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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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Haha, Zhu Qianfeng, you either didn't understand the script, or you didn't read it properly, or you have decided to apply your own interpretation! If the script that was supplied, was correct, the driver of the car colliding with the Rolls Royce, was a sweet old lady - but your sweet old lady was beautiful too! Does one still get beautiful old ladies?! Oh, now I see, your old lady in your script was actually the short-sighted bystander ...! Oh boy, she's old and she couldn't see clearly .. what a terrible combination for a witness! But, I guess, in your story, the rich man would let the lady in the other car go scot-free as she was beautiful ...! Haha, this can only happen in China! ;-)
But, at least I agree with you that people and the cars involved in an accident should leave the accident scene as quickly as possible so as not to block the traffic any longer (as soon as they have exchanged their personal details). This is what they do in the West if there are no injuries. In China, I noticed, people would block the traffic even for minor accidents involving only small scratches on their vehicles. China still has so much to learn from the developed world! :)
six-year-old grandkid.And thus she has the skills to prevent her and her kid from not being injured.She usually cheat those rich peaple and they will pay for it to avoid trouble.But in this time,the Rolls Royce owner has installed the camera in front of the car.So it recorded all.
And I have went through this thing once and it was happen between a car and a bus I took and they had a collision in a crossing.I was frigtened by it.But the bus driver was really detached and let us get out peacefully and then I realized that there was a camera in front of it.
Time flies fast,but it will always give us influece,and I think we all have already get improved by it,maybe we just don't realized it.Thanks for this time,It's really nice!
Haha Gina, I can see you are living in China ...! No one in his right mind ever causes an accident deliberately ... except in China, I guess, as some people can make money from it! I heard it also often happens when some old people would fake injury while walking in the street, and when a "good Samaritan" helps them, they accuse her/him and extort money from her/him. And in China, people pay, as you mentioned, to avoid further trouble. But I guess your second scenario may help the police to decide who was responsible for the accident (as it happened on your bus)!
Yes YXY, there is a time to teach and learn, and then the time comes to stop teaching and learning ... and our time to stop, is approaching fast. Thank you to the class too; the core of the class (those who were always present) made teaching really pleasant. I think the teacher would miss many of those dear students!
Haha Hui Ying, if that was a real accident with real characters, I think you would have been absolutely correct with your script! And so, another victim of unfairness and dishonesty (a poor old lady in this case) has to pay for a rich man just because he is rich and powerful ..! I think your group must follow your script tomorrow and we'll see how it compares with the others. :)
So Tiffany, did your sympathy with the new 'gorgeous' car moved you to side with the rich man (maybe it was a handsome guy too ...)?! But could you really witness what was happening, as you were killing time on your cell phone, and besides, according to the story, you were short-sighted too?!
I think that the accidient is an usual matter.On the one hand,maybe the owner of the Rolls Royce is driving after drinking.On the other hand,the old lady's eyes can not look clear when she is driving.when they drived to a crossing ,the two car hit each other.And a shortsighted bystander has seen the hole process.
In my opinion,we should be aware of the safety in the road.Only in this way can we embrace our brighter future.
Haha Lu Wenjun, with the development of China, more and more people have cars as the new symbol of wealth! In 1979 there were 1 million cars in China; thirty years later there are 83 million, as a car gets sold in China every 2.3 seconds! And sadly, road accidents also increase in great numbers - more than 100 000 people die annually in China from road accidents.
Well, although you think the old lady's eyes were not good, at least you realize that there is the strong possibility that the driver of the expensive car could have been drinking! That is normally one of the two most common reasons for accidents (the other is speeding).
Wang Yingying, I guess you're going to be the short-sighted witness tomorrow, because you thought the old lady's granddaughter was walking in the street in stead of driving with her grandmother! And I wonder why you (the witness) would protect the rich man?! Oh, and do you think a six-year old girl can really be a reliable witness?!
Haha Hong Jingjing, so you were that little six-year old granddaughter?! Yes, it must have been quite a traumatic experience to you as you've never been in an accident before ... and your grandfather and father never yell at your grandmother or mother ...! So, in one day you experienced an accident (and bumped/banged your head against the windscreen, I think) and a very rude rich man who showed no respect to the elderly! I guess you would always remember that Rolls Royce and that rude people drive such expensive cars ..!
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