O'pen the english book by Mario Moran

Click to add photo

FIRE DEPARTMENT

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;PEN

ď&#x192;&#x17E;

INTRODUCTION

In El Salvador the Fire Department has been forgotten for many years until now; this field is placed in the last position of the line, due to the lacks of importance that government of

El Salvador bring to this. In particularly, specialization in the different branches which this department possess, thatÂ´s why the reason of this project which is looking for the implementation of very well organized curriculum in this area that plays a very important role in the republic, in order to capacitate those members who lack of the minimum knowledge of English as a second language. Moreover and the most important role of this, is the development of a new staff

who is going to be prepared and able to make face to different life situations related with the use of English as a tool to use another useful tools.Furthermore, the most important tools that usually firefighters use are associated with English language, based on resources and methods that are developed and manufactured in foreign countries, in order to be used by crews of different fire departments in developed countries. For those reasons this project is aimed to develop English languages skills based

on the most frequent activities carried out in the fire department in order to fulfill firefighter English needs at the same time pivotal resources have been included for facilitating language acquisition on learners so that they can assimilate learning to the real situations happening in the fire department context.

Book based on Fire Department skills





BOOK OBJECTIVES

To develop students´ability to understand simple and complex conversational exchanges relating to the fire department.While an emmphasis will remain on developing knowledge and control of language items (grammar, vocabulary, phonology).



Participants will learn and then apply note note-taking strategies regarding to the fire department environment in addition they will participate in speaking activities requiring the understanding and use of the target language items.



At the end of the course, learners will master technical vocabulary in order to convey specific information both written and orally under the fire department environment.



To develop oral basic skills on students for maintaining and developing conversations by asking and answering questions relating to the fire department areas.



Students will be able to recognize and practice consonant and vowel sounds aswell as distinguish between intonation in questions and statements.



After finishing the course, students will be able to domain different English grammar structures for engaging into formal and informal writing tasks according to the daily activities carried out in the fire department.



At the end of the this course participants will be able to produce English as a second language in their laboral field.

Book based on Fire Department skills

iii

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE TITLES/TOPICS SPEAKING GRAMMAR Introduction to the alphabet, use of Present tense, wh questuions, UNIT 1 WELCOME TO THE ENGLISH WORLD the colors, numbers and the month, yes/ No questions 1) The alphabet days of the year, and making descrip2) The numbers tions 3) Colors 4) Days and months UNIT 2 LET´S START LEARNING 1) My family 2) Professions 3) Getting to know me 4) Routines

Describing their families, also profes- Present tense, talking about sions and getting to know themsel- daily activities, Wh questions ves, introducing themselves to the class, and Talking about routines

UNIT 3 GIVING DESCRIPTIONS 1) Places and people 2) Weather 3) Neighborhood 4) Sports

Describing places and people, and talking about Neighborhood

UNIT 4 EXPRESSING PREFERENCES 1) Likes and dislikes 2) Asking and giving opinions 3) Talking about my-self. 4) Keep conversation going

Talk about likes and dislikes, inter- How to creat questions , norview someone asking questions mal sentence, interrogatives, how often do you? What is sopersonal pronouns mething you do not do well

UNIT 5 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 1) Clock time 2) Time of the day 3) Every day activities 4) Working at home

Daily activities. What do you do at Rules for telling time in English, work. Routines at work, sharing pic- Vocabulary : Time and hour, tures routines in class the present continuous tense

UNIT 6 WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 1) Talking about nationalities 2) Customs and traditions 3) Countries 4) Carnivals

Where are you from? Checking infor- Statements with be; possesive mation, nationalities, and carnivals adjectives, vocabulary, adjectives and contractions of be

UNIT 7 LET´S GO TO EAT 1) Where are we going to eat? 2) What kind of food do you like? 3) Beverages 4) Cooking

Practicing a dialogue: American res- WH questions, sentences and taurant, making question with WH questions using rather and prewords, and expressing likes and desli- fer kes about drinks

UNIT 8 WELCOME TO THE FIRE DEPT. 1) In the station 2) Types of fires 3) Possible events 4) The ambulance and medical services

Conversation: What´s your favorite WH questions with "be" job?, introducing yourself, conversation: Types oof fires

UNIT 9 BE READY FOR 1) The fire engine 2) Specialized clothing 3) Resources 4) Surviving

Conversation: Have you ever been in Questions with question words a fire engine? in the Simple Past,

UNIT 10 LET´S GO TO THE ACTION 1) The calling 2) The emergency 3) The rescue 4) Extinguish the fire

Emergencies, rescues, types of fire, Present continuos, simple prerules for fight fires, and fire extinguis- sent, simple past, and preposiher inspection tions of place

Book based on Fire Department skills

Demonstratives: This, that/ These, Those

PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

WRITING/READING

O´PEN

Recognizing the alphabet, listening the

Writing sentences using the alphabet.

Listenign to conversations between families. Recognizing specific information about people

Writing about their families, writing

Activity: Daily routines voca-

short descriptions about professions

bulary

Listening to places descriptions.

Writing short paragraphs about the

Listening descriptions about the weather

neighborhood,

situation.

Writing descriptions about places

Making sugestions coversation.

Share information between friends, parents, teachers, co-workers, making sugestions, healthy breakfast, unhealthy breakfast

What time is it? Telling the time and ask about the time

Exercise "Tell the time" What is the time? Read and draw the hands. What time is it? Write in numbers. What’s the time at fire department? On the telephone

Countries

Firefigthers superstitions, new year

Nations of the world

superstitions, read the news, nationali- crossword, answer questions

Crossword: Solve the crossword relating to numdifferent sounds. As well examples of the topic. bers. Use the clues given, wriIntroducing their information to their clas- Writing short paragraph using the num- ting activity: Unscramble the words and match them to the mates bers and the days and month correct number

and writing about their daily activities

ties, and carnivals

Reading: Disscussion about the common places in town:police station, bank, movie theater. Key phrases to introduce someone or Yourself, Questions you don’t have to ask, Never ask this. Unhealthy Breakfast exercise Telling the time, match the time, answer the questions, what do you do in the morning, and household chores Recognizing nationalities in a

about carnivals, and finding

Listening to the conversation at an Ameri- Answer the questions about healthy

Solve the crossword relating

can restaurant

to food by finding the words

diet for firefighters, respond the ques-

tions based on reading about drink wa- on it Listen and practice: What´s your favorite

Make a summary after reading about

job?, listen and practice: Is it difficult to be fire department functions, read about

a fireman?

Wordsearch: find the words relating to fires

readiness and safety then answer the

questions Listen and practice: Have you ever been in Making descriptions: Describe people as Crossword: Find the words a fire engine, Pronunciation: Reduction of

they appear in the pictures

regarding to fire department

"did you" Real emergency call, getting intonation and Life emergency experiences, reading

Answering open questions,

pronunciation, new vocabulary, safety

and complete a conversation

call 911, ideas generation, emergency

steps to survive a burning. Technical rescue vocabulary, and tips to survive

Book based on Fire Department skills

ď&#x192;&#x17E;

CONTENT

Cover page ________________________________________________________________________________________i

Introduction _____________________________________________________________________________________ii Book objectives_________________________________________________________________________________iii Scope and sequence__________________________________________________________________________iv-v Content ______________________________________________________________________________________vi-vii UNIT 1. Welcome to the English world_______________________________________________________1 1.1 The alphabet______________________________________________________________________________2-5 1.2 The numbers______________________________________________________________________________6-8 1.3 The colors________________________________________________________________________________9-12 1.4 Days and months______________________________________________________________________13-16 UNIT 2. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s start learning __________________________________________________________________17 2.1 My family _______________________________________________________________________________18-21 2.2 Professions_____________________________________________________________________________22-25 2.3 Learning to introduce myself _______________________________________________________26-29 2.4 Routines________________________________________________________________________________30-33

UNIT 3. Giving descriptions _________________________________________________________________34 3.1 Places and people _____________________________________________________________________35-38 3.2 Weather_________________________________________________________________________________39-41 3.3 Neighboorhood________________________________________________________________________42-45 3.4 Sports ___________________________________________________________________________________46-51 UNIT 4: Expressing preferences_____________________________________________________________52 4.1 Likes and dislikes _____________________________________________________________________53-56 4.2 Asking and giving opinions__________________________________________________________57-60 4.3. Sharing personal information______________________________________________________61-64 4.4 Keep conversation going_____________________________________________________________65-68 UNIT 5: What are you doing?_________________________________________________________________69 5.1 Clock time ______________________________________________________________________________70-72 5.2 Time of the day ________________________________________________________________________73-75 5.3 Every day activities at work and home ____________________________________________76-79 5.4 Working at home _____________________________________________________________________80-83 Book based on Fire Department skills



CONTENT

UNIT 6. Where are you from?________________________________________________________________84 6.1 Talking about nationalities__________________________________________________________85-88 6.2 Customs and traditions ______________________________________________________________89-91 6.3 Countries _______________________________________________________________________________92-95 6.4 Carnivals________________________________________________________________________________96-99 UNIT 7. Let’s go to eat!_______________________________________________________________________100 7.1 Where are you going to eat?______________________________________________________101-104 7.2 What kind of food do you like?___________________________________________________105-108 7.3 Beverages ___________________________________________________________________________109-112 7.4 Cooking______________________________________________________________________________113-116 UNIT 8. Welcome to the Fire Department________________________________________________117 8.1 In the station________________________________________________________________________118-121 8.2 Types of fires ______________________________________________________________________122-125 8.3 Possible incidents__________________________________________________________________126-129 8.4 The ambulance and medical aids _______________________________________________130-133 UNIT 9. Be ready for… _______________________________________________________________________134 9.1 The fire engine _____________________________________________________________________135-138 9.2 Specialized clothing _______________________________________________________________139-142 9.3 Fire Station resources_____________________________________________________________143-146 9.4 Fires Station safety signs _________________________________________________________147-150 10. UNIT 10. Let’s to the action_____________________________________________________________151 10.1 The calling ________________________________________________________________________152-154 10.2 The emergency ___________________________________________________________________155-158 10.3 The rescues________________________________________________________________________159-162 10.4 Extinghishing the fire____________________________________________________________163-166 Conclusion_____________________________________________________________________________________viii Bibliography_____________________________________________________________________________________ix

Book based on Fire Department skills

vii

UNIT 1.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Welcome to the English worldâ&#x20AC;? Unit objective: At the end of the unit, the students will be able to develop specifically the listening and speaking skills, as well the writing part will be develop. Contents:

1. The alphabet 2. The numbers 3. Colors 4. Days and months

Book based on Fire Department skills

1.1 TEACHING THE ALPHABET Not knowing letter names is related to children's difficulty in learning letter sounds and in recognizing words. Children cannot understand and apply the alphabetic principle (understanding that there are systematic and predictable relationships between written letters and spoken sounds) until they can recognize and name a number of letters. Children whose alphabetic knowledge is not well developed when they start school need sensibly organized instruction that will help them identify, name, and write letters. Once children are able to identify and name letters with ease, they can begin to learn letter sounds and spellings. Children appear to acquire alphabetic knowledge in a sequence that begins with letter names, then letter shapes, and finally letter sounds. Children learn letter names by singing songs such as the "Alphabet Song," and by reciting rhymes. They learn letter shapes as they play with blocks, plastic letters, and alphabetic books. Informal but planned instruction in which children have many opportunities to see, play with, and compare letters leads to efficient letter learning. This instruction should include activities in which children learn to identify, name, and write both upper case and lower case versions of each letter.

Book based on Fire Department skills

Listen the pronunciation of each word. Listen carefully the different sound

Book based on Fire Department skills

SPEAKING ď&#x192;&#x17E; Students will repeat first each word then they will repeat the each single word and the corresponding word for each letter. This is just some vocabulary that students can learn while learning the alphabet. ď&#x192;&#x17E;

Book based on Fire Department skills

ACTIVITIES FOR EVALUATION THE CLASS developing the Listening skills, Speaking, Writing, and learning Vocabulary as well. First activity Students will Sing the alphabet song ( practice Listening) Teacher will play a song Students will play a game they will play the ABC game. Our children will find the letter on worksheets or pictures. The teacher will give the letter and students will find the letter and circle it. Teacher will provide to the students a page like this one. Another alphabet game Its fun for kids and can be fun for adults too.. Start with the letter A. “A is for apple”, “B is for banana”, “C is for cat”, and continue on with all the letters. For example, the play could consist with the alphabet game with fruit or animals. This way they are learning to sorals or fruits and also practicing their alphabet.

Book based on Fire Department skills

1.2 THE NUMBERS Name: ____________________________________ Date: _____________________________________

Crossword Puzzle â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Numbers Directions: use the clues below to fill in the crossword puzzle with the correct words.

2) 2 + 1 =

1) 1 + 0 =

4) 2 + 2 =

2) 1 + 1 =

5) 4 + 2 =

3) 4 x 2 =

7) 0 + 0 =

4) 4 + 1 =

9) 5 + 4 =

5) 6 + 1 =

10) 2 x 5 =

6) 19 + 1 =

13) 15 x 2 =

8) 70 + 20 =

14) 10 x 4 =

11) 20 + 80 =

15) 30 + 30 =

12) 50 + 0 =

16) 10 + 70 =

15) 35 + 35 =

Book based on Fire Department skills

Writing. Unscramble the words and match them to the correct number.

Book based on Fire Department skills

enytw

……………………...

ntheeirt

……………………….

eno

………………………

ent

………………………

eenxits

……………………..

ifve

………………………

eenhgtei

……………………..

evnse

……………………..

wevtel

……………………..

nein

……………………..

wot

……………………..

eentevnse

……………………..

ofru

……………………..

feentfi

………………………

xsi

………………………

eehtr

……………………..

eentofru

………………………

eentnein

……………………….

hgtei

……………………….

neleve

………………………..

Count the objects and complete the sentences:



How many?



There are _______________________________________hemelts



There are_______________________________________boots



There_______________________________________clothes



There_______________________________________extintors

Now write your own :

5 There are _____________________. ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

1.3 THE COLORS The colors are adjectives because they provide more information about a person or thing.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun

Check all these colors and write the name of each one on the space.

Write the colors name: 1……………………………………. 2…………………………………... 3…………………………………….. 4…………………………………….. 1……………………………………. 2…………………………………….. 3…………………………………….. 4…………………………………….. 1…………………………………….. 2……………………………………. 3……………………………………… 4…………………………………….. 1……………………………………. 2…………………………………….. 3…………………………………….. 4……………………………………..

Book based on Fire Department skills

In life everything has a color, that´s why the necessity to learn new colors and the name o these. In the next chart there a comparison between English and Spanish language. In this part you are going to learn the name of the color which one are used most of the time in real life, memorize everyone of this list and you will be able to recognize as many colors you memorize in the future. 

