Unit 1A - TE SB
Unit 1A - TE SB
Unit 1A - TE SB
Start here 1 Work in pairs. Answer the questions about the safety
devices in this illustration of an air-sea rescue.
C life jacket
Which ones:
1 stop you from sinking?
2 tell the rescuers where you are?
3 rescue you from the water?
Listening 2 C ·'ofl Listen to this news report and put the six safety
devices trom 1 in the order the reporter mentions them.
2_3_4_5_6-
3 Put these statements in the order the events actually
happened . Then listen again to check your answers.
A ___ The helicopter winched the sailors out of the
life raft.
B ___ The sailors inflated the life raft and jumped in .
C __1_ The boat struck an object in the sea.
o ___ The sailors fired two flares into the air.
E ___ The boat sank.
F ___ The beacon sent a signal to the satellite.
G ___ The beacon detached itself from the boat.
H ___ The rescue team saw the flares .
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Rea di ng 4 Read this news article and explain what the words below refer to.
.::::= -= -:-y or more kilometres the nearest land. They got into satellite system. When the boat
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your boat strikes 20 their life raft, but their radio was sank, the beacon automatically
- - _-5: ::: object and sinks lost when the boat went down. detached itself from the
: _ : . ; You have no time to At 09.30 the coastguard 40 yacht and floated to the
_.: :: 2. radio message. You received a signal from the surface. There it switched on
_-: - :0 your life raft. You boat's emergency beacon. The automatically and transmitted
- 2. :: =ares in your life raft, but 25 coastguard forwarded it to the an emergency signal on the
::. 2"e only visible from a rescue centre and by 11.00 406 MHz wavelength to the
:.. :-::- e of about 5 km. How (only 90 minutes later) the crew 45 satellite. The satellite then
::: . ::~ send an emergency of the helicopter found the two forwarded the signal to the
':- ~ ~ : 0 the nearest rescue sailors and winched them into coastguard.
: =~ ? 30 the helicopter from the life raft. The free-floating beacon
- - s happened to two sailors How was the emergency signal and the Cospas-Sarsat
: - -.3 uly this year. They were transmitted? 50 satellite system can increase
::: -9 n the Indian Ocean Fortunately, the Tiger was the chances of saving lives in
-::-: eir boat, the Tiger, fitted with a 406 MHz free- any air-sea rescue, in which
:_= a sharp object. The boat 35 floating beacon, which was the most important thing is to
- _ : - J sank 77 kilometres from linked to the Cospas-Sarsat locate the survivors quickly.
Numberofpeoplerescued: _ _________________________________________
Speaking 6 Work in pairs. Take turns to be the res cue pilot and a safety officer. The safety officer
interviews the pilot and asks questions based on the form .
Examples : What s your name? When did the rescue take place?
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2 Transmission
Start here 1 Complete this description of how a satellite communication system works , using the
correct form of the verbs in the box.
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Language The relative pronoun (for example, which, who, where) is a useful way to join two
sentences together.
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I Waleed , who
4 Join these pairs of sentences into single sentences. Use which, where, from where and
who to replace the words in italics.
Example: 1 ... to the satellite, from where ...
The beacon sends a signal to the satellite. From here the signal is transmitted to
the ground station.
2 The rescue centre contacts the helicopter pilot. He or she then carries out the
rescue.
3 The sailor activated his beacon. This sent a 406 MHz signal to the satellite.
4 The sailors were winched into the helicopter. Here they were given blankets and
hot drinks.
5 The sailors were taken by helicopter to the rescue centre. From here, they were
driven by ambulance to the nearest hospital.
6 Hundreds of survivors are saved every year by the Cospas-Sarsat system. This
was first launched in 1982.
Some facts and figures about the emergency beacon and the satellite system
Dimensions 35 ,000 km
Model number
Task 6 Match items 1-8 with the correct items a-h in the table in 5.
Scanning 7 Practise your speed reading. Look for the information you need on the SPEED SEARCH
pages (116-117). Try to be first to answer these questions.
1 When was the first Cospas-Sarsat satellite launched?
2 Which four countries started the Cospas-Sarsat system?
3 How many countries now operate the Cospas-Sarsat system?
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