ESL 248: Pier Collapses


Download


The Oakville pier collapsed Saturday afternoon at 3:30. Although hundreds of people were on the pier at the time of the collapse, no one was killed and only 15 people were injured. One person was seriously injured. That person was a 43-year-old man who suffered two broken legs, eight broken ribs, and a punctured lung.

Hundreds of people gathered around to watch the rescue efforts. Three local television stations and two radio stations broadcast live from the pier. The collapse occurred after a big rig went out of control Saturday morning and slammed into one of the main supports for the pier.

For public safety reasons, a city council member wanted to close the pier immediately. However, local businesses on the pier and nearby protested. Oakville officials decided to wait until tomorrow before sending out a structural engineer to investigate the damage.

"The driver reeked of booze," said a police officer who had written the truck driver a ticket for driving under the influence. "He was so drunk that he didn't even apply his brakes before he crashed into the support. It's a miracle that he didn't kill someone," said the officer, who took the driver to jail.

City officials said it was too early to get a complete damage estimate, but that repairs to the pier would probably cost at least $500,000 and take a month or more. The local business people are very unhappy because the repair process will significantly reduce consumer purchases for the summer season.

"We make 80 percent of our annual profits from June through September," noted one T-shirt vendor. "This is going to hurt."

*Vocabulary:

• annual:
• booze:
• brake:
• broadcast
• crash:
• damage:
• engineer:
• investigate:
• miracle:
• pier:
• puncture:
• purchase:
• reduce:
• reek:
• rescue:
• rig:
• significantly:
• slam:
• structural:
• suffer:
• vendor:

======================

*Wh-Questions:

• What day did the Oakville pier collapse?

• What time did the Oakville pier collapse?

• How many people were on the pier at the time of the collapse?

• How many people died because of the collapse?

• What happened to the man’s lung?

• What kind of vehicle slammed into the support?

• What did the big rig slam into?

• What did a city council member want to do?

• Who was going to investigate the damage?

• Where did the officer take the driver?

====================

*Fill in blanks:

The Oakville pier collapsed Saturday afternoon at 3:30. ____ hundreds of people were on the pier at ____ time of the collapse, no one was killed only 15 people were injured. One person was ____ injured. That person was a 43-year-old man who ____ two broken legs, eight broken ribs, and a ____ lung.

Hundreds of people gathered around to watch ____ rescue efforts. Three local television stations and two ____ stations broadcast live from the pier. The collapse ____ after a big rig went out of control ____ morning and slammed into one of the main ____ for the pier.

For public safety reasons, a____ council member wanted to close the pier immediately. ____ , local businesses on the pier and nearby protested. ____ officials decided to wait until tomorrow before sending ____ a structural engineer to investigate the damage.

“The ____ reeked of booze,” said a police officer who ____ written the truck driver a ticket for driving ____ the influence. “He was so drunk that he ____ 't even apply his brakes before he crashed into ____ support. It's a miracle that he didn’t kill ____ ,” said the officer, who took the driver to ____ .

City officials said it was too early to ____ a complete damage estimate, but that repairs to ____ pier would probably cost at least $500,000 and ____ a month or more. The local business people ____ very unhappy because the repair process will significantly ____ consumer purchases for the summer season.
“We make ____ percent of our annual profits from June through____ ,” noted one T-shirt vendor. “This is going to ____ .”

=====================

*Translate into Vietnamese:

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

ESL 248: Pier Collapses

*Vocabulary:

• annual: hàng năm
• booze: uống say tuý luý
• brake: thắng
• broadcast: truyền thanh, truyền hình
• crash: đụng xe
• damage:phá hỏng
• engineer: kỹ sư
• investigate: điều tra
• miracle: điều kỳ diệu
• pier: cầu, đê chắn sóng
• puncture: đúng giờ
• purchase: mua
• reduce: giảm
• reek: nồng nặc, nghi ngờ
• rescue: cứu sống
• rig: cung cấp trang thiết bị cho tàu
• significantly: đáng kể
• slam: đóng sầm
• structural: cấu trúc
• suffer: đau khổ, chịu đựng
• vendor: người bán

==========================================================

*Wh-Questions:

• What day did the Oakville pier collapse? Saturday

• What time did the Oakville pier collapse? 3:30 p.m.

