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(2) Class activity: Describing a car accident.
We'll divide into 7 or 8 small groups and follow the script in the attachment. At the end of the role plays, each group will report back to the class about the outcome of the accident report.
M - W15b - Role play - car accident.rtf
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Thank you, Katrina!
3 years ago~
I knew you didn't check what you were writing as it is impossible for a 3-year old to ride an e-bike (but I had to go along with what you wrote)!
Men Yaqiong, in a perfect society, I guess one can rely on honesty from the police! But I wonder if there are any honest and fair policemen left in today's world of corruption and dishonesty?! If you know of one, please tell me as I would like to meet him personally! ;-)
Wu Ting, nobody died in this accident; so, how can there be a killer?! Anyhow, a killer only exist when somebody killed another person on purpose, and not in a car accident (accept where government agents deliberately drive into another vehicles to kill that person). But also, it appears to me that you are not completely in touch with society today (maybe because you're a student), because it is mostly the rich and the powerful who drive as if they own the roads and cause accidents! The fact that the driver of the smart car is rich, doesn't mean he is innocent! Poor old mom; hope you would have some sympathy with her in your role play today!
You are correct about the rate of road accidents increasing, Zhang Tianjiao. I read that China has more than 100 000 deaths every year from road accidents. And too many accidents happen from speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol. So sad, but a reality today. And if you bear in mind that China has the world's largest car sales market (selling a new car every 2.3 seconds), then this carnage on the roads would continue for some time to come ...
so if there have a accident, I want to play a policewoman ,according the bystanders described the accident that the old lady didn't stop the car when the traffic light is red,and he saw the old lady was calling the telephone.the old lady's granddoughter just said she didn't notice.then the old lady said the trffic is green when she pass the road,
we shouldn't just judge these people to who's dupty ,while watch the monintor.
Song Guangxia, if the people don't get their driving licenses, how do they get permission to drive cars on the roads then?! If one buys a car in the western countries, you have to produce a valid drivers license first before you can own the car. So, it looks like people are allowed to drive cars in China without valid drivers licenses, right?! I wonder if the biggest problem is not that the police are not doing their work to apply the traffic laws! Haha, you said the old lady was on the cell phone ...! Are you sure?! I think most young people do that and not the old people! I would not be surprised that the rich man was also on his phone!
Haha, Ying Haiyang, you have quite a different scenario from all the others in your class as not one thought the bystander could also be the one causing the accident! So, I wonder what she/he would tell the police as she/he has to protect her/himself! Shame, now she/he would probably accuse the old lady for causing the accident! But on the other hand, I think the bystander would rather disappear before the police arrive at the scene!
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