没有的事[09:21.80]She gave up the baby,
[09:23.48]then asked if any of the men there would come back with her [09:26.43]to help others trapped in the building.
[09:28.49]No one came forward,
[09:30.53]for they were all afraid of that swaying ceiling.
[09:33.65]But for Krimali,
[09:35.30]a small girl of 154 centimeters in height and weighing about 50 kilos, [09:41.06]her fears had been lifted by what she had accomplished. [09:44.59]On her way back into the ruins, she saw part of a large door. [09:48.85]It was extremely heavy
[09:50.61]but she managed to drag it to the spot just below the hanging ceiling. [09:54.87]By placing it on the ruins,
[09:57.03]she created something like a sliding board.
[09:59.77]With Krimali coaching her,
[10:01.88]the baby's mother partly jumped
[10:03.91]and partly rolled down the board to the ground level. [10:06.96]Krimali led her through the debris to her baby.
[10:10.05]In the hours that followed
[10:12.36]Krimali made countless rescue missions into the building, [10:15.32]each time in the shadow of the huge ceiling.
[10:18.15]Thanks to her courage, about two dozen men,
[10:21.65]women and children were saved.
[10:24.69]Speaking Tasks
[10:28.87]Pair Work
[10:30.83]Reflections on the texts
[10:33.76]You have just heard a story about how Krimali, a girl of 17, [10:38.02]showed unusual courage
[10:39.75]and single-handedly saved about two dozen people
[10:42.83]trapped in an earthquake-devastated building.
[10:45.89]Discuss the following questions with your partner
[10:48.48]and then give an oral presentation of your reflections on the story. [10:52.58]You may organize your presentation by linking up your answers to the questions.
[10:58.48]Guiding Questions
[11:02.39]About Krimali and her courage
[11:06.70]1. Do you think Krimali is a hero?
[11:12.66]2. What quality did she show immediately after the earthquake struck? [11:20.25]3. What did she decide to do while others screamed and did not know what to do?
[11:28.80]4. What were the dangers that Krimali faced in order to make her way to safety?
[11:37.39]5. Did the dangers intimidate her?
[11:43.03]6. What quality did Krimali show
[11:46.13]in her decision to help others trapped in the building? [11:52.09]7. Do you think Krimali had the responsibility [11:55.83]to go back to the ruins and rescue the others?
[12:01.03]8. How many lives were saved thanks to her courage?
[12:07.16]9. Do you admire her? Why?
[12:13.77]About the men who refused to help with Krimali's rescue effort [12:19.53]1. How did the men outside respond to Krimali's call for help?
[12:27.01]2. Do you think they were cowards?
[12:32.45]3. Did the courage of a 17-year-old motivate them to help? [12:39.65]4. What can be said about them judging from their actions? [12:46.32]5. What quality did they lack that Krimali had? [12:53.57]6. Do you think their behavior was justifiable? [13:00.02]7. Do you think their behavior should be encouraged?
[00:00.00]Part C
[00:01.70]Test Your Listening
[00:03.95]Listen to the passage
[00:05.85]and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. [00:09.04]When the first plane slammed into the World Trade Center's north tower, [00:15.14]I was already at my desk on the 88th floor.
[00:18.95]Then I felt the whole building bouncing, shaking.
[00:23.27]My instinct told me that there was an explosion above us
[00:27.09]and that we should try to get out,
[00:29.04]but the corridors were full of flames.
[00:31.77]Knowing that the furniture and the carpets were fire-resistant, [00:36.24]I figured that everything wasn't going to burn. [00:38.84]Then I heard someone yell that the stairwells were gone.
[00:43.08]So about 40 of us escaped into a corner office. [00:47.25]We put papers and rags under the door to keep out the smoke as best we could.
[00:52.32]We stayed calmly in the office for about 10 minutes,
[00:55.99]thinking we were safe and secure.
[00:58.21]Then someone came in to tell us that he had found a
stairwell open [01:03.14]but we had to move fast.
[01:05.17]We all filed out orderly and headed for the stairwell. [01:08.85]Going down the stairs was not easy for me
[01:12.27]for I had lost a leg to cancer when I was 16
[01:15.06]and wore an artificial limb.
[01:16.94]More or less, I used my arms to get down.
[01:19.87]When we reached the 40th floor, we came to a complete stop. [01:24.63]There was a jam of people.
[01:26.57]The firemen were coming up the stairs, carrying their equipment. [01:30.67]Some 100 firefighters must have walked past us.
[01:34.30]Some of them looked so young that they seemed hardly out of high school. [01:38.45]But they were great,
[01:39.76]assuring us that they would take care of everything. [01:42.25]Eventually we kept moving and got out.
[01:45.04]The journey down took about 40 minutes.
[01:48.67]Questions
[01:53.85]1. Where was the speaker's office?
[02:00.05]2. Why did the speaker and others escape into a corner office? [02:07.50]3. What happened to the speaker and others [02:10.71]when they reached the 40th floor?
[02:15.64]4. What can be inferred from the passage?
[00:00.00]Unit 4 Marriage
[00:04.35]Part B
[00:06.91]Listening Tasks
[00:08.92]Conversation 1
[00:11.41]A Marriage Agreement (Part One)
[00:14.85]Exercise 1
[00:19.20]Listen to the conversation
[00:20.84]and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. [00:24.05](Tom and Linda have signed a marriage agreement.
[00:29.29]Both agree not to break the rules outlined in the agreement. [00:33.29]John, a reporter, is talking to them about the agreement.) [00:37.22]John: Tom, Linda,