Interactive comparisson color chart

ENGLISH COLORS RED BLUE YELLOW PINK BLACK GREEN BROWN

ORANGE LIGHT GREEN SKY BLUE VIOLET GREY WHITE GOLDEN IVORY

SILVER DARK BLUE OR NAVY BLUE PURPLE TURQUOISE ELECTRIC BLUE CRIMSON LIME GREEN

Book based on Fire Department skills

COLORES EN ESPAÑOL ROJO AZUL AMARILLO ROSADO NEGRO VERDE CAFÉ ANARANJADO VERDE CLARO CELESTE VIOLETA GRIS BLANCO DORADO MARFIL PLATEADO AZUL MARINO U OSCURO MORADO TURQUESA AZUL BRILLANTE O ELECTRICO ROJO CARMESÍ VERDE LIMON

Now, your is time to put in practice your knowledge: You already known these vocabulary, follow the instruction. ď&#x192;&#x17E;

Read and complete the next sentences belong, at the same time to color the pictures next to the sentences:

Book based on Fire Department skills

Choose a Word of the next two Word lists. Then draw and to color your picture:          

ambulance arson fire fire alarm box fire chief fire department fire escape fire extinguisher fire hydrant fireman

Book based on Fire Department skills

         

flame hook and ladder truck hose oxygen mask parachute search light smoke smoke jumper victim wrecking bar

1.4 DAYS AND MONTHS The days of the week

The working days MonTuesThursda day day Wednesday y Mon Tue Wed Thu

The weekend Friday Fri

Saturday Sat

Sunday Sun

What day is it today? This question is used if you´ve simply forgotten what day of the week it is. Example: Excuse me! What day is it today? Today is Tuesday/It´s Tuesday. Myley, what day is it today? It´s Saturday What’s your favorite day of the week? This question is often used when friends or other people want to know if you do something special during the week. Example: My favorite day of the week is/It´s Tuesday, Wednesday… Then you can add the reasons why you like any specific day. The months of the year In English, months are correctly written with an initial capital: January, Frebruary… January Jan July Jul

February Feb August Aug

March Mar September Sep

April Apr October Oct

May May November Nov

June Jun December Dec

Vocabulary: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December; Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; day,month, year, date, today,week

Book based on Fire Department skills

Dates (Days of the month) In figures

In words

In figures

In words

1st

the first

17th

The seventeenth

2nd

the second

18th

the eighteenth

3rd

the third

19th

the nineteenth

4th

the fourth

20th

the twentieth

5th

the fifth

21st

the twenty-first

6th

the sixth

22nd

the twenty-second

7th

the seventh

23rd

the twenty-third

8th

the eighth

24th

the twenty-fourth

9th

the ninth

25th

the twenty-fifth

10th

the tenth

26th

the twenty-sixth

11th

the eleventh

27th

the twenty-seventh

12th

the twelfth

28th

the twenty-eighth

13th

the thirteenth

29th

the twenty-ninth

14th

the fourteenth

30th

the thirtieth

15th 16th

the fifteenth the sixteenth

31st

the thirty-first

Writing the Date FORMAT

BRITISH: DAY-MONTH-YEAR

AMERICAN: MONTH-DAY-YEAR

the Fourteenth of March, 2011 14th March 2011 14 March 2011 14/03/2011 14/03/2011 14/03/2011

March the Fourteenth, 2011 March 14th, 2011 March 14, 2011 3/14/2011 3/14/11 03/14/11

B C D E F

Note -

which format to use is a question of formality, politeness and personal choice; generally, the longer formats, such as B or C, are more polite (since they show more respect for the reader). Shorter formats, such as D or E, are used in less formal situations, for example a memo, a letter between friends or an impersonal business letter. Format F is rather official and is typically seen on an invoice or an official or technical document. Format A is extremely formal and mainly used on printed items, for example a wedding invitation. The numerical formats may use a full stop (.) or hyphen (-) instead of a slash (/), for example: 14.3.2011 or 03-14-11.

Book based on Fire Department skills

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at

Book based on Fire Department skills

page

at page

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

(8) (9) (10)

(11) (12)

Book based on Fire Department skills

UNIT 2. LetÂ´s start learning Unit objective: At the end of the unit, the students will be able to develop the speaking skill and writing skill.

Contents: 1. My family 2. Professions 3. Learning to introduce myself

4. Routines

Book based on Fire Department skills

2.1 MY FAMILY Reading: Family vocabulary Your family members are also called your relatives. You have an immediate or nuclear family and an extended family. Your immediate family includes your father, mother and siblings. Your extended family includes all of the people in your father and mother's families.

You may also have a stepfamily. Your stepfamily includes people who became part of your family due to changes in family life. These changes may include death, divorce or separation. New partnerships create new children. The new children and their relatives become part of your blended family. Some people are born into a step family.

SIBLING GRANDFATHER GRANDSON STEP-

FATHER

GRAMD-

MOTHER

HUSBAND COUSIN NIE-

WIFE SISTER CE

BROTHER NEPHEW HER AUNT

AUNT SPOUSE UNCLE GRAND DAUTDAUGHTER

Book based on Fire Department skills

Who are my family? EXERCISE 1.1 Write the name of your relatives in the pictures below

They are my

and my

my cousin

and my

EXCERCISE: Complete the sentences. My name is ______________ my mother’s name is___________ and my father’s name is_____________ they are very lovely people to me, I love them so much, my grandfather’s name is ________________ and his wife is ___________ my aunt has a beautiful girl her name is _______________ she is my____________ her

Book based on Fire Department skills

FAMILY TREE Students will practice about family by writing the names of their family using this family tree.

SPEAKING: Who are my relatives?

Exercise 1: Explain who their parents are mentioning the name of each one and pointing out to the family tree.

My motherÂ´s name is Cristina

Book based on Fire Department skills

LISTENING : FAMILY VOCABULARY.

Task 1 Listen to the vocabulary in the CD and read the list of vocabulary below. The Family

mother

dauhter in law

aunt uncle grand father grand mother

great grandmother niece nephew grandson grand daughter great grand daughter husband mother in law father in law brother in law

cousin

sister in law

brother in law

great grand father

son in law

sister in law

father sister brother son daughter

second cousin wife children kids child siblings parents uncle aunt

Task 2 In your english notebook, copy each member of the family and separate them in male and female gender.

Example: Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Male Mother--Female

Book based on Fire Department skills

2.2 PROFESSIONS

What are the jobs? Can you find the words in the Longman Photo Dictionary?

doctor

nurse teacher dentist police officer hairdresser

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a teacher.

I work in a school.

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a

I cut your hair. I check your teeth. I stop the traffic. You see me when you are sick. I work in a hospital.

Book based on Fire Department skills

Now write 2 sentences about the people in your life. .................................................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my job? Write the job. 1 I drive a car all day. I like talking to my customers. ............................................................ 2 I work in an office. I

answer the telephone and speak to visitors.

............................................................

I work in the street. My job is hard. When people do bad things I take them to the police station.

............................................................

I work in a hospital. I help people who are sick. I give them medicine and bring them food. ............................................................

I work in a hospital or in a surgery. You come to see me when you are sick. I work in a shop. I take your money and give you change. I work in a garage. I repair your car.

............................................................

I work in a school or college. I teach children or students. I work in a restaurant. I bring your food and take your money. I work in a salon. I cut your hair.

............................................................ ............................................................

............................................................

I work in a surgery. I look after your teeth.

............................................................

I work in the kitchen of a restaurant or hotel. I cook the food. ............................................................

Write short answers. Do you have a job? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your job?

............................................................

Which person gets a lot of money?

............................................................

Which person gets a little money? ............................................................ Which job is very difficult? Which job is easy?

............................................................ ............................................................

What job would you like to do? ............................................................ 7 What job would you not like to do?

Book based on Fire Department skills

Understanding job advertisements

Circle TRUE or FALSE. 1 The receptionist’s job is full time.

TRUE

FALSE

The trainee hairdresser’s job is full time.

TRUE

FALSE

The receptionist works on Wednesdays.

TRUE

FALSE

The trainee hairdresser works at the weekend.

TRUE

FALSE

The trainee hairdresser can go to college.

TRUE

FALSE

You can phone about the hairdresser’s job on Saturday.

TRUE

FALSE

Write the answer. How much is the pay for the receptionist?

................................................................................................

What’s the doctor’s e-mail address?

................................................................................................

You would like the trainee hairdresser’s job. What telephone number do you ring?

................................................................................................

Which job would you like to do? Why?

................................................................................................

Book based on Fire Department skills

2.3 LEARNING TO INTRODUCE MYSELF Introducing yourself doesn’t mean that you are going to tell your name, it requires the appropiate information for the context you are in. Introducing yourself in class.

Hi! My name is Mark Smith, I´m from Canada and I have been living there all my life, I like to practice tennis but I really love go to the gym. I’m studing a major in History and I would like to be very famous one day. Bye! Go now, introduce yourself using your information: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ This an introduction very easy to do it and remember, don’t forget to be polite with older people. However, in real life you have to make an ongoing conversation, that´s why you can use questions and answer at the same time. For example:

George: Hello Bush! Have you heard about the new Fire department in the city? It´s a big station nextto central park.

Bush: Yes, I have. That station is going to be very helpful in our city, yesterday they firefihters body stinguish a burning in the forest, fortunatelly they were very professional and the burning was put out easily. George: Fantastic, the equipment they have is modern and very useful at all.

Book based on Fire Department skills

Bush: Now, my son wish to be a fireman but I’m worry about that´s look no safe! George: Don´t you worry man, they are professional and they know what to do, he will be a hero one day...

In an ongoing conversation a second person will ask you questions, you will answer these questions and make questions involving topics to create interest in listen what other person is talking about. Practice context: Create you own conversation and use the given space: Chuck: ____________________________________________________________. Lila: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________. Chuck: ___________________________________________________________________________________________. Donald: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________.

Lila: _________________________________.

Formal and informal conversation Formal coversation It is very important to take in account very important phrasology that is used in formal conversations, you have to learn the differences between formal and informal dialogues: 

In formal conversation you have to call every person by their first name and last name.



Don´t forget to say Miss, Mr. Sir. Senior, or call people by their professions: engenier, teacher, doctor, lawyer and so on.



Don’t forget to use appropiate vocabulary for each context you are in.



Make eyes contact and pay attention in what this person is speaking.

Book based on Fire Department skills



Avoid use your cellphone while you´re keeping a conversation.



Catch the moment when you will use funny phrases.



Be self-confident and respect different opinions.

Practice in pair this conversation throught the phone: A. Hello, my I speak to Mr. Booth, please? B. Hello, hold on please, I got you throught. A. Thank you! B. Sorry, his line is engaged. Can you call again later? A. No, sorry I can´t. can you leave him a message? B. Yes, of course! A. Tell him I was glad to meet him and I’ll come back as soon as possible. B. All right, he´ll be glad to hear about that. Bye! A. Bye!

Complete the dialogue:

Mathew: Hello, could you __________________ the way to the railway station, _____________? Policeman: Go straight on _____ next crossroads, and turn_____________ at the traffic lights. Mathew: Could you show ______ the way on the _________? Policeman: Yes, have a look here is not very far! Mathew: _____________ that´s very kind of you! Policeman: You´re _________________. Mathew: Bye!

Book based on Fire Department skills

Informal conversation This is your life and you friends, even you parents and relatives. There are no rules to do it, just be free, but respect and don’t make feel someone bad. Example: Practice this conversation en couples (girl and boy) Karen: Hi! Smith: Hi! Karen. Karen: How are you? Smith: I´m doing well, and you? Karen: Not bad! What’s new with you? Smith: Not much, I´m learning new thing in the Fire department where my father works. Karen: That´s nice. And what´s you father do for live? Smith: He is firefighter, his the new boss at the station in our city, I´m wanna be like him one day, but I prefer to being in the department´s administration. Do you how dangerous this work is? Karen: Sure, that seems xtreme! Smith: Yeah, just look this cloth. This is my uniform: a coat, helmet, glove, plants and boots. Karen: You look, mmmmm not bad. Smith: Don’t make fun about me girl. Did you know that one day I should save you life? Karen: Well, just do it! I have to go, bye fireman! Smith: Bye, preatty! CHECK THE CHART AND PRACTICE THESE GREETINGS: General greetings (Formal) Hello! How are you? How are you doing? How is everything? How’s everything going? How have you been keeping? I trust that everything is well. It’s been too long. What have you been up to all these years? It’s always a pleasure to see you. How long has it been? I’m so happy to see you again.

Book based on Fire Department skills

General greetings (Informal) Hi. What’s up? Good to see you. How are things (with you)? How’s life been treating you? How come I never see you? It’s been such a long time. Long time no see. Where have you been hiding? It’s been ages since we last met

2.4 DAILY ROUTINES General routines Take a shower Have breakfast I get up early in the morning

Get Up

My wife brushes her long hair before work. My son goes to school the whole week.

Daily Routines at the Fire Department Get Dressed

Daily Trainning

Fire Suppression

Apparatus Maintenance

Upkeep of Station

Grammar Focus: Simple Present Structure (Positive) Subject + Base Verb (+ s/es in third person) + Object Examples: I get up early in the morning My wife brushes her long hair before work. My son goes to school the whole week.

Book based on Fire Department skills

The school bus leaves at 7 every morning My daughter loves puppies. Windshield are made of glass Time expressions with simple present tense The simple present tense is used to talk about things that happen regularly, repeatedly or all the time. As a result of this, we often use some adverbs of frequency with the simple present tense to state how often somebody does something.

Adverbs commonly used with the simple present tense are: always, usually, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely and never. Note that the adverbs of frequency usually go before the verb. 

He often visits his grandparents.



I often buy comics.



He never gets angry.



We usually go to Singapore in April.



I sometimes read foreign periodicals.



I usually get up early.



They rarely watch TV at night.



She always carries an umbrella.



She frequently buys detective stories.

Structure (Negative) Negatives in simple present use do not or does not. They also use be + not. Do Not/Does Not Subject + Do/Does +not + base verb

Examples:    

He does not get up early. He does not shine his shoes in the morning. She studies English. She does not study English.

After do not or does not the verb is always in the base form. Be + Not

Book based on Fire Department skills

Negative sentences can also use the verb to be and not. They look like these examples: I am not a firefighter. She is a very skillfull firefighter. They are not from the fire department. Questions Yes / No questions (closed questions) In English, there are two basic types of questions: Yes / No questions and Wh- questions. Yes / No questions are also called closed questions because there are only two possible responses: Yes or No. When forming a Yes / No question, it must include one of these verbs: BE, DO, HAVE, or a MODAL VERB. It is impossible to ask a Yes / No question without one of these verbs.) The following is the word order to construct a basic question in English using Do or Does

Do/Does

Subject

I / you / we / they

Does

he / she / it

Verb

The Rest of the sentence

have / buy eat / like etc.

cereal for breakfast?

Do I play? Do you play? Does he play? Does she play? Does it play? Do we play? Do they play?

Book based on Fire Department skills

Daily Routines Vocabulary Directions: Match the columns. Write the letters on the lines.

Book based on Fire Department skills

UNIT 3. Giving descriptions Unit objective: At the end of the unit, the students will be able to develop the writing and listening and speaking skills Contents: 1. Places and people

2. Weather 3. Neighborhood 4. Sports

Book based on Fire Department skills

3.1 PLACES AND PEOPLE All around my neighborhood there are many places to go, beautiful place to visit and interesting people to meet. Let`s discover some information related with this topic. Direction Students will listen a short conversation about some people sharing their time in a place, please listen and guess where these people are. Then listen again and repeat the dialogue. Listening (play the audio) Neighbors Tom: Hi Henry, it's been a long time since we saw each other last. What have you been up to? Henry: Hi Tom! It's great to see you again. I've been away on business. Tom: Really, where did you go? Henry: Well, first I flew to New York for two meetings. After that, I flew to Atlanta, where I had to make a presentation at a company conference. Tom: It sounds like you've been busy. Henry: Yes, I've been very busy. It's good to be home again. What have you been doing lately? Tom: Oh, nothing much. I've been working in the garden these past few days. Alice has been away for the past two weeks visiting her relatives in Chicago. Henry: I didn't know she has family in Chicago. Tom: Yes, that's right. We met at university in California. She was born in Chicago and lived there until she went to college. Henry: How long have you lived here in Colorado? Tom: We've lived here for over 10 years. We moved here in 1998 because I had a new job as a sales representative. Henry: Have you lived in the same house since you arrived? Tom: No, first we lived in a condo in downtown Denver. We moved here four years ago. We've lived on the street for four years and they've been the happiest years of our lives. Henry: Yes, my wife Jane and I love this neighborhood.

Speaking : Listen and repeat the next dialogue.

Book based on Fire Department skills

What have you been up to? I've been away on business Company conference What have you been doing lately? relatives to move Condo neighborhood That's strange How time flies To graduate from college or university It seems like yesterday To retire I have to get going Glad to have you back Reading Students will work in pairs and will start discussing about the common places in town, they will share ideas about each place that is presented below

Book based on Fire Department skills

Individual work. Read each sentence, then guess the place and write the name of the place in the correct space.

Directions: In this activity students will write a short description about their city.

In my city ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

People Students will learn new vocabulary to describe people. Starting by practicing this words and learn by heart, they will learn by practicing each one by repeating them one by one.

Direction: Write the missing information about your neigborhood

Book based on Fire Department skills

3.2 THE WEATHER THE WEATHER AND THE SEASONS WHAT’S THE WORD?

snowing

foggy

Take an umbrella. It’s

raining

clear

windy

Be careful when you drive home. It’s hard to see because it’s so ______. It’s cold! I think it will be ____________ soon. There isn’t a cloud in the sky. It’s a ___________ blue sky! The leaves are blowing off the trees. It’s really _____________!

MATCHING ASSOCIATIONS C

1. snowstorm

a. flashes of light in the sky

______

2. lightening

b. very strong winds and rain

______

3. thunderstorm

c. cold winds and snow

______

4. hurricane

d. warm rain and noises in the sky

______

5. winter

e. flowers bloom

______

6. spring

f. leaves fall

______

7. summer

g. cold temperatures

______

8. autumn

h. hot temperatures

Book based on Fire Department skills

SPEAKING D. WEATHER TALK. Complete the next exercises. cloudy

foggy

drizzling

lightening hurricane

muggy

snowstorm

thunderstorm

sunny

It’s a clear sunny day. Let’s go to do exercise It isn’t raining very hard. It’s just ________________. I don’t like it when the sky is grey and ______________. My uniform frizzy when it’s _____________. I hear it’s going to be freezing tomorrow and we’re going to have a big ________________. My fellows always hold their ears when there’s loud ______________. What a terrible _____________! All the trees in our neighbourhood were destroyed. Look up at the sky! Did you see that flash of _____________? I’ll open the blinds to see if it’s clear or foggy today. Oh! It’s ___________ I can’t see a thing!

