Unit4 Unforgettable experiences
Listening, Hunks Dram lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter. On Oct.17th 1989, a strong earthquake took place and killed over 100 people. Hunk was cut in the earthquake.
1. Listen to part one, then answer these questions in pairs.
Part1.
I will never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was a quarter past five in the afternoon. And I was driving along the road to fetch my daughter from her school. Our plan had been to go swimming together. I had finished work at about 4 o’clock and then gone to the post office. I was driving along a highroad on my way to the school. Over my road was another road for cars going the other way. Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. I slowed down. Then my car started to shake. I didn’t know what was happening. Perhaps something had gone wrong with my car. I drove even slower. Then the road above started to fall down. I stopped the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me.
2. Listen to part2 fill in blanks and write the words in spaces.
Part 2
I found myself in the dark. I couldn’t move. The bottom part of my legs and my feet were hurting badly and I couldn’t move them. All around me was quiet. But below me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I remembered what had happened. It was clear to me now that I had been in an earthquake. For about two hours nobody came. Then I heard people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken road. I called out: “I’m here!” I heard the shout. Soon a stranger climbed beside the bridge near my car. It took them more than twelve hours to get me out of my car and bring me to a hospital. |