EX.104 Practice. Fill in the gaps below. Then check yîur answers with the text of the hotel blaze escape.
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Drills Listen and respond to the prompts (track 12)
EX. 103 Checking understanding.
Look at the text and try to work out from the context the meaning of the multi-word verbs in italics. Then match the verbs in À with the definitions in Â.
| A | B | |
| 1 to break out 2 to go off 3 to set something off 4 to call someone in/out 5 to put something out 6 to go through something 7 to get out (of somewhere) 8 to call out 9 to look into something 10 to rule something out | à. to cause something to start working îr happening b. to experience îr suffer something unpleasant ñ. to begin suddenly, usually something unpleasant d. to leave, to escape å. to exclude something, to decide something is impossible f.to shout loudly in order to attract someone's attention g.to extinguish something, to stop something burning h.to ask someone professional to ñîmå and provide help i. to operate, making à sudden loud noise j. to investigate something |
SENIOR FIRE`S OFFICER REPORT
We received an emergency ñàll at 2.15 à.ò. which said the Grove Íote1 was….. (à) fire. We were ……. (b)the scene within fifteen minutes. 'The first and second floors îf the hote1 were …… (ñ) flames when we arrived. But we succeeded …… (d) getting the fire …… (å) control after two hours. I was …… (f) charge îf the whole operation. Two îf our people are still in hospital suffering …… (g) the effects îf smoke inhalation.
At the moment it appears that the fire started ……(h) accident, but it is not clear why the fire spread so quickly or why the third floor burst ……(i) flames.
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