E. A GOOD IDEA / NOT A GOOD IDEA 1. A. It’s windy. I think I’ll fly my kite. B. a. That’s a good idea. b. I’m not so sure you should. 2. A. It’s sleeting. Why don’t we have a rest? B. a. That’s a wonderful idea!

b. Let’s wait until another time. 3. A. It’s freezing. I’ll turn on the heat. B. .a. Please do. b. I wouldn’t recommend that. 4. A. It’s hailing! Let’s go sailing! B. a. Are you out of your mind?! b. I’d love to.

Book based on Fire Department skills

Writing. Answer the questions below acording with the chart at the right. Look at the pictures

What and who can you see in the pictures? What are they doing? Describe the pictures and answer the following questions:

What kind of weather does fire-fighter like the most? Which is their favourite season Why? Which seasons do you like the least? Why? What is the weather like in spring/ summer/autumn/winter? Compare the climate of England with in El Salvador What is the weather right now in El Salvador What was the weather like in the morning? Have you ever been working against fire during a storm?

Book based on Fire Department skills

3.3 MY NEIGHBOURHOOD This is a social community with considerable face-to– face interaction among members, you are a member of your community. Lest´s go to learn about the neighbourhood. In my neighbourhood there are many places that I can visit, for example: 

The park



The cinema



The pharmacy



The stadium



The theather



The church



The school



Some shops



The supermarket



The fire department



The police station



The hospital



The school What about in your neighbourhood, how different is yours? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Complete the next sentences: 1. I like to visit_______________________ because_____________________________: 2.I enjoy o visit_________________because is ______________________________________. 3. I went to visit the ________________________yesterday morning. 4. She doesn like to visit ___________________,she has other preferences. 5. I live near to the _______________________ at the corner of__________________________.

Book based on Fire Department skills

Drawn a place in every colored space, try to create your own neighbourhood adding the name of each place.

Offer adresses to your Friends, How they can get to the Church ? ________________________________________________________________________________________ Post office?______________________________________________________________________________________ Train station?___________________________________________________________________________________ Sport centre?___________________________________________________________________________________ Bakery? _________________________________________________________________________________________

Park?____________________________________________________________________________________________ School? __________________________________________________________________________________________ Bank ?___________________________________________________________________________________________ Police station? __________________________________________________________________________________ Restaurant? ____________________________________________________________________________________ University ? _____________________________________________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

Observe the picture above: Write as much vocabulary you know about this neighbourhood in your notebook.

Explain in your own words, why the Fire Department is located at the center of this neighbourhood? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Book based on Fire Department skills



Practicing knowledge:



Read paying attention in every detail looking at the picture at the same time:

"The school is far the main road. There is no bus stop near the school. Next to the school, there is some horse. There is a taxi between the school and a house. The bus is at the back of the bus stop. There is a wood behind the school. There are some pinetrees in front of the houses. There is a cow between two houses". 

Do you think this information is correct?



Yes,



 Rewrite all the paragraph correcting the wrong information:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________. NOTE Did you know that The fires station is located alway in the center of the city in order to have more range of successful to stinguish a burning in a city. They choose the area with more spaces and streets to solve faster an emergency.

Book based on Fire Department skills

3.4 SPORTS Types of sports Skiing

Biking

Gymnastics

Volleyball

Baseball

Basketball

Football

Swimming

Tennis

Table tennis

Track and field

Some questions when asking someone about sports Do you play any sports? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your favorite sport? Do you like to exercise? Why? What sport are you good at? Do you like to watch sports on TV? What's your favorite baseball team? Book based on Fire Department skills

Speaking practice Practice the dialogue – Susan and Christine talking about what sport to practice. Susan: So, do you want to play tennis this weekend? Christine: I'm afraid I can't play tennis. Susan: NO, are you joking? I'm sure you can play tennis. EVERYBODY can play tennis. Christine: Well, I can't. BUT I can play golf. Susan: Really, I can play golf, too. - but not very well. Christine: I have an idea. Why don't we play tennis this weekend and then next weekend golf? Susan: OK, that's a good idea. Let’s go. Grammar focus: Adjectives Adjectives are used to describe or give information about things, ideas and people: nouns or pronouns. For Example: Cristiano ronaldo is a good player (The adjective good describes the noun "player".) Mustáfina is an excellent gymnast. (The adjective excellent describes the noun gymnast) The most common question an adjective might answer is "What kind of ...?" The good news is that in English the form of an adjective does not change, once you have learnt it that's it and it does not matter if the noun being described is male or female, singular or plural, subject or object. Some adjectives give us factual information about the noun - age, size colour etc (fact adjectives - can't be argued with). Some adjectives show what somebody thinks about something or somebody - nice, horrid, beautiful etc (opinion adjectives - not everyone may agree). If you are asked questions with which, whose, what kind, or how many, you need an adjective to be able to answer. There are different types of adjectives in the English language:      

Numeric: six, one hundred and one etc. Quantitative: more, all, some, half, more than enough etc. Qualitative: colour, size, smell etc. Possessive: my, his, their, your etc. Interrogative: which, whose, what etc. Demonstrative: this, that, those, these etc.

Book based on Fire Department skills

Note - The articles a, an, and the are a special kind of adjective called articles, and the possessives my, our, your, and their are sometimes known as possessive adjectives. Colour Adjectives can be used to describe colour.

red, yellow, blue, green, purple, orange, etc. For Example: "The blue bag." or "The blue bags". Opinion

Adjectives can be used to give your opinion about something. good, pretty, right, wrong, funny, light, happy, sad, full, soft, hard etc. For Example: He was a silly boy. / She was a silly girl. Size

Adjectives can be used to describe size. big, small, little, long, tall, short, same as, etc. Example "The big man." or "The big woman".

Book based on Fire Department skills

Age Adjectives can be used to describe age. old, young, ancient, modern, current, old fashioned For Example: Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England

. Shape Adjectives can be used to describe shape.

round, circular, triangular, rectangular, square, oval, etc. Example: "It was a square box." or "They were square boxes." Origin Adjectives can be used to describe origin.

For Example:"It was a German flag." or "They were German flags." Material Adjectives can be used to identify the material something is made of.

ď&#x201A;ˇ "A wooden cupboard." or "Wooden cupboards." ! Note - In English we often change nouns into adjectives. Book based on Fire Department skills

glass - a glass vase / metal - a metal tray etc. Distance Adjectives can be used to describe distance.

long, short, far, around, start, high, low, etc. Example: "She went for a long walk." or "They went for lots of long walks." Temperature Adjectives can be used to describe temperature.

cold, warm, hot, cool, etc. Example: "It was a hot day" or "We eat ice cream on hot days." Time Adjectives can be used to describe time.

late, early, bed, nap, dinner, lunch, day, morning, night, etc. Example: "She had an early start."

Book based on Fire Department skills

Purpose Adjectives can be used to describe purpose. (These adjectives often end with "-ing".) For Example: "She gave them a sleeping bag." or "She gave them sleeping bags."

Note - Have you noticed how the adjective stays the same, whether it is describing a masculine, feminine, singular or plural noun?

When using more than one adjective to modify a noun, the adjectives may be separated by a conjunction (and) or by commas (,). Example: "Her hair was long and blonde." or "She had long, blonde hair." More examples: Adjective

Pretty

Serious

Fast

For Example:

She is a pretty girl.

He was a serious boy. It could be a fast car.

Quiet They were quiet children.

Note - Adjectives that go immediately before the noun are called attributive adjectives. Adjectives can also be used after some verbs. They do not describe the verb, adverbs do that. Adjectives after a verb describe the subject of the verb (usually a noun or pronoun). Example: "Lynne looks tired." The subject (in this case Lynne) is being described as tired not the verb to look. An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. Directions: Circle the adjective or adjectives in the sentences given below. Then, enclose in parentheses the noun it describes. Example: The (car ride) was bumpy. That food tasted bitter. I was ashamed that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pass my test. The story was very brief. I felt very comfortable in my new home.

Book based on Fire Department skills

UNIT 4. Expressing preferences Unit objective: At the end of the unit, the students will be able to develop skills in oral language as well as voice and body expression. Contents: 1. Likes and dislikes

2. Asking and giving opinions 3. Sharing personal information 4. Keep conversation going

Book based on Fire Department skills

4.1 LIKES AND DISLIKES Objective: The use of Like and dislike plus noun and verb. The verbs "like and dislike" can be followed by a noun

like +

I you we they

Noun

soccer the beach like dislike

Mexican food orange juice

music

he she it

likes dislikes

chinese food

milk

Book based on Fire Department skills

They also can be followed by another verb. For example:

Book based on Fire Department skills

EXPRESSING LIKES AND DISLIKES To talk about your likes and dislikes, you can use these expressions. Expressing likes: I like… I love... I adore… I ‘m crazy about… I’m mad about… I enjoy… I’m keen on… Expressing dislikes: I don’t like… I dislike... I hate… I abhor… I can’t bear... I can’t stand… I detest... I loathe... Examples of likes and dislikes : I'm mad about basketball, but I can’t bear ice hockey. I adore reading poetry, but I loathe doing the housework. Directions Write 10 sentences about things that you like to do and things that you don`t like to do 12345678910Steve:

Hello, darling. Do you fancy watching a film tonight?

Girlfriend:

Oh, no thanks, I don't really feel like watching a film tonight. How about going out instead. OK. Do you feel like going to the theater? Oh, no. I hate it. Do you like eating at the new Chinese restaurant? I don't mind. The Chinese cuisine is alright. Well I really love it. Let's go.

Steve: Girlfriend: Steve: Girlfriend:

Book based on Fire Department skills

Steve is at home. His girlfriend comes in...Notice how they express their likes and dislikes

DIRECTION:

Book based on Fire Department skills

4.2 ASKING AND GIVING OPINIONS Instructions: Interview someone using the questions on this worksheet. Write their answers in Answer column and ask an extra question.

How often do you …?



Work at fire department



Save people



train at your job



visit your family

……………….............. ............................... ............................... ............................... .......

Where do you go working? .......................................................

……………….................................................. .................................................................. ....................................

put out the fire

What’s your favourite… ?



food



kind of movie



animal



sport



place

How often do you eat it? ……………….............. ............................... ............................... ............................... .......

Where did you learn it?

Can you … ?



use the extintor



manage a fire hose



walk on high buildings



give first aids



run fast

……………….............. ............................... ............................... ............................... .......

Do you … ?



like pizza



go to bed before 10 PM



watch TV every day



go to work by bus



have a pet

Book based on Fire Department skills

……………….................................................. ................................................................ ……………….................................................. .................................................................. ..................

What’s your favourite pizza? ……………….............. ............................... ............................... ............................... .......

Asking Questions Instructions: Interview someone using the questions on this page. Write their answers in Answer column and ask an extra question. Question

Answer

Extra question

………………............... ............................... ............................... ............................... ......

Who do you usually go with? ……. …………........................................................ .......................................

………………............... ............................... ............................... ............................... ......

How often do you drink it?

………………............... ............................... ............................... ............................... ......

Where did you learn it?

………………............... ............................... ............................... ............................... ......

How often do you eat it?

How often do you … ?



go to the beach



take a shower



play soccer



go to the park

help other people

………………................................................... ................................................................... ..................................

What’s your favourite… ?



drink



hobby



job



day of the week



ice cream flavour

………………................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ............

Can you … ?



speak English



play the guitar



climb a tree



whistle



write your name with your eyes closed

Do you … ?



like sushi



get up before 7 AM



use computer at work



go to work by car



have brothers

Book based on Fire Department skills

Writing. Making sugestions Why don’t we paint the fire station? We could work in a better place Let’s go to the fire department. What about asking information about fire risks? How about going to downtown tomorrow? I suggest we go for looking adventure right away

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER 1.- Hi David. We are going to the fire department Why ………. come with us? a)doesn’t you

b)don’t you

c) do you

2.-It’s a beautiful day. …….. go to the beach

a)Let’s

3.-It’s getting late. I suggest we ,,,,, a taxi.

a) taking

b)Why do b)take

c)Who let’s c)to take

4.-Our mother wants a new bag. What about …….. father for help? a)to ask

b)asking

c)ask

5.-I think it’s a good idea. We ,,,,,,,,, some money for the present. a) can’t get

b) could get

c) have get

6.-I’m bored. How about ………to the football match this afternoon? a) to go

b)going

7.- ………… watch a good film on TV?

c) go

a)Let’s

b)let

c)to let

8.-If you haven’t got a job. Why………. study some any foreign languages? a) doesn’t you

Book based on Fire Department skills

b)are you

c)don’t you

People play too much with fire Some people need to know more about fire It is necessary to be aware about dangerous from fire Children should not play with fire New York is more exciting than Barcelona. Firefighters take many risk for saving other ones We have to be ready to dial firefighters during emergencies Fireworks should be prohibited

In my opinion……

I agree that with /I don’t agree that/with… I think we should … I believe that ……. Personally, I think ….

Book based on Fire Department skills

4.3 SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION Most o the time we are living in constant communication, this interaction among other it´s in the font of the understanding in language. In a society we have to get interaction among people looking a common understanding, that´s why the purpose of this topic. You are going to learn how to get comunication with others. 

Try to begin to think in English, use these topic in order to produce more vocabulary:



Names



Work and Ocupation



Marital status



Family



Age



Contact information



Free time activities



Habits



Other personal information

Personal information questions are the basis for any conversation in English and so are important for when you meet somebody for the first time. They are the building blocks from which the rest of the conversation can develop. Now we are going to learn how to create quetions . Check the next chart which contain a normal sentece using the verb to be. The create you conclusion why changed in the interrogative sentences:



Normal sentence: I

She/he

You/we/they

Are

doing everything in the right way.

Interrogative sentces: Am

She/he

Are

You/we/they

Book based on Fire Department skills

doing everything in the right way?

Learning to share information: Share information between friends, parents, teachers, co-workers and so on; is something which is very common in the life of a human, the comunication opens doors for to meet new people, that´s why the importance for learn how to get interaction with others using a second language. Read this conversation and make your own conclusions: Walter: Hello, Liz! How have you been?

Elizabeth: Walter! Good to see you. Meet my husband, Tony. Tony, this is Walter — the friend from the fire department I was telling you about. Tony: Oh, hello, Walter. I’ve heard a lot about you from Liz, she says that you saved those children in that terrible burning last month. Walter: Good to meet you at last, Price. It’s kind of Liz to say good things about me! And well that´s my work, dangerous but I love what I do, my reward is to see the happy faces of every person I can help. Tony: that’s good man, so call me Tony man. Elizabeth: Are you here alone, Walter? Would you like to take a cup of coffee with us. Walter: I’m not alone, sorry — so rude of me! Jane, dear, come and say hello to the Prices... Liz, Tony — this is my wife, Jane. Jane: How do you do? Elizabeth, Tony: How do you do? Jane: I’d like to introduce my sister, Gillian. Gillian —Elizabeth and Tony Price. Gillian: Glad to meet you… Did you realice how to introduce some body else in a conversation: Remember if you are going to introduce someone in a conversation you have to be polite and friendly. Try to sound as less rude as you can. Ask for permission and say: I would like to introduce my wife, husband, friend, girlfriend, boyfreind, collegue, and so on.

Book based on Fire Department skills

Read this phrases, these will help you to build vocabulary. Key phrases to introduce someone or yourself:

Questions you don’t have to ask: 

Hi, Munrra! Meet my friend Talia — she’s visiting us for a week.

How many children do you have? Do you have a babysitter available if we need you on a weekend?



May I introduce Mrs Tamala Bush? She’s our new English teacher.

Do you have a baby or small child at home?



Are you a U.S. citizen? What country are you from?



What's your native language?



Have you ever been arrested?



What kind of a discharge did you receive?



When did you graduate?



Hey — how’re you?



Let’s meet for lunch on Monday!



Hello, nice to meet you!

Hello. I’m Catherine Smith. May I join you? 



Hi! Have we met before? I’m Celeste.

My name is Brook Smith. What is your name? 



How do you do?

Never ask this: 

Private organizations he or she belongs to



Religious affiliations

Natasha, I’d like you to meet Catherine  Smith. Catherine, this is my good friend Natasha Perce. 

Friends, I’m honoured to introduce to you Professor Mario Moran from the university. Professor Mario will speak to us today about global warming. 



