any type
of accident? Who?
c. Have you seen the fire alarms? When are they used?
d. Passengers are likely to be burnt in plane crash. What
are sailors in ship wreck likely to be?
1.3. Now say aloud:
a. Accidents can not be foreseen.
b. Life is short. It should not be taken for granted.
c. We should value our life.
2 Reading Time
Read the real story below and do the activities.
near deaTh
On July 19, 2005, on my brother’s birthday, I was in an accident.
When I woke up that morning, I knew something was not going
to be right. I knew something bad was going to happen, but I
got in to the truck anyway. Something told me not to, but I did
not follow that feeling. I still wish to this day I had.
I went off Highway 20 in Ukiah, California above the Kayen
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