Lesson 17
In this lesson you will:
read a story about a car accident
discuss the issue of car accidents
among teenagers
learn about ways to avoid car accidents
fill in a chart, answer questions, learn
new words connected with driving and
road safety.
Josey from Minnesota tells her story
Part One
“In the spring of 1998, I was in a car
accident where I was going too fast on a
gravel road and ended up wrapping my car
around a telephone pole. I was told that I
slid sideways down the road for a bit
before hitting the telephone pole.”
gravel road - ) ,דרך חתחתים (משובשתslid – ,החליק
sideway – ,לצד הדרךhitting – ,לפגועpole – עמוד
In the sentence below, Josey described the
way that the accident happened.
“I slid sideways down the road for
a bit before hitting the telephone pole”.
Question no.1
Josey first __________ and then she
______ the telephone pole.
hit / for a bit / slid sideways / down the
road
Part Two
“The pole was right underneath my back
when the car finally stopped and the car’s
steering wheel was jammed up against
my stomach. I don't remember any of it,
but I was lucky that I was driving with my
seat reclined a little.”
steering wheel – הגה stomach – קיבה
reclined – נוטה לאחור
Question No.2
Why did Josey write, “but I was
lucky that I was driving with my
seat reclined a little”.
Question No.2
Why did Josey write, “but I was lucky that I
was driving with my seat reclined a little”.
1) The car stopped moving on the pole
2) The car’s steering wheel jammed up
against the seat
3) When she drove her seat was reclined a
little.
4) The pole was right underneath her back
Part Three
“The steering wheel missed both of my
legs. My seat back broke backwards so I
avoided crushing my head on the ceiling
which fell down. The driver’s side was
facing up towards the sky. At this point I
wriggled out of my seat and pushed myself
off the ceiling. I fell out of the back
passenger window onto the ground.”
wriggled - לנוע, להתפתלcrushing - נמחץ
pushed off - לדחוף ceiling - תקרה
passenger – נוסע
Put the sentences which describe the damage to
the car, one after the other, in the order they
happened.
First, the steering wheel missed both of my
legs. Next, my seat back broke backwards so I
avoided crushing my head on the ceiling, which
then fell down. Finally, the driver’s side fell so it
was facing up towards the sky.
1. The drivers side was facing up towards the sky.
2. The ceiling fell down
3. The seat back broke backwards
Exercise
Choose the correct words from those in
brackets.
Josey (pushed herself off / jammed
herself) the ceiling, ( reclined / wriggled)
out of the )driver’s / passenger’s(
window and fell to the ground.
Part Four
“To make a long story short, people who
passed by and saw my accident called
an ambulance and I was brought to a
nearby hospital. The doctors decided to
fly me to the main County Medical
Center. All this happened on a Thursday
night, on my way home from watching
the Jr. High Band concert.”
to fly me – , להטיס אותיnearby – בקרבת מקום
Josey was transferred from the
nearby hospital to a County
Medical Center because
she was badly hurt.
she was in a life-threatening situation.
it was closer to her home.
the doctors thought that she needed
special treatment.
Part Five
“In the hospital they found out that I had
six broken ribs, five broken vertebrae, a
badly sprained ankle, a cut up tongue,
needed stitches in my elbow, chest tubes
in each lung, and various other things”
ribs – צלעותcut up tongue – לשון חתוכה
vertebrae – חוליותstitches - תפרים
sprained ankle – קרסול נקוע elbow – מרפק
chest tubes – צינורות בבית החזה
each lung – בכל ריאה
Exercise
Make a list of Josey’s body parts that
were injured in the accident.
1_______________________________
2 _______________________________
3 _______________________________
4 _______________________________
Part Six
I was lucky! After stabilizing me, I was not
in a life threatening situation. I stayed in
the hospital only (ONLY!) 10 days.
stabilizing - ייצוב
luck - מזל
life-threatening – סכנת חיים
Josey learned a lesson from the accident:
.
“Something that I've learned
from this: Don't speed,
.
especially on a gravel road
and always wear your seatbelt !!!
IT IS worth it !!! ”
seatbelt – חגורת בטיחות speed - להאיץ
Accidental Statistics
Statistics show that young drivers
are involved in more road traffic
accidents than any other age group.
1999 Statistics
Car Accidents in the United States
There were an estimated 3,200,000 people
injured in car accidents in 1999.
About 41,345 people lost their lives in traffic
accidents in 1999.
Reasons for car accidents by young
drivers:
1) Careless driving
2) Not being patient
3) Not being prepared for the unexpected
4) Politeness
5) Obeying traffic rules
Teenagers involved in car accidents
Car accidents are the leading cause
of death among teenagers in the
United States, accounting for 36% of all
deaths of persons aged 15 to 19 years.
The fatal crash rate per million miles for
16-year-old drivers is more than 7 times
the rate for drivers aged 30 to 59 years.
Let’s go into a site dealing with
teenagers involved in car accidents
and see some pictures of accidents.
http://www.car-
accidents.com/pages/car_accident_pictures_3.html
Go to this site and see
The causes for car accidents
http://hhs.suhsd.k12.ca.us/~albennet/Page_2x.html
Questions:
1) What are the five most important
reasons for car accidents?
Alcohol
Speed
Fatigue
Inexperience
Road Rage
Causes for car accidents
and their consequences
Speed kills!!! It
limits the ability to react according
to the conditions of the road.
takes away the ability to control
the steering wheel and
thus to control the car
causes severe injuries and death.
You need to stay focused
when you are behind the wheel.
Do not drive
if you are not able to
estimate the condition of the road,
especially when an unexpected
situation occurs.
drive according the traffic laws.
DRINKING
KEEPS YOU FROM
THINKING!
You are not able to think clearly
Your reactions are too slow.
You lose control of the car.
Your eye sight becomes blurred
Fatigue and driving don’t mix
Fatigue causes fatalities
Fatigue makes you fall asleep
Fatigue makes you unable to control
the car
Fatigue makes you unable to
think clearly
Road Rage causes
violent behavior
irrational behavior
the loss of control of the car
Write the reasons for
road rage according to
your order of priorities
In this lesson we
read a story about a car accident.
learned new words connected
with road accidents.
learned about the main reasons
for car accidents.
discussed ways to avoid car accidents.
answered questions and quizzes.