Lineage, ancestry, national origin, descent, parentage, or nationality



Names and addresses of relatives other than a spouse and dependent children

Hello, friends! I am Macintosh from the  University of South Carolina, and I’m honoured to be here today.  



Hello! How’s life?

Hey — are you Rod McHendrek? I’m Catherine Burn. 

Book based on Fire Department skills

Date of birth (except when that information is required for satisfying minimum age requirements)



Sex or marital status Height or weight, unless you can show that information is justified by business necessity Physical or mental disabilities



All the student will practice this dialogue sharing their own personal information. Student will make create two circles a big one and one inside of this, then they will turning at the right one student will make the question, the one infront of him/her will anwers the question.



What is your favourite food? My favourite food is _______.



What is your favourite colour?

My favourite colour is _______. 

Why do you want to learn English?

I want to learn English because _______. 

What languages do you speak?

I speak _______. 

Do you have any pets?

Yes, I do. or No, I don't. 

Which sports do you like?

The sport I like is _______. 

Do you have a favourite team?

My favourite team is _______. 

What is something you do well?

I am good at _______. 

What is something you do not do well?

I am bad at _______. 

Are you romantic?

_______ romantic. 

Do you have any tattoos?

Yes, I do. or No, I don't. 

Describe yourself using only two words.

I am _______ and _______. 

What makes you happy?

I am happy when _______. Are you a good cook/singer/driver? Yes, I do. or No, I don't. 

Book based on Fire Department skills

4.4 KEEP CONVERSATION GOING Is there any meat? In this section you will be: Taking about food Indicating quantities Buying and selling articles Expressing your preferences

Book based on Fire Department skills

Read the conversation Tom has breakfast at Bill´s house-dialogue BILL: What´s for breakfast, Mom? MRS.JOHNS: There´s some cereal on the table. BILL: I´d like eggs with bacon today. Do we have any eggs? MRS.JOHNS: Yes, we have some eggs, but we

don’t have any bacon.Tom, do you want eggs or cereal? TOM: Eggs, please. MRS.JOHNS: All right. Hey, it´s late. I´m going to work. Bill can you prepare the eggs? BILL: Me? Uh, I think we want cereal today, Right, Tom?

TOM: Uh, OK.

After reading the dialogue, answer the following questions. What did Tom want for breakfast? Did Mrs. Johns prepare the eggs? What did Bill and Tom eat for breakfast Write in your notebook what you have for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

For breakfast, I have juice, eggs,…

Project: Food survey Work in teams of three. Choose a meal: breakfast, lunch or dinner. Ask your classmates what food they like. Make a graph of the results and present it to your classmates

Book based on Fire Department skills

Healthy Breakfast Breakfast is the first meal of the day. Nutritionists recommend that we eat a healthy breakfast to give us energy throughout the day. Oatmeal, cereal, wheat toast, ham, and fresh fruit are healthy breakfast foods. Eggs are popular, but they are high in cholesterol, so we should only eat 3-4 eggs a week. Skipping breakfast is a bad habit, and it makes people feel tired

When do people eat breakfast? People eat breakfast in the morning. It is the first meal of the day. ď&#x201A;ˇ

Most people eat breakfast between 5:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.

Is oatmeal a healthy breakfast food? Yes, it is. Eating oatmeal reduces cholesterol. ď&#x201A;ˇ

High LDL cholesterol levels can cause heart disease.

Book based on Fire Department skills

NAME _______________________________________

DATE_______________

INSTRUCTION: After reading the passage, select true or false from the statements given bellow

Unhealthy Breakfast A. Reading Jack is a bachelor. He works in downtown Chicago as a shoe salesman. Every morning on his way to work, Jack stops at a donut shop and buys a chocolate donut and a cup of coffee. Jack likes this morning routine because it is quick and easy. He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to cook breakfast or wash the dishes. Last time Jack went to the doctor for a check -up his doctor told him that he had high cholesterol. The doctor told Jack to stop eating foods that are high in fat. Donuts are fried in a lot of fat. B. True or False 1. ________ Jack is a shoe salesman in Seattle, Washington. 2. ________ Jack is married, but he and his wife are getting a divorce.

________ The nurse told Jack to stop eating fatty foods like donuts. ________ In the picture, Jack is sitting on a stool and drinking coffee. 5. ________ Donuts are healthy because they are fried in fat.

Book based on Fire Department skills

UNIT 5. What are you doing? Unit objective: At the end of the unit, the students will be able to organize ideas in English correctly. Contents: 1. Clock time 2. Time of the day 3. Every day activities 4. Working at home

Book based on Fire Department skills

5.1 CLOCK TIME Identifying words that tell how we measure time. Students will use words such words as day, month, year, hour, second, minute, decade, and century. Focus on the words day, hour, minute, and second. Explain to students that the concept of the 24-hour day dates back to the time of the ancient Egyptians. Make sure students understand that a day = 24 hours, an hour = 60 minutes, and a minute = 60 seconds. Listening What time is it? - I Excuse me. Can you tell me the time, please? Yes, of course. It's seven o'clock. Thank you. No problem. What time is it? - II What time is it? It's half past three. Thanks. You're welcome. Key Vocabulary Excuse me. Can you tell me the time, please? What time is it? It's half past... It's quarter past... It's ten to... It's quarter to...

Book based on Fire Department skills

LISTENING! The next thing you can do is listening to this time telling the time. Notice how many different forms they use to ask for the time. Speaking with a classmate create a conversation asking about the time and giving the correct information, you can take as example the conversation below. Writing Direction: write the correct information in each space English exercise "Tell the time"



8.25 =» it's - 8.15 =» it's - 10.45 =» it's - 00.30 (minuit et demie) =» it's

- 00.00 (minuit) =» it's - 15.00 =» it's - 23.58 =» it's - 16.26 =» it's - 14.30 =» it's - 2.30 =» it's Look at the rules for telling time in English. In English we use "past" to say times after the hour until half past, or 30 minutes past the hour. In English we use o'clock only at the full hour. Example: It's eight o'clock

We use "to" to say times before the hour from 31 minutes until the full hour. We can also just say the numbers in groups of two. Example: It's seven twenty-five When speaking about the different ti- Be careful! In English we use at night mes of the day we often use: in the NOT in the night morning, in the afternoon, in the evening

Book based on Fire Department skills

Vocabulary : Time and hour

WHAT TIME IS IT? Instruments for measuring and indicating time are among the oldest human inventions

SUNDIAL the shadow shows the time. It was widely used in ancient times but it requires the sun to shine and doesn't work during the night.

HOURGLASS the sand moves slowly from the top half to the bottom in exactly one hour. Magellan used 18 hourglasses on each ship for his circumnavigation in 1522. And it was the job of a ship's page to turn the hourglasses.

Book based on Fire Department skills

5.2 TIME OF THE DAY

1.Read and draw the hands.

The firefigther goes to work in the afternoon at quarter to two. At seventeen minutes past five the fire department alarm rang. On Sunday firefigther get up at seven oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; clock to do exercise. In the evenings the firefigther go to bed at ten past eight. After having bath they watch TV at nine oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; clock.

The fire station recive an emergency call at twenty-nine minutes past eleven.

Book based on Fire Department skills

TELLING THE TIME Ex. 1. Match the time.

1. It’s three o’clock.

a. 12.25

2. It’s a quarter past eight.

b. 8.05

3. It’s ten thirty.

c. 11.25

4. It’s five to five.

d. 1.58

5. It’s nine twenty five.

e. 8.15

6. It’s twenty-five to eleven.

f. 4.55

7. It’s two to two.

g. 10.35

8. It’s eleven twenty-five.

h. 9. 25

9. It’s five past eight.

i. 10.30

10. It’s twelve thirty-five.

j. 3.00

Ex. 2. Writing. What time is it? Write in numbers.

1. It’s seven thirty - …………………..

6. It’s ten past eleven-…………………….

2. It’s five to ten - ……………………..

7. It’s a quarter to three- ………………

3. It’s one to one - …………………….

8. It’s four thirty-five - ………………….

4. It’s a quarter past three - ………. 5. It’s eight forty-five - ………………

9. It’s twelve o’clock - ……………………. 10. It’s two fifty-five. - …………………

Ex3. What’s the time. Draw.

It’s eleven o’clock.

It’s a quarter past six.

It’s ten to seven.

It’s twelve fifty-five.

It’s twenty to nine.

It’s three thirty.

Book based on Fire Department skills

Ex. 4. What’s the time at fire department? Write sentences.

1. 00 - ……………………………………

h. 8. 35 - ……………………………………

2.05 - …………………………………….

i. 9. 40 - ……………………………………

3.10 - …………………………………….

j. 10.50 - ……………………………………

4.15 - …………………………………….

k. 11.55 - ……………………………………

5. 20 - ……………………………………

l. 12. 56 - ……………………………………

6.25 - …………………………………….

m. 1.58 - ……………………………………

7. 30 - …………………………………….

o. 3.00 - ……………………………………

Ex. 5. Look at the clocks and write the time.

Ex. 6. Ask about the time. know, time (3x), tell, what, please, got, A) What's the ……………….?

B) ………….. time is it?

C) Have you ………….. the ………………. by any chance? D) Do you have the ……………., please?

Book based on Fire Department skills

E) Sorry, could you ……… me the time, please?

5.3 DAILY ACTIVITIES The routines that we follow every day in life are called daily activities, those can be at: home, work, school and so on. What do you do at work? I go to work at 6:00 am every morning. I usually drive to work.

I always check my emails when I get to work, but I don't always reply to them immediately. I take a taxi or a train if I have a lunch meeting. I never take the bus because it is too slow. When I am at my desk I usually work on the computer, even during morning tea. At 12:00 pm most days I have lunch. At 3:00 pm we have afternoon tea, and that is when we usually talk and eat cake.

When you are in the office you probably have a lot of papers. It is important for you to file your papers, and so that you can find them again you need to organise your files. When I work I have to make telephone calls. If an important issue happens I ask my secretary toorganise a meeting. Once a month I report to my boss, but maybe you have to report to your boss more often. I usuallywrite a document that my boss can read. 



Answer the questions:

What do you do in the morning?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

What do you at work daily?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

What do you do at night?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

Routines at work:

These are my routines: 

I get up



I take a shower



I get dressed



I have breakfast



I go to work



I start work at 9



I have lunch



I finish work



I arrive home



I have dinner



I watch tv



I go to bed

What are your routines at work in the fire station:

A fire fighter always: 1………………………………………………………………………….. 2.………………………………………………………………………….. 3.………………………………………………………………………….. 4.………………………………………………………………………….. 5.………………………………………………………………………….. 6.………………………………………………………………………….. 7.………………………………………………………………………….. 8.………………………………………………………………………….. And at the end of the day____________________________________________________________________.

Book based on Fire Department skills

ď&#x192;&#x17E;

Give a look at this pictures, do you do it?

Share you answer with your classmates:

Book based on Fire Department skills

ď&#x192;&#x17E;

Work with a partener and match the correct numer for each activity:

Book based on Fire Department skills

5.4 WORKING AT HOME

Household chores are tasks we do around the house to keep it clean. Some chores need to be done every day. Others need to be done several times a week or just once a week. Examples: I wash the dishes every day, but I wash my clothes just once a week. I cook three times a day, but I mop the kitchen floor just once a week. There are chores we like to do and chores we don't like to do. Most people don't like to take out the trash.

   

Where is she? She is in the kitchen. What is she doing? She is washing the dishes.

   

Where is she? She is in the kitchen. What is she doing? She is cooking a meal.

     

Where is he? He is in the dining room. What is he doing? He is setting the table. What is he holding? He is holding red plates.

Book based on Fire Department skills

   

What is she doing? She is sweeping the kitchen floor. What is she using? She is using a broom.

   

Where is he? He is in the laundry room. What is he doing? He is washing the clothes.



What is she doing?



She is ironing the clothes.



What is she using?



She is using an iron, an ironing board,

a bottle of water, and hangers. 

Where is she?



She is in the bedroom.



What is she doing?



She is changing the bed sheets.

Some other household chores: mope the floor, take out the trash/garbage, vacuum the carpet, dust the furniture, wash the windows, make the juice, set the table, cook the meals, water the plants/flowers, clean the bathroom, clean the toilet, make the bed, do the laundry/ wash the clothes.

Book based on Fire Department skills

Grammar focus: The Present Continuous Tense We use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about activities happening now. Example: The kids are watching burning flame movie.

More examples: I am sitting down, because I am tired. I am not learning German, because this is an English class. Who are you writing to? We can also use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about activities happening around now, and not necessarily this very moment. Examples:

Sally is studying really hard for her exams this week.

I am reading a really interesting firefighter magazine now. We aren't working hard these days.

The Present Continuous Tense is also used to talk about activities happening in the near future, especially for planned future events. Examples I am seeing my dentist on Wednesday. Polly is coming for dinner tomorrow. Are you doing anything tonight? We aren't going on holiday next week.

Book based on Fire Department skills

On the telephone Read the dialogue silently. Then look for a partner and take turns practicing it. Tracy: Hello, can I speak to Alex. Alex: This is Alex, who is speaking? Tracy: Hi, this is Tracy. Alex: Hi Tracy. What are you doing? Tracy: Oh, I'm just watching TV. What are you doing? Alex: Well, I'm cooking dinner. Tracy: What are you cooking? Alex: I'm baking some potatoes, boiling some carrots and grilling a steak. Tracy: It sounds delicious. Alex: What are you doing for dinner tonight? Tracy: Well, I don't have any plans... Alex: Would you like to come over for dinner? Tracy: Oh, I'd love to. Thanks. Alex: Great. Mary and Jack are also coming. They are arriving at seven. Tracy: OK, I'll be there at seven, too. Alex: OK, see you then. Bye. Tracy: Bye.

- Answer the questions. What is Tracy doing? Are Tracy and Alex taking about go to the movies? What time are they planning to meet for dinner?

Book based on Fire Department skills

UNIT 6. Where are you from? Unit objective: At the end of the unit students will be able to demonstrate listening skills acquired during the course. Contents: 1. Talking about nationalities 2. Customs and traditions 3. Countries 4. Carnivals

Book based on Fire Department skills

6.1 WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

1 CONVERSATION Listen and Practice. Cristina: hello, I´m Cristina Garcia, I´m new club member. Ruben: Hi my name is Carlos Silva, but please call me call me Ruben. Cristina: Ok, where are you from, Ruben? Ruben: Brazil. How about you? Cristina: I´m from mexico Ruben: Oh, I love Mexico! It´s really beautiful. Cristina: thanks. So is Brazil. Ruben: Oh, good. Jahck lee is here. Cristina: who´s Jahck lee?

Ruben: He is my classmate. We´re in the same fire deparment. Cristina: Where´s she from? Ruben: Korea. Let´s go and say hello.

Book based on Fire Department skills

2 speaking checking information A

Match the question with the responses. Listen and check. Then, practice with a partner. Give your own information. I´m sorry. What´s your name again?............. What do people call you?.............................. How do you spell your last name?..................

a. G-A-R-C-I-A. b. It´s Cristina García. c. Everyone calls me Mary.

B Group work Iintroduce yourself with your full name. Use the expressions above. Make a list of names for your group. Hi! I´m Daniele Pena. I´m sorry. What´s your last name again?... 3 PRONUNCIATION Linked sounds Listen and practice. Final consonants sounds are often lnked to the vowels that follow them. I´m a new club member. Jahck lee is over there.

My name is Ernestina García.

4 GRAMMAR FOCUS

B Write questions ordering the words. Then, answer the questions according to the text in exercise 1. a) Dunya from Russia is - Is Dunya from Russia? Yes, she is.

Book based on Fire Department skills

b) Paul is German - __________________________? _______________. c) The twins are France from - __________________________? _______________. d) Eight Bernd old is years - __________________________? _______________. e) Martina Italy from is - __________________________? _______________. f) Kate is French - __________________________? _______________. 4. Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in brackets. a) You are Michael. (name) - Your name is Michael. b) She is from France (French). - _______________________. c) Where are you from? (Nationality) - _______________________. d) What nationality is she? (from) - _______________________. e) Is Susan Spanish? (from) - _______________________. f) They are from Poland. (Polish)

- _______________________.

Book based on Fire Department skills

5 vocabulary â&#x2013; Elicit or explain any adjectives from the reading. Vocabulary average: like everybody else

creative: making or using new or unusual ideas athletic: good at sports nerdy: smart, but without good social skills old-fashioned: having old ideas; not modern independent: able to do things without help adventurous: liking excitement and new things plain: not very good-looking ordinary: not special intelligent: Smart

Book based on Fire Department skills

6.2 CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS Practice. Read the different superstitions presented in the chart below. Do you know any superstition for fire-fighters that you would like to share?

