Chapter12

DealwithExtremeWeatherOBJECTIVESLearnthevocabulariesandsentencesfordealingwithextremeweather.Beabletoquicklydealwithextremeweatherinthesubway.Beadroitandhelpful.Inthefaceofunexpectedsituations,befearlessandfulfillyourmission.KnowledgeAbilityMoralityMetroFacilities地鐵設(shè)備MetroCulture地鐵文化ComplementaryReadingListeningandSpeakingExerciseReadingandWritingWarm-upCommunicativeActivityCONTENTSWarm-upLookatthefollowingpicturesandtalkabouthowextremeweatheraffectsthesubway.DialogueAIFeelRelieveduponHearingThisActivity1:Listenandguess.1.What’stheweatherlikeoutsidethesubwaystation?_________________________________________________2.Hasthewaterattheentranceandexitbeencleanedup?_________________________________________________It'srainning.Yes,ithas.PassengerA:It’sbeenrainingforalmosttwohoursnow.PassengerB:Yes,IhopetherainwillstopwhenIleavethestationbecauseIdidn’tbringanumbrellawithme.Lily:Don’tworry.Wehavepreparedsomeumbrellasforpassengerstoborrowatthecustomerservicecenter.PassengerA:Really?Youaretoothoughtful.PassengerB:Theweatheristoobad,andthegroundatboththeentranceandexitiscoveredwithwater.Weneedtobecarefulnottoslip.DialogueAIFeelRelieveduponHearingThisLily:That’sright.Thesubwaystaffhavecleanedupallthewaterintheseareas.PassengerB:Well,Ifeelrelieveduponhearingthis.It’sverykindofyou.Lily:It’smypleasure.DialogueAIFeelRelieveduponHearingThisDialogueAIFeelRelieveduponHearingThisActivity2:Listenagainandtrytofillintheblanks.1.Wehave________some________forpassengerstoborrowatthecustomerservicecenter.2.Ifeel________uponhearingthis.preparedumbrellasrelievedDialogueAIFeelRelieveduponHearingThisActivity3:Workinpairs.Practicethedialoguewithyourpartner.Activity4:Roleplay.Dialoguewithgivenwords.DialogueAIFeelRelieveduponHearingThisDialogueBThankYouforYourReminderActivity5:Thinkandanswer.1.WhyistheDongzhiMenstationonLine2closed?__________________________________________2.What’stheweatherliketoday?__________________________________________Duetotheheavysnow,theDongzhiMenstationonLine2willbeclosedIt’ssnowytoday.WangDong:Attention,please!Duetotheheavysnow,theDongzhiMenstationonLine2willbeclosed.Pleaseproceedtothenearestexitaccordingtotheinstructions.PassengerA:WhatshouldIdo?I’mgonnabelateforwork.WangDong:I’msorry.Pleasechooseanothertransportationassoonaspossibletoavoidbeinglate.Forsafetyreasons,pleasepayattentiontoslipperyfoorsandwalkonnon-slipmats.PassengerA:Thankyouforyourreminder.WangDong:You’rewelcome.DialogueBThankYouforYourReminderDialogueBThankYouforYourReminderActivity6:Listenagainandtrytofillintheblanks.1.Pleasepayattentionto_________floorsandwalkon_________mats.2.Thankyouforyour_________.slipperynon-slipreminderDialogueBThankYouforYourReminderActivity7:Workinpairs.Practicethedialoguewithyourpartner.Activity8:Roleplay.DialoguewithgivenwordsDialogueBThankYouforYourReminderChooseProperWordstoFillintheBlanks1.Wehavepreparedsomeumbrellasforpassengerstoborrowatthe_______servicecenter.(customer/customers)2.Weneedtobe________nottoslip.(carefully/careful)3.Really?Youaretoo________.(thoughtful/thoughtfully)4.Thegroundat________theentranceandexitiscoveredwithwater.(both/all)5.Thesubwaystaffhave________upallthewaterintheseareas.(cleaned/clean)6.Ifeel________uponhearingthis.(relief/relieved)7.Payattentionto________floorsandwalkonnon-slipmats.(slippery/slip)8.________istheweatherlikeoutsidethesubwaystation?(What/How)9.Theweatheristoo________.(bad/badly)10.Thankyouforyour_________.(remind/reminder)

ExerciseChooseProperWordstoFillintheBlanks1.Wehavepreparedsomeumbrellasforpassengerstoborrowatthe_______servicecenter.(customer/customers)2.Weneedtobe________nottoslip.(carefully/careful)3.Really?Youaretoo________.(thoughtful/thoughtfully)4.Thegroundat________theentranceandexitiscoveredwithwater.(both/all)5.Thesubwaystaffhave________upallthewaterintheseareas.(cleaned/clean)6.Ifeel________uponhearingthis.(relief/relieved)7.Payattentionto________floorsandwalkonnon-slipmats.(slippery/slip)8.________istheweatherlikeoutsidethesubwaystation?(What/How)9.Theweatheristoo________.(bad/badly)10.Thankyouforyour_________.(remind/reminder)

