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 ...?