PLACE A HORSESHOE ABOVE DOORWAYS

 HAVE GOOD HEALTH AND FORTUNE FOR THE FAMILY

FIND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER

 HAVE GOOD LUCK

WALK UNDER A LADDER

 HAVE BAD LUCK

SEE A BLACK CAT

 HAVE BAD LUCK

BLOW OUT THE CANDLES OF YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH ONE BREATH

 YOUR WISH COMES TRUE

Book based on Fire Department skills

MATCH THE SUPERSTIONS WITH THEIR CONSEQUENCES A KNIFE UNDER THE BED DURING CHILDBIRTH

THE BABY WILL STOP CRAWLING

BREAK A MIRROR

GET MONEY

DROP A COMB WHILE COMBING YOUR HAIR

YOUR BAD LUCK DISSAPEARS

DROP A FORK

THE MARRIAGE ENDS SOON

DROP SCISSORS

BRINGS GOOD LUCK

FIND A LADYBIRD IN YOUR GARDEN

A MAN COMES TO VISIT

GIVING KNIVES AS A WEDDING PRESENT

HAVE AN UNLUCKY DAY

HAVE EMPTY POCKETS ON NEW YEAR’S EVE

BRINGS DISSAPPOINTMENT

KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED

PREVENTS FROM GETTING A COLD

OPEN AN UMBRELLA INDOORS

HAVE A YEAR OF POVERTY

STEP OVER A BABY CRAWLING ON THE FLOOR

YOU SUCCEED

THE PALM OF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES

YOUR LOVER IS UNFAITHFUL

TOSS A PINCH OF SALT OVER YOUR SHOULDER

CUTS THE PAIN

TOUCH A HUNCHBACK’S HUMP

HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK

WEAR AN AMBER BEAD NECKLACE

TAKE A TRIP

Book based on Fire Department skills

Match the superstitions to the pictures. Then read the information about some of them and write the

1 Don’t Do the

Do that and you will receive new garments during the year. Red one is the best because red is a happy and

Laundry 2 Kiss at Midnight 3 Make Noise 4 Letting the Old

Don’t do that, don’t wail on the first day of the year if you don’t want to continue the pattern for the entire

Year Out 5 Eat Black – Eyed Peas

You should behave nicely on New Year’s Day and must refrain from using foul language:

6 Don’t Let Money Leave the House

7 First Footing 8 Lucky New Year

That one who is born on 1st January is said to be the luckiest of all throughout his / her life:

Baby 9 Don’t Keep Debts

In several countries people do not let things leave home on New Year’s Day. It ensures that nothing valuable

10 Avoid Crying 11 The Direction of Wind 12 Drain the Bot-

At midnight all the doors of a house must be opened to let the old year escape unimpeded:

tle 13 Wear New Clothes

It is believed that Evil and his mates hates din. People scare them away by being as loud in New Year celebra-

14 Stock Up Cupboards and fridges should be

full of food, so you won’t go hungry in the new year:

Book based on Fire Department skills

6.3 COUNTRIES Here is rhyme about all countries in the world. It will give an idea of how many countries are in our planet. Nations of the world Announcer: And now the nations of the world, brought to you by Yakko Warner! Yakko: United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama Haiti, Jamaica, Peru, Republic Dominican, Cuba, Carribean Greenland, El Salvador too. Puerto Rico, Columbia, Venezuela Honduras, Guyana, and still, Guatemala, Bolivia, then Argentina And Ecuador, Chile, Brazil. Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, Bermuda Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan, Paraguay, Uruguay, Surinam And French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam. Norway, and Sweden, and Iceland, and Finland And Germany now one piece, Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia Italy, Turkey, and Greece. Poland, Romania, Scotland, Albania Ireland, Russia, Oman, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia Hungary, Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran. There's Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan Both Yemens, Kuwait, and Bahrain, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal France, England, Denmark, and Spain.

India, Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan, Kampuchea, Malaysia, then Bangladesh (Asia) And China, Korea, Japan. Mongolia, Laos, and Tibet, Indonesia The Philippine Islands, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand

Then Borneo, and Vietnam. Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Swaziland, Gambia Guinea, Algeria, Ghana.

Burundi, Lesotho, and Malawi, Togo The Spanish Sahara is gone, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Liberia Egypt, Benin, and Gabon. Tanzania, Somalia, Kenya, and Mali Sierra Leone, and Algiers, Dahomey, Namibia, Senegal, Libya Cameroon, Congo, Zaire. Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar Rwanda, Mahore, and Cayman, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia... Crete, Mauritania Then Transylvania, Monaco, Liechtenstein Malta, and Palestine, Fiji, Australia, Sudan

Lyric adapted from: [ These are Yakko's World (Countries Of The World) Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]

Book based on Fire Department skills

Conversation. Choose a partner and ask this question, then shift sides: your classmate ask and you answer. Imagine leaving your own country. You're living and traveling in another country. Use the questions below to talk about various countries in English. 1. Have you ever been to another country? 2. What country would you like to visit?

3. Are there any countries you would NOT like to visit? Why not? 4. If you could live in any country, what city would you live in? Why? 5. Would you like to study in another country? Why or why not? 6. Would you like to live in a tropical country? 7. Would you like to live in a country where there is a lot of snow? Read the next news, then answer the questions: The call came in at 10:42 a.m. First responders saw heavy smoke inside the one-story home and flames on the back side of the building, according to Capt. Marty Sawyer, a spokesman for Aiken Public Safety. “We have confirmed that the occupants of the house were out of town,” he said. “They’re on their way back now and they have been notified.” It’s not clear where in the home the fire started, and the cause remains under investigation. Bath Fire Department also responded, and Sawyer said there were no injuries to fire fighters.

1. What time fire department received the call? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What was the first impression firemen got at the momento to see the house? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Do you know the cause of this burning? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

NATIONALITIES NOTE. Remember I am from El Salvador. To Be + from + country I am salvadoran. To Be + Nationality Singular

Plural

Country——- Countries Nationality— Nationalities Read the next paragraph and complete the information in the next chart: Martina, Pepe, Kate, Popovich , Mary, Paul and Bernd are members of the Fire department of Miami: Martina is from Italy. She’s twenty-four. Pepe is Spanish. He’s thirty. Kate and Mary are twins from Great Britain. They are twenty-nine years old. Popovich is from Russia. She’s fourty. Paul is French and he’s thirty-one. Bernd is from Germany and he is fifty years old. How old are you?___________.

NAME

AGE

COUNTRY

NATIONALITY

MARTNA PEPE KATE POPOVICH MARY PAUL BERND

NOW. Write you own information; name, age, country and nationality: My name is______________I’m____________. I’m from___________________and my nationality is__________________.

Book based on Fire Department skills

The context. Nationalities: Here is a chart where you will know the nationality for a person in a specific country:



Let’s put in practice the new vocabulary. The next excersise will help you to recognize some nationalities



Find the 11 nationalities and write these belog:

1._________________________________________ 2._________________________________________ 3._________________________________________ 4._________________________________________ 5._________________________________________ 6._________________________________________ 7._________________________________________ 8._________________________________________ 9._________________________________________ 10.________________________________________ 11.________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

6.4 CARNIVALS

Rio de Janeiro

Venice

Cologne, Germany

Rio de Janeiro Carnival The Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro is a world famous festival held before Lent every year and considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets. The first festivals of Rio date back to 1723.

The typical Rio carnival parade is filled with revelers, floats and adornments from numerous samba schools which are located in Rio (more than 200 approximately, divided into 5 leagues/ divisions). A samba school is composed of a collaboration of local

Book based on Fire Department skills

neighbours that want to attend carnival together, with some kind of regional, geographical common background. One of the many main purposes of the Rio carnival parade is for samba schools to compete with their sisters samba-schools; this competition is the climax of the whole carnival festival in this city, related to the samba-schools environment. Each school chooses a theme to try to portray with their entry. The samba schools work to build the best floats, costumes, lyrics, aesthetics, to represent their themes (in Carnival terminology called "enredo"), and to include the best music they can from their drumming band called the bateria. There are many parts to each school's entry including the six to eight floats and up to 4,000 ( four thousand ) revelers per Samba-school of the so-called Special group. There is a special order that every school has to follow with their parade entries. Each school begins with the "comissão de frente" (literally "Commission of the Front" in English), that is the "wing" or group of people from the school that appear first. Made up of ten to fifteen people, the "comissão de frente" introduces the school and sets the mood and style of their presentation. These people have choreographed dances in fancy costumes that usually tell a short story. Following the "comissão de frente" is the first float of the samba school, called "abre-alas" (“Opening Wing" in English). From the concepts below try to find the synomyms or the word that better suit. Samba:a rhythmic style of dance/sport/competition from Brazil festival Parade synonym: march-past/ concealment Climax to reach the greatest/lowest point or level of activity Fancy synonym: decorative/unornamented Festival synonym: celebration/wake Check the statements that are true. _____ The Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro is a world famous festival. _____ The typical Rio carnival parade is filled with revelers, floats and adornments from numerous samba schools. _____ "comissão de frente" (literally "Commission of the Front" in English), that is the "wing" or group of people from the school that appear last.

Book based on Fire Department skills

_____ A samba school is composed of a collaboration of local neighbours that want to attend carnival apart. Answer the Questions Would you like to go to Rio de Janeiro Carnival? Why? Who would you like to go with?

Rio de Janeiro Carnival It is considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets. The first festivals of Rio date back to 1723. (1)

( 2)

Comprehension Find captions for the two photos from the Rio de Janeiro Carnival ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

Vocabulary about carnivals Instruction: From the puzzle below try to find the words hidden.

C N G D C U X I G H K M E U A

O S Q A S N T S Z O W S A Q Z

N Q N D R T F J N X A V N K L

G D B N E R I I T W O V U T V

Y L K F L C R P Q V O W R O N

R E N W G M E Q S T W L B S A

A O I D G S W I T O Q P C P L

C V R Q U T O O U Q P K P V M

T W O Q J I R B M N J L F P U

U M O P W N K C M E E T N Y S

L A I U V S S W Z E Z K E W V

A K O F G P Q K Z O P M R R P

T E J W O L L A M H S R A M V

I U W H Q N Q D V M Z R G H T

O P C V O B J G D G Y K S H N

APPLE CANDY CLOWNS CONFETTI FIREWORKS JUGGLERS MAKE-UP MARSHMALLOW __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Book based on Fire Department skills

UNIT 7. LetÂ´s go to eat Unit objective: At the end of the unit, students will be able to apply learned knowledge in real situations by using new vocabulary for each context. Contents: 1. Where are we going to eat? 2. What kind of food do you like? 3. Beverages 4. Cooking

Book based on Fire Department skills

100

7.1 WHERE A RE WE GOING TO EAT!

1 Places to go.

Which places do you want to visit at the time of lunch? Why? ____________________________________________________________________ What麓s your opini贸n about choosing the place to eat? ____________________________________________________________________ Is it difficult for you to choose the place toe at? ____________________________________________________________________ How would you act if a fire occurs in the place you are eating? ____________________________________________________________________ List three other places to eat that you like to go the most. ____________________________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

101

Conversation:

A Listen to the conversation. Dave and Sarah decide to visit an American restaurant. Waiter: Good afternoon. Table for two?

Dave: Yes, please. Waiter: Smoking or non-smoking? Sarah: Non-smoking. Waiter: Right this way. They walk to a table. Dave and Sarah sit down and the waiter gives them menus. Waiter: I’ll be back in a few minutes to take your order. After 7 minutes, the waiter returns.

Waiter: Are you ready to order? Dave: I think so, but can I ask? What is Beef Stroganoff? Waiter: It’s beef cut into small pieces and served in a sour cream and white wine sauce. Dave: Ok, that sounds good. I’ll have that. Waiter: Excellent. And that comes with your choice of French fries, fried mushrooms, or rice. Dave: I’ll have rice. Waiter: Anything to start?

Dave: I’ll have the French Onion soup. Waiter. OK. And what can I get you? Sarah: Is the Spaghetti and Meatballs very large? Waiter: Yes, it’s a big portion. Sarah: Oh, I’m not very hungry. Waiter: Then can I recommend the Chicken with Mushrooms? That comes with noodles, but it’s not

Book based on Fire Department skills

102

too big. Sarah: Ok. I’ll take Chicken and Mushrooms. And a salad to start. Waiter: Very good. And what can I get you to drink? Dave: A Coke, please. Sarah: I’ll have orange juice. Waiter: Oh, I’m afraid we’re out of orange juice. But we have pear, apple, grape, and kiwibanana. Sarah: Kiwi-Banana? That sounds interesting. I’ll try that. Waiter: Excellent. I’ll be back with your drinks in a minute. B Answer the Questions below. Practice with a partner. 1. What does the waiter ask before seating Dave and Sarah? 2. How do Dave and Sarah say what they want to eat? 3. What do Dave and Sarah order for starters? For their main meal? To drink? 4. How does the waiter suggest a meal for Sarah? 5. What problems do the diners have? 3 GRAMMAR FOCUS

Questions with how; short answers How often do you eat out side?

How well do you cook?

Everyday.

Pretty well.

Twice a week.

About average.

Not very often.

Not very well.

How long do you spend at the gym?

Thirty minutes a day. Two hours a week. About an hour on weekends.

Book based on Fire Department skills

103

A Complete these questions. Then practice with a partner. A: How good are you at cooking? B: ………………………………………… A: How long do you spend in the kitchen? B:…………………………………………….. A: How often do you help your family to cook? B:………………………………………………. A: How good are you collaborating with others? B:……………………………………………….. B Group work Take turns asking the questons in part A. Give your own information when answering. 4 DISCUSSION. Discuss the following questions: How often do you go to a restaurant? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Do you like eating out or at home? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is your favorite restaurant? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is your favorite food to order there? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________ When was the last time you went to a restaurant? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Is there any difference between a restaurant, cafe, bar, pub, cafeteria? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

104

7.2 TALKING ABOUT FIREFIGHTERS FOOD Conversation cards

What’s your favorite food? How often do you eat it?

What’s your favorite restaurant? Why?

How often do you eat in a restaurant?

Describe an everyday meal from El Salvador and tell

Which country do you think has the best food?

What food do you refuse to eat at the fire station

Can you give some examples of fast food (also:

How often do you eat fast

What are the most popular dishes for firefighters?

What do firefighters eat on a special holiday (like

Have you ever eaten Japanese food? Did you like it?

When did you last go to a

If you visited a country

Have you ever eaten in-

Can you cook? What is the

where people ate snake or

sects or snails? Would you

last dish you cooked out of

What’s the strangest food

Who usually does the cooking in your family?

Is there a pet in your family? What does it eat?

you have ever

food at your job?

nice restaurant? What did

HAVE YOU TRIED THIS FOOD

baked potato

frog's legs

pancake

cake

fruit salad

pizza

ceviche

hamburger

rabbit

dog

pupusas

sausage

Carne asada

lasagna

seafood

escargots

mashed potatoes

tamales

fish & chips

monkey

spaghetti

fondue

noodle soup

steak

fried insects

ostrich

sushi

fried rice

paella

tortilla

Book based on Fire Department skills

105

Listening. Translate the number for each verb in the correct boxes according with the audio.

MATCH 1. PEEL 2, CUT

3, BOIL

4. CHOP

5.. SLICE

6. MASH

7. GRATE

Book based on Fire Department skills

106

Reading. Read the next paragraph about healthy diet for Firefigthers. After reading try to answers the questions below.

Healthy Diet for Firefighters of El Salvador

Have you ever heard of the Food Pyramid? No, it’s not a giant pile of food in Egypt! The Food Pyramid is a clever chart to show the five groups of foods that have all the nutrients that keep your body healthy and make you grow. It includes the different foods from all five groups and how much of each type of food you should eat. The foods that make up the widest part of the pyramid’s base–breads, cereals, rice and pasta–should be the biggest part of your diet, followed by several servings of fresh fruits and vegetables every day. And as you ‘climb’ up the pyramid you get to dairy products (milk, cheese, yogurt) and meat, fish, beans, nuts and eggs. And finally, fats, oils, and sweets are at the very top of the pyramid–which means that you should eat very little of these foods! Remember that it’s very important to eat these good foods, and also exercise regularly. And one of the most important meals of the day is breakfast! If you eat a healthy breakfast before leaving for school you’re sure to have better grades, pay more attention at school, and stay healthier than those kids who don’t eat breakfast. Learn more about the Food Guide Pyramid for Kids or the Food Pyramid for Adults.

Book based on Fire Department skills

107

READING COMPREHENSION. - Answer the questions about healthy diet for firefighters.