ExerciseTranslatetheFollowingSentencesintoEnglish1.我們?cè)诳头行臏?zhǔn)備了一些雨傘供乘客借用。2.地鐵工作人員已經(jīng)把這些區(qū)域的水都清理干凈了。3.我很榮幸。4.小心地滑!5.注意地面濕滑，請(qǐng)走防滑墊。6.通道禁止停留。7.請(qǐng)勿逆行。8.請(qǐng)協(xié)助我們保持地鐵清潔。9.感謝您的提醒。10.聽(tīng)到這些話(huà)我就放心了。

ExerciseTranslatetheFollowingSentencesintoEnglish1.Wehavepreparedsomeumbrellasforpassengerstoborrowatthe2.Thesubwaystaffhavecleanedupallthewaterintheseareas.3.It’smypleasure.4.Caution!Slippery./Caution!WetFloor.5.Pleasepayattentiontoslipperyfloorsandwalkonnon-slipmats.6.Don’tblockaccess.7.NoReversing.8.Pleasehelpustokeepthesubwaylitterfree.9.Thankyouforyourreminder.10.Ifeelrelieveduponhearingthis.ExerciseMetroServiceDuringExtremeWeather

Manypeoplerelyonthesubwaytogetwheretheyneedtogo,regardlessoftheweather.Thisiswhywedoeverythingpossibletoprovidesafeandreliabletransitserviceduringinclementwinterweather.Inmanycountries,thesubwayhasmanypiecesofsnowequipmentavailabletotacklesnowandiceaccumulationatstations,railyards,parkinggarages,andbusfacilities.Hundredsofemployeesandcontractorscanbecalledontoconfrontsnowconditions.Duringperiodsofbadweather,thesubwaymaylimitorcurtailserviceforsafetyreasons.Therearetwofacilitiesusuallyusedinthoseterribleweathers.

ThefirstfacilityiscalledMetrorail.Itcanbeoperatedveryclosetoacommonscheduleinsnowfallofuptosixinches.However,oncesnowreachesaheightofabouteightinches,itmaybenecessarytosuspendserviceaboveground.Underground-onlyoperationallowsforcontinuousconnectionstokeyactivitycenters,andhelpsensureamorerapidreturnoffullservicebyprotectingtrainfromweather-relateddamageandallowingcrewstofocusonclearingsnowfromabove-groundtracks.MetroServiceDuringExtremeWeather

ThesecondfacilityduringinclementweatheristheMetrobus.Metrobuswillreduceservicefirstly,thenlimitservicetosnowemergencyroutes.Ifsnowaccumulatestounsafelevelsorroadconditionsareimpassable,subwaywillhaltallbusserviceuntilitissafetoresumeservice.Metrobushasworkedwithlocalgovernmenttoidentifysnowemergencyroutesthatneedtobeplowedtomaintainbusservicetoasmanycommunitiesaspossible.MetroServiceDuringExtremeWeatherMetroServiceDuringExtremeWeatherActivity9:Readandanswer.Activity9:Readandanswer.1.Howmanypiecesofsnowequipmentarethereforthesubway?____________________________________________________2.Whatdoesthesubwaydoduringperiodsofterribleweather?____________________________________________________3.WhatcantheMetroraildointhesnowfall?____________________________________________________Therearetwofacilitiesmentionedinthetextforthesubway.Duringperiodsofterribleweather,thesubwaymaylimitorcurtailserviceforsafetyreasons.Insnowfall,Metrorailcanoperateveryclosetoacommonscheduleuntilsnowreachesaheightofabouteightinches,atwhichpointitmaybenecessarytosuspendserviceaboveground.MetroServiceDuringExtremeWeatherDueto(由于)the_______ofabrutal(無(wú)情的)winterstormbeginningthisevening,someBeijingsubwaylineswillnotoperatenormallyoraccordingtotheprinted_______.Tohelp_______passengers,thesubwaycompanyhas_______aninformativeposter(告示)to_______ridersofwhatto________.Heavysnow,iceand________rainrequirethattheout-of-servicetrainsarestoredinsubway_______ratherthanleftinoutsideyards.Thisinsuresthattrainswillbe_______fortomorrowmorning’srushhourserviceandthecarinterior(內(nèi)部)willmaintainacomfortable(舒適的)_________.WinterSubwayServiceinBeijingActivity10:Readandwrite(Readthefollowingparagraphsandfillintheblankswithproperwords).forecastschedulenoticecreatedalertexpect

freezingtunnelsreadytemperatureDiscussthefollowingtopicsingroupsoffive.Topic1:Thereisastormoutsidethestation,andmanypeoplerushintothesubwaystation.Thecrowdisdense,andthegroundiscoveredwithwater.Lilyservesthepassengersatthestation.Topic2:Duetoexc