Listen this way6 unit 2
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Unit two
Part II
Callers The
Worst Hazard on the Roads
Arshi zip into any
little spacein between carssave a few
secondssqueezing past every car
Harry
Bill
winterfreezing rainblack icedrifting
snowpotholes
rubberneckingan accident
everybody slow downlook
traffic slow to a
crawl
B
Questions
1. When is the
new seat belt law put into practice? This
Wednesday
2. Whom does the new law require to
wear seat belts or to be in a
child safety
seat?
a. the driver of a car
b. all
passengers in the front seat
c. children
between four and sixteen
d. children under
four and weighing less than 40 pounds must be in a
child safety seat
3. What’s the penalty
for not wearing a seat belt? $$ 25 for adults
and $$48 for passengers under the age of 15.
4. How many people died in traffic crashes
last year in Maryland?
298
5. Among those people who died last year, how
many of them didn’t
wear seatbelts? 199
6. And how many of them could have lived if
they had worn seat
belt? 110
7. How many
people in Maryland use seat belts regularly?
About
70%.
8. In Maryland, who are the
least likely to wear seat belts? People
between the ages of 18 and 29.
9. In
Maryland, who are most likely to wear seat belts?
People in
their 30.
10. According to Laura
Lu Herman, if there are as many people in
Maryland using seat belts as those in
California, how many lives
would be saved and
how many injuries prevented every year? 50
lives would be saved and more than 2000
injuries prevented.
11. According to research,
how many traffic deaths and injuries
happen
within 25 miles of home and what’s the average
speed in
these accidents? 75% happen within 25
miles of home and the
average speed is less
than 40 miles per hour.
C.
Major points
A. A new law in
Maryland: it’s
illegal to play loud music in
your car
Supporting details
1. music
heard 50 feet away too loud
2. penalty:
a. pay a $$50 fine
b. appear in court
B. The opinion of a local judge:
it makes
no sense to appear
in court for it
old
lawsagainst disturbing peaceenough
priorities
not in the right place speeding
mail in the
payment car radio loud come
to courtwaste a
lot of time
C. John Morley’s point of view:
it’s a good law which will
create safer
roads and save lives
strict about enforcing
the lawradio loud
not safetydistractioncan’t
hear other cars
beach resortsmusic screamingno
peace
and quiet complainannoying
Outlines
I. Introduction--- less tolerance
for drunk drivers
a new survey: harsher
penalties drive alcohol or drugs
II. Mothers
Against Drunk Driving ---- the organization
who does the survey
A. founder: a woman
child killed drunk driver
B. founding time:
in 1980
C. general changes in American
people’s attitudes toward drunk
driving
1. in the past: a way of life and death in
America
2. today: a socially unacceptable
criminal act and a major public
health and
safety problem
D. membership now: about 3
million
E. main job: campaigns preventive
educationtougher laws
F. achievement: help
reduce alcohol related fatalities
III. Major
difference in American people’s attitudes toward
drunk driving
A. more than half believe
penalties need to be tougher
B. over 90 %
favor mandatory anti-drunk driving component
driver ed instruction longer jail termsstiffer
fines confiscate
vehicles
C. three
fourths support suspension license decline
sobriety
test blood alcohol content above
legal limit
IV. MADD’s
future goal
persuade governments pass
tougher laws deter drunk driving
educate the
public
E.
its carrying
capacity:
2 adults 2 children a cargo
adjectives to describe it:
small quiet
maneuverable smooth
speed
70 km per hour
price:
$$5000
test
drive result:
quiet enough pickup
the Reeva --- an electric car
to be marketed in India
pPPPpart
Why
it meets the needs of the
typical Indian
commuter:
80km per battery charged 4-5
times average driving distance
Why
serious air pollution in
Indian cities:
heavy vehicle traffic poorly
refined fuels