1/ Is the food pyramid a diagrammatical representation of recommended portions of basic food groups ? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2/ - Should firefighters eat more cereals than fruit? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3/ - Are fats , oils , and sweets the most important foods in your diet ? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4/Which meal is essential to you ? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5/How much vegetables should you have ? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6/at is at the top of the food pyramid ? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7/Why is important that firefighters have healthy diet? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

108

7.3 BEVERAGES While all beverages hydrate, some also provide important nutrients your body needs. Some relax you. Some energize you. Some simply satisfy your natural taste for sweetness – with calories or without. Some help you perform your best. And some can even help you manage health concerns. Any beverage can be part of a weight-maintenance diet. Sing the song with your classmates: Lyrics: I’m thirsty! I'm thirsty! Do you like water? Yes, I do! Do you like coffee? No, I don't! Do you like wine? Yes, I do! Do you like beer? No, I don't! I'm thirsty (repeat) Do you like lager? Yes, I do! Do you like cockteil? No, I don't! Do you like cola? Yes, I do! Do you like apple juice? No, I don't! I'm thirsty (repeat) Do you like milk? Yes, I do! Do you like orange carton? No, I don't! Do you like soda? Yes, I do! Do you like limonade? No, I don't! I'm thirsty (repeat) Do you like milshake? Yes, I do!

Do you like chocomilk? Yes, I do! Let's go get something to drink!



Practice your speaking skill:

Working in pairs, talk with your classmates you likes and dislikes about drinks. Use this: I’m thirsty I would like to take a juice but I don´t like lemonade!

Book based on Fire Department skills

109

Read the next information: Drink water and low fat milk Fluids are needed for the body to digest food, cool down, and move nutrients and waste. Drinks are the largest source of fluids. Most adults need 9 to 12 cups of fluid per day. Your fluid needs depend on your age, gender, body size and activity level. Tips for choosing healthy drinks and Healthy Drinks, Healthy Kids provide guidance for choosing drinks and suggest you and your family: 

Drink water throughout the day



Drink milk at meals



Limit fruit juice to ½ cup per day

Drinks containing sugar and fat are often higher in calories. Using these drinks can contribute to weight gain. Limit your intake of these drinks to help you manage weight and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Avoid drinks with added sugar such as fruit flavoured drinks, soft drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, sweetened hot or cold drinks and alcohol. Choose true or false: a) Fluids are no needed for you to have good health?.................................................YES……….NO b) Most of the adults don not need more tan a cup of water at day?.....................YES……….NO c) What is necessary to get good health?...........................................................................YES……….NO d) For children drink water, milk and fruit juice is hazardous?..............................YES……….NO e) Drinks which cointain sugar and fat are often higher in nutrients?................YES…….….NO f) Limiting yourself to take drinks with a lot sugar and fat will prevent to get a disease?......................................................……...................................................………......................YES……….NO g) Drinks with added sugar such as fruit flavoured drinks, soft drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, sweetened hot or cold drinks and alcohol are very healthy............................ …….......................................................................……..................................................................YES……….NO

Book based on Fire Department skills

110

If you notice in the song there are some specifics likes and dislikes about drinks, now rewrite a paragraph of this song, but this time choose your preferences: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Remember: Rather and Prefer are words used to show a choice from different options. Start with some examples: ď&#x201A;ˇ ď&#x201A;ˇ

Would you rather eat pizza or pasta? I would rather eat pizza. Would you prefer to eat pizza or pasta? I would prefer to eat pizza.

The structure of these sentences are the same except for one small difference: Would Rather is followed by a base verb and Would Prefer is followed by an infinitive. Subject + Would + Rather + Base Verb I would rather live in a warm country. I would rather go to a different restaurant. Subject + Would + Prefer + To + Verb I would prefer to live in a warm country. She would prefer to meet on Monday. Not comes before the verb with both rather and prefer. I would rather not go to work today. I would prefer not to play a game. Now, you have have more knowledge at the moment to choose something that you like, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to practice gramatical structure in order to achieve comprehensiona and understanding.

Book based on Fire Department skills

111



HERE YOU HAVE A LIST OF AN INTERACTIVE VOCABULARY FOR DRINKS.



LEARN IT.

Now, you have learned all option you have to drink at the moment you´re thirsty.

Book based on Fire Department skills

112

7.4 10 SURPRISING, HEALTHY EATING HABITS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

The United States doesn’t have the highest obesity rate in the Americas (that dubious honor goes to Mexico), but over one-third of US adults are currently obese, and that number isn’t dropping. It’s a pretty eye-opening statistic, especially when compared with data from countries like Japan and India, where obesity rates fall below five percent. Why the difference? While national obesity rates depend on many factors, they probably have a lot to do with lifestyle and culture, including what people eat and how they eat it. The good news is that everyone can borrow healthy eating habits from countries around the world — and leave some less-wholesome practices on foreign soil. Keep in mind that these habits come from traditional diets found in these countries — with globalization, some foods and eating habits have migrated around the world (for better or for worse). For example, les steaks hachés sounds like a typical French food, but it’s actually the meaty part of Le Big Mac (and hardly part of traditional cuisine). 1. Japan

One unexpected habit to steal from Japanese eating culture is the emphasis placed on food’s appearance. Small portions and colorful, seasonal vegetables make for a visually appealing — and healthy — plate. The small portions may help to keep calories in check, while bright veggies provide a range of healthy vitamins and minerals . Skip: Fish high in heavy metals. Mercury, an element that can cause nervous system damage, is particularly prevalent in predatory species like tuna, king mackerel, and swordfish . Avoid sushi such as maguro (tuna) and nama-saba(mackerel) and go for safer options like sake (salmon), ebi (shrimp), and ika(squid) instead. Check out this list before stepping up to the sushi bar.

Book based on Fire Department skills

113

2. China

Pick up sticks: Chowing down with chopsticks can help slow eating speed, which may ultimately decrease the amount of food eaten. Research has shown slower eating may lead to reduced caloric intake, and one Japanese study found that the odds for being obese and having cardiovascular disease were higher among people who ate faster . Skip: MSG (though maybe not for everyone). Monosodium Glutamate has been linked with a number of negative health effects, including headaches and numbness, in certain people . Though the research is still somewhat inconclusive, avoid the unpleasant side effects by preparing Chinese food at home or ordering from restaurants that don’t use MSG. 3. United States

Go local: The “Standard American Diet” (SAD) is indeed sad, but some regional dietary patterns offer healthier alternatives. Look to San Francisco for inspiration — Frisco residents are known for chowing down on locally grown food. Fruits and veggies grown nearby often contain more nutrients and fewer pesticides than produce that must travel long distances from farm to table . Skip: Chemicals you're unsure of. Pizza, cheeseburgers, and French fries are obvious “skip” foods, but there are a number of potentially harmful chemicals in American food. Read nutrition labels carefully — in general, the shorter the ingredient list, the fewer chemicals and additives in a given food. READING Scan the text to check your answers. Then read the whole text After you read What is the tone of the texts? Check the correct answer. _____1. Festive

______2. Regretful

_____3. Thoughtful

______4. Informative

Match each word with its meaning. _____1. Chopstick (par.1– Chinese food) _____2.Obese (par.1-Chinese food) _____3.Veggies (par.1– American food) _____4.Pizza (par.2– American food) _____5.Calorie (par.1- Japanese food) _____6.Sushi (par.2-Japanese food)

Book based on Fire Department skills

a. the amount of energy food provides b. a type of food, originally from Japan c. a dish of Italian origin d. narrow sticks used for eating food e. grossly fat or overweight f. vegetables

114

Food Instruction: Find all the words relating to food.

R L C P O M N G C B B I H F S

E U H T F O B H X A L I B A

J O G U E D U Y I V C C T N N

S E C R N E S Q C C O O T H D

S Y G R U D S F K S N E E V W

E T O A L B I E E L G N H K I

I C D K L A E D N G S P G D C

R O T I W D E S S T P U A R H

F F O V R F G R E T O F P I N

H D H C P L A A E E K O S C Z

C P A X R O K M S C H R B E S

N F I E B V D A L A S C C U D

E W I Z R O C A T V S A Q R F

R L B S Z B K L V J J J Z Z K

F L L A H A S G S J I T E E F

VOCABULARY: Bacon, bread, cereal, cheese, cheese burger, chicken, corndog, eggs, fish, french fries, hotdog, pizza, rice, salad, sandwich, soup, spaghetti, steak, taco

Book based on Fire Department skills

115

K Y V K A A O E N Q W B E E F C

E V O L M E R O G N A M X D A A

K S I I A M L R B A N A N A T B

O N X M E E C P U G C B S N J S

F D H L M W L S B H R N A G A C

C U R A E P E S E W N W F W B U T T O N G N I B O R O O X Z N O X C A S P M P X N W B M M U E Q E G G S J E A R K E F A P K E Y C D O V O N P R I U N D S S C F I A I U C E W R W W O R Q G O A M I V I Z A X T Q Q O C K S G S W R E G K U R F R E R D H A C A Q C N A P T B I I U M Y Z O D A I

E E Z A R A U Q S H T Z M G E Z

H R H E C I I Q H W B O N P A B

C E C H T U S K A S T U X A N T

B Y L N G P O T A T O E S K S F

Find these words in the puzzle

peas ham potatoes butter

mango

sausages tomato

durian

peach pear

Book based on Fire Department skills

116

UNIT 8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Welcome to the fire departmentâ&#x20AC;? Unit objective: At the end of the unit, student will be able to recognize basic and intermediate vocabulary used in a Fire department by getting involvement in this English context. Contents: 1. In the station 2. Types of fires 3. Possible incidents 4. The ambulance and medical services.

Book based on Fire Department skills

117

8.1 IN THE STATTION A powerful new tool-An easy way to involve parents-As a teacher, you know how important parent involvement is! Now you have a powerful new way to engage parents in fire

safety. What's nicer is how easy it is. All you have to do is send a notice home with each student asking their caregiver to participate in a homework assignment by visiting www.firefacts.org. Once there, they'll simply click the "Parents" tab, and select Parent Homework.

Parents will be asked to read "10 Simple Steps to a Safer Home" and "Practice Safety as a Family." Once finished, they'll be asked to take a ten question test covering the basics of fire safety in the home. After a parent completes the test, an email is automatically sent to you, letting you know that student's parent has completed their homework. Parents can print out a completion page as verification as well.

Book based on Fire Department skills

118

Fire safety for the whole family! 1conversation what is your favorite job? Listen and practice Carlos: hello my name is Carlos. What´s your name? Cristina: Hi my name is Cristian Carlos: Nice too meet you Cristian. Cristian: Nice to meet you too. Carlos: are you in this class? Cristian: yes. I´m in this class too. Carlos: And what do you do? Cristian: I study in the mornings and I worked in the afternoon. What about you. Carlos: I just study. And where do you work? Cristian: I work in the fire department.

Carlos: Wow! That´s interesting. How is that? Is it hard to work there? Cristian: well, it is very nice to help and for saving lives also it could be difficult because you can lose your life saving others. This job requires courage. Carlos: that´s sounds true. Let´s sit teacher is here the class will start.

2 speaking Checking information A match the questions with the responses. Listen and check. Then practice with a partner. Give your own information.

Book based on Fire Department skills

119

1. What would you like to do when you get older?.....

a. yes, I´d like to be a fireman

2. What kind of jobs would you like to have?........

b. I want to be a teacher

3. would you like to work as fireman?...................... and with schools.

c. I´d like to work with business

B Group work

Introduce yourself with your full name with your classmate and create a short paragraph expressing your ideas about what being a fireman involves. A: Hi! I´m yakira. I think that be a fireman is a hard job because. It could be dangerous. B: why is it difficult?

3 conversation is it difficult to be a fireman? A Listen and practice. Lisbeth: hello. What is your name? Robert: my name is Robert Pattinson. Lisbeth: I´m glad to meet you. Would you mind answer some question for me? Robert: Sure tell me. Lisbeth: Do you like your job? Why? Robert: yes, I love what I do. It is really exciting the time when you are fighting with real fire facing moments thinking that you can lose your life but sure that you will safe a life. Lisbeth: do you consider that to work as fireman do you need more than courage? Robert: yes you need first to love this job, then a lot of couragement, and willingness to help others. Lisbeth: thank you very much for the information.

B Listen to the rest of the conversation. What does a person needs to have to be part of the fire department?

Book based on Fire Department skills

120

4 Grammar Focus

Wh QUESTIONS WITH BE.

Statements

A Answer this sentences with the appropriate response. Think about it and give your personal opinion. What would you like to do when youÂ´re adult? Whre would you like to work? Why would you like to work there? Would you like to work in the fire department? Why? Would it be consider a difficult job the work that a fireman do?

B Complete this questions If you had the opportunity to work in the fire department would you like to have this kind of job? What do you consider a person needs to have and what a person cannot have to work as fireman? What would you do if a fire is presented in any place? Would you act desperate anguish or would you make something to help in the situation?

Book based on Fire Department skills

121

8.2 FIRE CLASIFICATION Speaking . Discuss the different classification of fires that firefigthers have to face every day.

-Writing. Write 5 differences about types of fire from El Salvador , showed above.

1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Book based on Fire Department skills

122

READING.

THE FIRE

It was a Monday morning in San Salvador when a fire happened on the corner of Telecom building. The fire is on the first floor of a two-storey house, and it is spreading quickly. Fire engines, police and paramedics all arrived fifteen minutes ago, and one fireman is using an axe to break the front door down. A neighbour said that an elderly man and his wife live in the house. They are both partially deaf and cannot hear very well. Their bedroom is on the second floor. The fire fighters are worried because they cannot see them. The neighbour tried calling their names when the fire started, but there was no answer. The firemen are not sure whether the couple are on the first floor of the house or the second floor. The house may collapse very soon. The police do not want the firemen to get hurt by going into the house. What should he do? Should he send firemen into the house to look for the couple? Answer the following questions: 1. Where has the fire started? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What kind of house was it? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the meaning of deaf? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is a two-storey house? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

123

Observe the given picture and answer the questions that follow.

How many men do you see in the picture? _____________________________________________________________________

Are they from the present time? _____________________________________________________________________

What are they doing in the picture? _____________________________________________________________________

This picture tells us about one of the earliest discoveries of all times. What is it? _____________________________________________________________________

List two uses of this discovery for the early man? _____________________________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

124

Vocabulary. Find the words related with fire in El Salvador circule them.

Book based on Fire Department skills

125

8.3 POSSIBLE INCIDENTS In an active Fire Station the most important is to be faster and effective to solve an issue, in this content you are goint to learn the posible events that have to solved by firefighter agaist the time most of the time. For you to begin to meet those issues, here it´s a lyric that you can practice to get fluency. Play it now: 4 BUSY FIREFIGHTERS

Four busy firefighters could not retire Because they might have to put out a fire. The first one rang a big brass bell. The second one said, 'It's the Grand Hotel!' The third one said, 'Down the pole we'll slide.' The fourth one said, 'Get ready to ride.' The siren said, 'Get out of the way!' 'We have to put out a fire today!'

The red fire truck sped on to the fire, As the big yellow flames grew higher and higher. Swish went the water from the fire-hose spout And in no time at all the fire was out. SPEAKING: Answer the next questions and share your ideas with your classmates: 

What do you supposed a Fire Station is for in a city?



What do you think about the events firefighters have to solve as fast as they can?



What can you feel being at the middle of a burning and you’ll the to solve it?

NOTE. Fire stations are located strategically throughout neighborhoods, allowing firefighters to reach the emergency situation within a predetermined amount of time. The fire station acts as storage for fire engines, fire trucks, protective equipment, hoses, and other equipment. Many stations also house medic vehicles if the firefighters transport patients. There are a few different uses for the fire station besides storing equipment.

Book based on Fire Department skills

126

READ. Some of the powers of the Fire Department in our country are: 

To coordinate the operations and activities of the Corps in the Salvadoran territory.



Direct and coordinate the operations of the body in case of disaster and disasters of all kinds and help in other emergency and public calamity.



To promote and implement prevention programs and fire safety.



Promote and implement curricula for technical and scientific training of Fire; Authorize the organization and functioning Volunteer Fire.

Units and Events that a Fire Department has to solve: 

Fire structural unit



Vehicle Rescue Unit



Prehospital care unit



Vertical rescue unit



Canine unit



Unit of hazardous materials



Unit search and rescue in collapsed structures



Unit wildfires



Diving Unit



Control unit Africanized bees

The firefighters has a lot of thing to do, that´s the reason for the burning of several divisions in this fields, in a station these divison are called units, in this case each unit is encharge of an inconvenient that has to be solved faster. Inside of these divisions are very prepared people to make face every emergency that has to be solved against the time and others disasters. Most of the time every uit work separately, but the coordination betwen them has to perfect to solve an issue. Almost in the fire station's garage, you can usually find the firefighter's turnouts hanging from hooks, with the boots and helmets located above or below them. This allows for easy access when the alarm sounds. Within the garage the firefighters also inspect and repair the engines and trucks as necessary, making sure they are always in operable condition. During down time, the firefighters are responsible for the cleaning and polishing of the engines and trucks, which also takes place in the garage or driveway. END!

