Accidents in the Home

SPEAKING ACTIVITY

What You Would do in the Event of ...

• ...a pan on fire.
• ...an open tap flooding the bathroom.
• ...a child drinking a chemical product.
• ...cutting your finger while preparing a vegetable stew.

Focal Points of Danger in the Home

• Students name theirs first:
• My examples:
• Pan
• Iron
• Bath
• Bunk bed
• Medicines
• Gas on, no flame
• Small carpet on polished floor
• TV
• Knife
• Hairdrier
• Balcony
• Window

A Real Life Story

"My mother was speaking on the phone while a piece of meat was cooking on a pan in the kitchen. As my mother spoke the meat got hotter and hotter, until it caught fire-while my mother spoke. She spoke, and spoke and the flames coming from the meat got taller and taller. A neighbour who happened to look out his window saw the flames and ran to the door of my mother's flat-my mother was still on the phone. The neighbour banged on the door and alerted the son of the speaking mother-he had been watching TV. It must have been a very interesting programme because the son had not smelled anything or seen any smoke; only the neighbour. Anyway, the son filled a bucket with water and ... yes!, threw it on the burning mass!! The whole kitchen was black; the mother shocked and crying; the TV deserted; the person at the end of the line ...?