Book based on Fire Department skills

127

WRITING. As you already read the lecture, is time to pay in practice your Reading skills: ď&#x192;&#x17E;

Make a summary about what you learned with the lecture:

Write the name of each emergency in these pictures:

Book based on Fire Department skills

128



VOCABULARY AND PHRASES FOR AN EMERGENCY

Call an ambulance! There´s been an accident Are you ok? Is overyone ok? The building on fire! Please! help me out! Call the fire brigate!



Supposing that you are a TV reporter, imagine an emmergy and write here a short event:

Can you smell burning? There´s a fire!

Fireman equipment. Check it!

Book based on Fire Department skills

129

8.4 THE AMBULANCE

Prehospital 9-1-1 emergency response is one of the essential public safety functions provided by the fire service in support of community health, security and prosperity. Fire service-based emergency medical service systems are strategically positioned to deliver time critical response and effective patient care.

It is pivotal to understand the importance of having emergency medical services provided through the fire service. Due to the training, expertise, and equipment of fire service-based EMS responders, they are capable of simultaneously securing a scene, mitigating the hazard, and triaging, extricating, treating, decontaminating (if necessary), and transporting the patients who have been injured to an appropriate medical facility. Time efficiency is a key component of the security system.

Book based on Fire Department skills

130

RESCUE EQUIPMENT Boots

Extinguisher

Underwater flashlight

Book based on Fire Department skills

Gloves

Helmet

Illuminating Helmet band

Wildland clothing

131

FIRE READINESS AND SAFETY READINESS There are several things you can do to be ready in case there is ever a fire in your house. Make sure your parents have at least one smoke detector in your house. It should be placed near the bedrooms. Check your smoke detector once a month to be sure it’s working. Replace the battery once a year. Make a list of all the ways you can get out of your house. Include windows, but make sure you can open and shut all windows easily. If you live in a two-story house or an apartment, use the stairs. Never plan on using an elevator in a fire. An elevator can get stuck if the fire reaches the electrical wires or motor. Have regular practice drills. Practice escape routes with your family at least once a month—get everyone in the family to do it. Have a central place to meet once outside. Memorize the telephone number for the fire department. Be sure to keep the number on your telephone, too! You can probably get a telephone sticker from your fire department. SAFETY The most important thing you should know about fire safety is how to escape from a burning building.

Get everyone to leave the house as quickly as possible. Don’t take anything with you—things can be replaced; people can’t. Get down on the floor and crawl if there is smoke in your way. The air is better near the floor. If you can, cover your nose and mouth with a wet towel or handkerchief. Feel the doors before you open them. If a door isn’t warm, open it slowly. If it feels warm, don’t open it! Use a window instead. Break out a window if you need to use a window for escape and the window is stuck. Break it out with something like a chair or long hard object, like a baseball bat. Make sure all the jagged edges of the glass are broken out too, so you won’t get cut as you climb out. Stop, drop, and roll if your clothes catch on fire. That means stop where you are, drop to the ground, and roll back and forth on the ground until you put the fire out. Don’t run! Call the fire department from your neighbor’s house even if you think someone else has already done. Book based on Fire Department skills

132

FIRE READINESS AND SAFETY QUESTIONS Read Fire Readiness and Safety then answer the following questions. Should you have a smoke detector in your house? Why ________________________________________________________________________________________ Where should the smoke detector be placed? Why? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ How often should you check the smoke detector? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Why is it important to practice fire drills? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ What is the first thing to do when caught in a burning building? ______________________________________________________________________________________________

If there is smoke in your way and it is difficult to breathe, what should you do ______________________________________________________________________________________________ If the door feels warm, what should you do? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ What should you do if your escape window is stuck? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ TRUE OR FALSE Write true or false in the blanks. 10.__________ If your apartment building is on fire, you should always use the elevator. 11.__________ The first thing to do when your building is on fire is to take all your valuables with you. 12.__________ In a burning building, feel the doors before you open them. 13.__________ The best place for a smoke detector is the living room. 14.__________ When there is a fire, the air is better near the floor.

Book based on Fire Department skills

133

UNIT 9. Be ready forâ&#x20AC;Ś Unit objective: At the end of the unit, students will be able to analyze and comprehend the methods to stop a burning by using the more complex resources to the simple ones. Contents:

1. The fire engine 2. Specialized clothing 3. Fire Station Resources 4. Fire Station safety signs

Book based on Fire Department skills

134

1 SNAPSHOT

9.1 THE FIRE ENGINE

A fire engine (also known in some territories as a fire apparatus, fire truck, or fire appliance) is a specific vehicle designed primarily for firefighting operations. Many departments employ fire engines for various other uses including but not limited to EMS, hazmat, auto extrication and technical rescue. Its primary role on the fire ground include transporting firefighters to the scene, along with a limited supply of water and a full compliment of hose lines. The terms fire engine and fire truck are often used interchangeably but actually represent different types of fire apparatus. Typical modern fire apparatus carries equipment for a wide range of firefighting and rescue tasks. These include ladders, pike poles, axes and cutting equipment, halligan bars, ventilating equipment, floodlights, hose ramps, self-contained breathing apparatus and general tolos. What do you do think the fire engine is? Do you consider that the fire engine is necessary? why? Have you ever been in a fire engine? If yes how was it?

Book based on Fire Department skills

135

2 CONVERSATION Have you ever been in a fire engine? A

Listen and practice

Rick: Hey! Can I have lunch with you? Carl: sure! Come and sit down with me. How are you Rick? Rick: I´m ok. What about you? How have you been? Carl: you know as always busy.. learning from life. By the way where have you been?

Rick: I have been taken the cooking class that I wanted to take before. What did you do in your vacations? Carl: ohh! You wont beleive it I went to the fire department. Rick: finally What you wanted to do since long time ago. Congratulations! But tell me how was it? Carl: It was interesting everythig there needs to be done carrefully specially when your going to the area where people need help. I want to be a firefighter.

Listen to the rest of the conversation.

What else Did Carl do on his vacations?

3 GRAMMAR FOCUS

Did you work on vacations? Yes, I did. I worked all vacations. No,I didn´t. I didn´t work at all. Did you go anywhere last vacations? Yes, I did.I went to the fire department. No, I didn´t. I didn´t go anywhere.

Book based on Fire Department skills

What did Carl do on vacations? He stayed home and studied for a test.

How did Carl spend his time on vacations? He visited the fire department.

136

A Complete this conversations. Then practice with a partner. A: ……….you………..( stayed) home on vacations? B:No. I……………. (call) my friend. We………..(drive ) to a cafe for lunch.

A: How …….you …….(spend)your last vacations? B:I …….(have) a party, Everyone……..(enjoy) it, but neighbors……. (not, like) the noise.

What ……..you……..(do) last night? B: I ………..(go) to the movies. I …………….(love ) it!

B Pair work Take turns asking questions inpart A.

Give your own information when answering. A: Did you stay home on Saturday? B: No, I didn´t. I went out with some friends. We saw the new movie of Angelina Jolie

4 PRONUNCIATION Reduction of did you

Listen and practice. Notice how did you is reduced in the following questions.

Did you have a good time?

What did you do last night?

B pair work Practice the questions in part A of exercise 3 again. Pay attention to the pronunciationn of did you.

Book based on Fire Department skills

137

5 Writing Match the correct Word from the letter A with the Word of the column B

Vocabulary

Book based on Fire Department skills

138

9.2 SPECIALIZED CLOTHING

Book based on Fire Department skills

139

Find 6 words. Write.

Jacket

Belt

Book based on Fire Department skills

Pants Boots

Helmet Rope

140

Writing. Clothing Describe the people you see in the pictures. Ex: Th fire-figther is wearing a mask. He is wearing boots and pants.

________________________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

141

Clothing

Word Bank socks Pants Jacket Belt Helmet Boots

Reading. Fill in the blanks using the word bank.

Gloves T-Shirt

Jack is getting ready for working. He puts on his cold.

__________ first because the floor is

After he chooses which

__________ he is going to wear.

Then he tries to find a

_____________ that matches his ___________.

Later Jack gets ready to go at fire statation. He puts on his ___________. Finally, he puts on his

__________ and he is ready to go outside to fight the fire .

His mother tells him to put on his

_________ because it is very dangerous

At the fire station he has to take off his

Book based on Fire Department skills

_________ when he enters because it is too hot.

142

9.3 FIRE STATION RESOURCES Conventional fire apparatus, fire engine, or fire truck, is a vehicle designed to assist in fighting fires by transporting firefighters to the scene, along with water or other equipment. In most areas, the terms fire engine and fire truck represent different types of firefighting apparatus. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to know some fire engines: 1. TILLER LADDER

2. TYPE 3 FIRE ENGINE

3. TELESCOPIC HYDRAULIC PLATFORM

4. FIRE ENGINE , HYDRAULIC PLATFORM ESA

LISTEN.

Plactice each pronunciation

Specialized units used to fight burnings: 1. Tiller ladder is used to make posible rescues in buildings with more than 3 floors. 2. Type 3 engine is used to make face incidents in roads that a normal fire engine canÂ´t access. 3. Telescopic hydraulic platform is a rescue vehicle which makes easier fight burnings in high buildings. 4. Fire engine with hydraulic platform ESA, salvadorean fire engine with capacity for 25m3 of water and platform used to rescues in buildings with more than a floor.

Book based on Fire Department skills

143

Every resource and equipment in a fire station is aimed to protect firefighters, potential firefighters or those with a general interest in what the fire and rescue service has to offer. Most of the time those resources are provided for government at each fire staion in a country and some of those are denations from companies. Bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protection equipment:

Why these equipment is important? Structural fire fighters' protective clothing is designed to protect its wearer from the thermal environments experienced during fire fighting. Fire fighters may receive serious burn injuries from each of these modes of heat transfer or a combination of them even though they are wearing protective clothing. In addition, fire fighters' protective clothing is often wet when it becomes heated by the fire fighting environment. Hot vapors and steam are generated inside protective clothing systems that also produce serious burn injuries. Fire fighters' protective clothing has definite physical limits associated with its ability to protect the wearer. These safe use limits are poorly understood and are not addressed in current fire service protective clothing standards.

BREATHING APPARATUS Is a device worn by rescue workers, firefighters, and others to provide breathable air in an IDLH (immediate danger to life and health) atmosphere. Fire fighters are exposed to highly variable environments including elevated temperatures and convective and radiant thermal flux, which can put a significant burden on personal protective equipment.

Book based on Fire Department skills

144

Read. Here you have a description for wildland fires, take a moment to read it and answer the question at the next page, underline each you donÂ´t know and it will br you assignment. Forest Fires Forest fires, often called wildland fires, are spread by the transfer of heat, in this case to grass, brush, shrubs, and trees. Because it is frequently difficult to extinguish a forest fire by attacking it directly, the principal effort of forest fire fighters is often directed toward controlling its spread by creating a gap, or firebreak, across which fire cannot move. Firebreaks are made, and the fire crews attempt to stop the fire by several methods: trenching, direct attack with hose streams, aerial bombing, spraying of fire-retarding chemicals, and controlled back-burning. As much as possible, advantage is taken of streams, open areas, and other natural obstacles when establishing a firebreak. Wide firebreaks may be dug with plows and bulldozers. The sides of the firebreaks are soaked with water or chemicals to slow the combustion process. Some parts of the fire may be allowed to burn themselves out. Fire-fighting crews are trained and organized to handle fires covering large areas. They establish incident command posts, commissaries, and supply depots. Two-way radios are used to control operations, and airplanes are employed to drop supplies as well as chemicals. Helicopters serve as command posts and transport fire fighters and their equipment to areas that cannot be reached quickly on the ground. Some severe wildfires have required more than 10,000 fire fighters to be engaged at the same time. The U.S. Forest Service maintains research laboratories, which develop improved fire-fighting equipment and techniques, and a school that trains fire fighters in the latest fire-fighting techniques. International conferences on wildland fire prevention and fire fighting have been held with greater frequency in recent years. 1. Is this article in simple present or simple past?_____________________________________YES_____NO

2. Is a Forest Fire also called Wildland Fire?_______________________________________YES_____NO 3. A firebreak is a sport practiced by firefighter.__________________________________YES_____NO 4. Extinguish a forest fire by attacking it directly is the best option.________YES_____NO 5. Firefighters are trained and organized to handle fires covering large ĂĄreas._______________________________________________________________________________________YES_____NO 6. Helicopters are no used to extinghish wildland fires.______________________________YES_____NO 7. The U.S. Forest Service maintains research laboratorios looking for better technologies for attack burnings.________________________________________________________YES_____NO

Book based on Fire Department skills

145

VOCABULARY Here you have a complete list of vocabulary which is used to name many of the resources that a fireman uses to fight agaist burnings or incidents.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

delivery deluge system door opener detection system detergent foam distrubutor pipe divisional valve double female double male dry chemical dry hydrant dry powders dry spinkler

Just do it:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Engine eductor ejector ejector pump elevator key encapsulated suit extension ladder extinguisher extrication gloves

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Adapter air pressirized water aerial fire apparatus aerial ladder plataform airmonitoring meter airbag airpack apparatus aqueous film-forming foam attack hose attic ladder automatic sprinkler

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Fire alarm control fire axe fireboat fire damper fire department keys fire hose fire hydrant fire station alert system fire streams fly fog nozzle foot valve

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Big guns bomb line booster hose branch pipe bresnan cellar nozzle bulk tank bunkers

1. 2. 3. 4.

Glass-master tool gravity tank fire granade ground ladder

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Cellar pipe charged line cistern closet hook closet ladder combanation nozzle compressed air foam system

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Halon halyard hand squirt handtube helmet higbee cut high pressure hook hydrant

Take your time being at home to search the meaning for each name in this section. Try to use your own knowledge and your dictionary to get the ideas about a meaning for a word of these.

1. Deck gun

3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

landing valve large diameter hose life net life safety line light water

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Passport the pig pineapple pipeman plug portable water tank possitive pressure ventilation pumper

1. Rescue engine 2. ringdown radio 3. roof ladder 1. 2. 3. 4.

Smoke detector smoker ejector soda-acid extinguisher soft suction hose

1. Trash line 2. triple combination engine company 3. triple lay 1. Utility rope 1. Valve 2. ventilation saw 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Wagon water curtain nozzle water mist fire suppression water tender or water tanker wet water

1. Ladder truck 2. ladder pipe

Book based on Fire Department skills

146

9.4 FIRE SAFETY SIGNS

Assembly point: A designated place where people have been told to wait after evacuating a building in the event of a fire or other emergency.

Book based on Fire Department skills

147

TACTICAL SAFETY: RISK A LOT, SAVE A LOT

What is the risk to firefighters at structural fires? Well, the risks start with the response and truly never end. Firefighting should be the biggest risk and often, it is the least. Accidents on the way to or from fires often lead in injuries while being theoretically less risky. So, what is risk anyway? Is it where injuries occur or is it where the most danger lies?

If you risk a lot, you are considered to be taking a chance that what you're about to do may not come out the way you planned. Risk is also time-sensitive in that smaller fires should produce less risk for firefighters, but often just the opposite happens. Large-scale exterior operations which look dangerous tend to have fewer injuries because firefighters are operating from a distant location and in a different mode. Risk is also in the eye of the beholder; while some risks are apparent even to the most hardcore observer, many "risky acts" are up for interpretation.

Is the problem with attempting to save a life the risk portion or is it the fact that firefighters are willing to have this in their heads? Is the real risk that firefighters believe personal risk is worth it to save lives? The job of firefighter is like no other because we must make calculated risk decisions that involve lots of time compression and often underdeveloped variables to save lives. Doctors save lives, but their lives are not at risk; pilots save lives but deal with more knowns then a firefighter. To lessen risk is not always possible on the fireground. To save lives requires knowledge and personal risk.

Book based on Fire Department skills

148

VOCABULARY RELATING TO FIRE DEPARTMENT

E R I J V Q A R D Q A F A F R F X V E M R T Z K I L E S C

S W Y I O N P D D N O X C L

C P T Y E O P Q P J J T E J

I C A D Q S I X E U M I N Z

I S I L O R D Q J R T N E E

C C K Z L A D Y D Y L G R H

C U H P M O K D I L T U G A

M J F Q F T C B I Z W I W S

E T H G I F E R I F Y S I I

U Q N M R T D B V J T H M B

L Z R J E E U N Y U O E B B

U A V K R R T S A N B R F R

L T B I N Y Q D R A Z A H L

I U F I F Q R U B E M A L F

P T B S A X C I U L Z G F U

VOCABULARY ACCIDENT

EXTINGUISHER

HAZARD

ALARM

FIRE

INJURY

ARSON

FIRE DRILL

RISK

BURN

FIREFIGHTER

SCENE

COLLAPSE

FLAME

VICTIM

Book based on Fire Department skills

149

Fire Department Terminology

Alarm: System for detecting and reporting unusual conditions, such as smoke, fire, flood, loss of air, HAZMAT release Bus: Common term (firefighter slang) usually referring to an Ambulance Class A fire: A fire involving combustibles such as wood, paper, and other natural materials. Class B fire: A fire involving hydrocarbons. Class C fire: An electrical fire. Class D fire: A fire involving metals, such as sodium, titanium, magnesium, pota sium, uranium, lithium, plutonium and calcium. Collapse zone: The area around a structure that would contain debris if the building were to collapse. Engine: A fire suppression vehicle that has a water pump and, typically, is designed to carry firehose and a limited supply of water. Fire hazard: Materials, structures or processes that may result in creating a fire, permitting a fire to grow undetected, or preventing people from escaping a fire. HAZMAT: Hazardous materials, including solids, liquids, or gases that may cause injury, death, or damage if released or triggered.

Book based on Fire Department skills

150

UNIT 10. LetÂ´s to the action Unit objective: At the end of the unit, student will be able to apply learned knowledge regarding to the Fire department by demonstrating possible emergency reactions. Contents: 1. The calling 2. The emergency 3. The rescues 4. Extinguishing the fire

Book based on Fire Department skills

151

10.1 THE EMERGENCY CALLING

1 SNAPSHOT In an emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number immediately from any wired

or wireless phone. An emergency is any situation that requires immediate assistance from the police, fire department or ambulance. Examples include: A fire, a crime, especially if in progress, a car crash, especially if someone is

injured A medical emergency, such as someone who is unconscious, gasping for air or not breathing, experiencing an allergic reaction, having chest pain, having uncontrollable bleeding, or any other symptoms that require immediate medical attention Important: If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sure whether the situation is a true emergency, officials recommend calling 911 and letting the call-taker determine whether you need emergency help.

1. Have you ever called to the emergency number? 2. Have you ver need help from the emergency department? When? 3. Do you consider that the emergency department satisfy the needs of the citizens of your country?

Book based on Fire Department skills

152

LISTEN. LISTEN AND PRACTICE

Harold: Thank you for calling 911 Emergency number what is the Emergency your calling for? Silvia: I need an ambulance, well actually I don´t know what to do … My house is burning in flames.

Harold: I understand. What´s your name? Sorry? Silvia: Silvia Harold: Mrs. Silvia, Let me help you with that. What is your location? Silvia: Is 41601 Albrae St Fremont, CA 94538 Harold: is there someone inside the house? Silvia: I don´t know I just came, I am calling my daughter but she doesn´t answer. Harold: Ok. Thanks. I am sending to your home the fire engine, please keep calm and within 6 minutes the firefighters will arrive to help you. Silvia: thank you. I am waitimg for you. Harold: do not panic. We will arrive to help you.

Listen to the rest of the conversation. Did the firefighters arrive on time? What happen in the Silvia´s House when firefighters arrived? What happen in the Silvia´s house at the end?

Book based on Fire Department skills

153

3 GRAMAR FOCUS A Read and practice

B Write 5 sentences about what you are thinking about this topic the fire deparment. 4 Writing A write six sentences describing what is happening in the picture

B Work and share the information you have wrote with a classmate.

Book based on Fire Department skills

154

10.2 THE EMERGENCY Readiness There are several things you can do to be ready in case there is ever a fire in your house. 1. Make sure your parents have at least one smoke detector in your house. It should be placed near the bedrooms. Check your smoke detector once a month to be sure it’s working. Replace the battery once a year. 2. Make a list of all the ways you can get out of your house. Include windows, but make sure you can open and shut all windows easily. If you live in a two-story house or an apartment, use the stairs. Never plan on using an elevator in a fire. An elevator can get stuck if the fire reaches the electrical wires or motor. 3. Have regular practice drills. Practice escape routes with your family at least once a month—get everyone in the family to do it. Have a central place to meet once outside. 4. Memorize the telephone number for the fire department. Be sure to keep the number on your telephone, too! You can probably get a telephone sticker from your fire department. Safety The most important thing you should know about fire safety is how to escape from a burning building. 1. Get everyone to leave the house as quickly as possible. 2. Don’t take anything with you—things can be replaced; people can’t. 3. Get down on the floor and crawl if there is smoke in your way. The air is better near the floor. If you can, cover your nose and mouth with a wet towel or handkerchief. 4. Feel the doors before you open them. If a door isn’t warm, open it slowly. If it feels warm, don’t open it! Use a window instead. 5. Break out a window if you need to use a window for escape and the window is stuck. Break it out with something like a chair or long hard object, like a baseball bat. Make sure all the jagged edges of the glass are broken out too, so you won’t get cut as you climb out. 6. Stop, drop, and roll if your clothes catch on fire. That means stop where you are, drop to the ground, and roll back and forth on the ground until you put the fire out. Don’t run! 7. Call the fire department from your neighbor’s house even if you think someone else has already done so.

Book based on Fire Department skills

155

Questions Read Fire Readiness and Safety on page 87 and then answer the following questions. 1. Should you have a smoke detector in your house? Why? 2. Where should the smoke detector be placed? Why? 3. How often should you check the smoke detector? 4. Why is it important to practice fire drills? 5. What is the first thing to do when caught in a burning building? 6. If there is smoke in your way and it is difficult to breathe, what should you do? 7. If the door feels warm, what should you do? 8. What should you do if your escape window is stuck? 9. What do stop, drop, and roll mean, and when do you do these actions? True or False

Write true or false in the blanks. 10.

If your apartment building is on fire, you should always use the elevator.

11.

The first thing to do when your building is on fire is to take all your valuables with you.

12.

In a burning building, feel the doors before you open them.

13.

The best place for a smoke detector is the living room.

14.

When there is a fire, the air is better near the floor.

Book based on Fire Department skills

156

House on Fire A. Reading Oh, no! There is a fire at Sonia’s house in San Salvador The fire is on the first floor of a two-story house, and it is spreading quickly. Fire fighters arrived ten minutes ago, and one is using an axe to break the front door. A neighbor said that an elderly woman lives in the house. The woman is partially deaf and can’t hear very well. Her bedroom is on the second floor. The fire fighters are worried because they don’t see the woman. The neighbor tried calling her when the fire started, but there was no answer. The fire chief is not sure if the woman is on the first floor of the house or the second floor. The house may collapse soon. The fire chief doesn’t want his workers to get hurt. What should he do? Should he send fire fighters into the house to look for the woman?

Book based on Fire Department skills

157

B. True or False

1. ________ The fire fighter is wearing boots and a hat. 2. ________ The house has two stories. 3. ________ The fire fighter is using a hammer to break the front door. 4. ________ Partially deaf means can’t hear very well. 5. ________ The house may collapse soon.

C. Yes or No – What about you? 1. ________ I live in a two-story house. 2. ________ I would like to be a fire fighter. 3. ________ I called 911 at least one time. 4. ________ There is a gas stove in my home.

D. Writing – Should the chief send fire fighters into the house? Why or why not? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

158

10.3 THE RESCUE Rescue comprises responsive operations that usually involve the saving of life, or prevention of injury during an incident or dangerous situation. Tools used might include search and rescue dogs, mounted search and rescue horses, helicopters, the "jaws of life", and other hydrauliccutting and spreading tools used to extricate individuals from wrecked vehicles. Rescue operations are sometimes supported by special vehicles such as fire department's heavy rescue vehicle.

LISTENING: Recommendation to survive a burning: Safety Steps If you're in a room with the door closed when the fire breaks out,you need to take a few e xtra steps: 

Check to see if there's heat or smoke coming in the cracks aroundthe door. (You're che cking to see if there's fire on the other side.)



If you see smoke coming under the door - don't open the door!



If you don't see smoke - touch the door. If the door is hot or verywarm don't open the door!



If you don't see smoke and the door is not hot then use yourfingers to lightly touch the doorknob. If the doorknob is hot orvery w arm - don't open the door! Speaking. 

Could you consider good options these steps, why?



Do you know some other types of rescue, like what?



Have you been rescued, what happened?

Book based on Fire Department skills

159

Rescues to know Extraction(military) Is the process of removing personnel when it is considered imperative that they be immediately relocated out of a hostile environment and taken to a secure area.

Lifeboat rescue Is used to attend a vessel in distress, or its survivors, to rescue crew and passengers. It can be hand pulled, sail powered or powered by an engine. Lifeboats may be rigid, inflatable or rigid-inflatable combination hulled vessels.

Robot rescue Is a robot that has been designed for the purpose of rescuing people. Common situations that employ rescue robots are mining accidents, urban disasters, hostage situations, and explosions.

Mine rescue Is the specialized job of rescuing miners and others who have become trapped or injured in u derground mines because of mining accidents, roof falls or floods anddisasters such as explosions caused by firedamp.

ď&#x192;&#x17E;

A rescuer has to take in account:

A rescuer must be aware of their group and observe all the time that is within the area of the incident, considering that there are objects and debris that can be hazardous to personnel within the workspace where you are conducting the rescue, which is working in that moment.

Book based on Fire Department skills

160

TYPES OF RESCUE. Write at the given space what do you know about those types of rescues: Animal rescue ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

Civil defense ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

Diver rescue ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

Emergency management rescue ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

Burning rescue ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

161

ď&#x192;&#x17E;

Read and analyze the next article

Technical rescue Refers to those aspects of saving life or property that employ the use of tools and skills that exceed those normally reserved for fire fighting, medical emergency, and rescue. These disciplines include rope rescue, swiftwater res-

cue, confined space rescue, ski rescue, cave rescue, trench/ excavation rescue, and building collapse rescue, among others. In the United States, technical rescues will often have multiple jurisdictions operating together to effect the rescue, and will often use the Incident Command System to manage the incident and resources at scene. NFPA standards 1006 and 1670 state that all rescuers must have medical training to perform any technical rescue operation, including cutting the vehicle itself during anextrication. Therefore, in most all rescue environments, whether it is an EMS department or fire department that runs the rescue, the actual rescuers who cut the vehicle and run the extrication scene or perform any rescue such as rope, low angle, etc., are medical first responders, emergency medical technicians, or paramedics, as almost every rescue has a patient involved. Use your dictionary, add the meanig for the next words: 1) Exceed._________________________________________________________________________________________

2) Swiftwater._____________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Collapse.________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Incident Command System.___________________________________________________________________ 5) Anextrication.__________________________________________________________________________________ 6) Extrication._____________________________________________________________________________________ 7) Patient.__________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Rope rescue.____________________________________________________________________________________ 9) Cut the vehicle._________________________________________________________________________________

Book based on Fire Department skills

162

10.4 EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE This is The Fire Triangle. Actually, it's a tetrahedron, because there are four elements that must be present for a fire to exist. There must be oxygen to sustain combustion, heat to raise the material to its ignition temperature, fuel to support the combustion and a chemical reaction between the other three elements.

Remove any one of the four elements to extinguish the fire. The concept of Fire Protection is based upon keeping these four elements separate.

TYPES OF FIRES Not all fires are the same. Different fuels create different fires and require different types of fire extinguishing agents.

Class A Class A fires are fires in ordinary combustibles such as wood, paper, cloth, trash, and plastics.

Class B Class B fires are fires in flammable liquids such as gasoline, petroleum oil and paint. Class B fires also include flammable gases such as propane and butane. Class B fires do not include fires involving cooking oils and grease.

Book based on Fire Department skills

163

Class C Class C fires are fires involving energized electical equipment such as motors, transformers, and appliances. Remove the power and the Class C fire becomes one of the other classes of fire.

Class D Class D fires are fires in combustible metals such as potassium, sodium, aluminum, and magnesium.

Class K Class K fires are fires in cooking oils and greases such as animals fats andvegetable fats.

Some types of fire extinguishing agents can be used on more than one class of fire. Others have warnings where it would be dangerous for the operator to use a particular fire extinguishing agent. The Rules for Fighting Fires Just remember the three A's ACTIVATE the building alarm system or notify the fire department by calling 911. Or, have someone else do this for you. ASSIST any persons in immediate danger, or those incapable on their own, to exit the building, without risk to yourself. Only after these two are completed should you ATTEMPT to extinguish the fire. Only fight a fire if: 

The fire is small and contained



You are safe from toxic smoke



You have a means of escape

Your instincts tell you it's OK

Book based on Fire Department skills

164

Fire Extinguisher Inspection Like any mechanical device, fire extinguishers must be maintained on a regular basis to ensure their proper operation. You, the owner or occupant of the property where the fire extinguishers are located, are responsible for arranging your fire extinguishers' maintenance. Fire extinguishers must be inspected or given a "quick check" every 30 days. For most extinguishers, this is a job that you can easily do by locating the extinguishers in your workplace and answering the three questions below. ď&#x201A;ˇ

Is the extinguisher in the correct location?

ď&#x201A;ˇ

Is it visible and accessible?

Does the gauge or pressure indicator show the correct pressure?

Fire Extinguisher Maintenance

In addition, fire extinguishers must be maintained annually in accordance with local, state, and national codes and regulations. This is a thorough examination of the fire extinguisher's mechanical parts, fire extinguishing agent, and the expellent gas.

Your fire equipment professional is the ideal person to perform the annual maintenance because they have the appropriate servicing manuals, tools, recharge materials, parts, lubricants, and the necessary training and experience.

Book based on Fire Department skills

165

Fire Extinguisher Quiz NAME:

GRADE:

Now it's time to see how much you've learned. Answer the following true or false questions to test your knowledge. Put a check. The four elements that must be present for fire to exist include heat, oxygen, fuel, and a chemical reaction between the three. T_____ F_____ The concept of fire prevention is to keep these elements separate. T_____ F_____ There are four classes of fire, Class A, B, C, and K. T_____ F_____ Class B fires are those fires that occur involving paper and wood. T_____ F_____ Multipurpose dry chemical extinguishers are effective on all classes except D and K fires. T_____ F_____ To remember the rules of fighting fires, just remember the three A's: Activate, Assist, and Attempt. T_____ F_____ The four simple steps for operating a fire extinguisher can be remembered with the word PASS. Pull, Activate, Squeeze, Sweep. T_____ F_____ After the fire has been extinguished, it is important to watch the site for re-ignition. T_____ F_____ Fire extinguishers must be inspected or checked every 60 days. T_____ F_____ According to local, state and national codes and regulations, fire extinguishers must be maintained bi-annually. T_____ F_____

Book based on Fire Department skills

166

ď&#x192;&#x17E;

CONCLUSION

In this book we as group included all necessary contents for learning English specifically in the Fire Department of El Salvador. This information is focused on the four English skills listening, speaking, reading, and writing which are essential for students during the process of acquisition of a new language. In this interesting book learners will have the opportunity to discover the wonderful English world through practicing many activities in charge of reinforcing their knowledge and getting the target language. Every area of the book was careful chosen according with the sequence of the topics to facilite the comprehension of the students and at the same time to help them to improve step by step with every lesson presented in here, so this has been the purpose of this book and we hope as group we got the objective that we wish at the begining of this course.

Book based on Fire Department skills

viii



BIBLIOGRAPHY

List f resources used to complete this book: 

http://issuu.com/europaahorn/docs/lang-0764125591d



http://www.engvid.com/english-resources/



https://www.google.com.sv/



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_department



http://www.fire-engine-photos.com/countries.asp?id=188



http://en.islcollective.com/



http://busyteacher.org/



Free Printable Worksheets For Busy Teachers Like YOU!



busyteacher.org



http://www.mansioningles.com/



http://www.schoolexpress.com/



http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice



http://www.englishpage.com/



http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/book.pl?c11.htm



http://www.visualdictionaryonline.com/



http://www.manythings.org/



http://www.gobernacion.gob.sv/index.php option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=145



http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuerpo_de_Bomberos_de_El_Salvador



http://es.slideshare.net/jha69/types-of-food-and-beverage-services



http://www.speakenglish.co.uk/vocab/foods



http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm



http://www.discoveryeducation.com/



http://www.femalifesafety.org/types-of-extinguishers.html



http://englishlinx.com/



http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/talkingsport/



http://www.yeuanhvan.com/esp-business-english/business-speaking/



http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/talkingsport/



http://www.esltower.com/



http://www.englishmedialab.com/

Book based on Fire Department skills

Click to add photo