• How many people were on the pier at the time of the collapse? 100

• How many people died because of the collapse? 0

• What happened to the man’s lung? punctured lung

• What kind of vehicle slammed into the support?rig

• What did the big rig slam into? the main support for the pier

• What did a city council member want to do? to close the pier immediately

• Who was going to investigate the damage? structural engineer.

• Where did the officer take the driver? jail

==========================================================

*Fill in blanks:

The Oakville pier collapsed Saturday afternoon at 3:30. __Although__ hundreds of people were on the pier at __the__ time of the collapse, no one was killed only 15 people were injured. One person was __seriously__ injured. That person was a 43-year-old man who __suffered__ two broken legs, eight broken ribs, and a ____punctured__ lung.

Hundreds of people gathered around to watch __the__ rescue efforts. Three local television stations and two _radio___ stations broadcast live from the pier. The collapse ____occurred__ after a big rig went out of control __Saturday___ morning and slammed into one of the main ____supports__ for the pier.

For public safety reasons, a__city__ council member wanted to close the pier immediately. ____However__ , local businesses on the pier and nearby protested. __Oakville___ officials decided to wait until tomorrow before sending __out__ a structural engineer to investigate the damage.

“The ____driver__ reeked of booze,” said a police officer who __had__ written the truck driver a ticket for driving ____under__ the influence. “He was so drunk that he ______didn_ 't even apply his brakes before he crashed into __the__ support. It's a miracle that he didn’t kill ____someone__ ,” said the officer, who took the driver to _jail___ .

City officials said it was too early to __get__ a complete damage estimate, but that repairs to __the__ pier would probably cost at least $500,000 and ______take__ a month or more. The local business people __are__ very unhappy because the repair process will significantly ____reduce__ consumer purchases for the summer season.

“We make __80__ percent of our annual profits from June through__September__ ,” noted one T-shirt vendor. “This is going to __hurt__ .”

==========================================================

*Translate into Vietnamese:

Trụ cầu bị sập

Trụ cầu Oakville bị sập chiều thứ bảy lúc 3:30. Dù hàng trăm người trên cầu lúc bị sập, không ai bị chết và chỉ có 15 người bị thương. Một người bị thương nặng. Người đó 43 tuổi bị gãy hai chân, nứt tám xương sườn và lủng phổi.

Hàng trăm người tụ tập xung quanh xem cứu hộ. Ba đài truyền hình địa phương và hai đài radio truyền tin trực tiếp từ cầu. Cầu sập sau khi một xe chở lớn mất tầm kiểm soát vào sáng thứ bảy và đụng vào một trong những trụ chính cho cầu.

Để an toàn cho dân chúng, thành viên hội đồng thành phố muốn đóng cửa cầu ngay lập tức. Tuy nhiên, những hộ kinh doanh đia phương trên cầu và gần đó phản đối. Nhân viên Oakville quyết định chờ đến mai để gửi kỹ sư cấu trúc đến nghiên cứu sự hư hỏng.

"Tài xế say nồng nặc," nhân viên cảnh sát đã phạt người tài xế xe tải trong tình trạng say. "Hắn say đến nỗi không thắng được trước khi đâm vào trụ đỡ. Thật kỳ diệu là hắn kông giết ai," nhân viên cảnh sát nói, người dẫn tài xế vào tù.

Nhân viên thành phố nói còn sớm để có cuộc đánh giá hoàn toàn cho sự hư hại, nhưng sửa chữa cho cầu mất ít nhất $500,000 và cả tháng hay hơn. Những người kinh doanh địa phương rất không vui vì quá trình sửa chữa sẽ ảnh hưởng giảm lượng tiêu thụ cho mùa hè.

"Chúng tôi kiếm được 80 phần trăm trong số lợi nhuận hàng năm từ tháng sáu đến tháng chín," một người bán áo thun ghi nhận. "Điều này sẽ đau lắm đây."

LESSON 248:

PIER COLLAPSES - CÁI CẦU TÀU ĐỔ SẬP

===========================================================

*Vocabulary:
------------------------------------------------------------------
• annual: hàng năm.
• booze: rượu.
• brake: cái thắng, cái phanh.
• broadcast: phát sóng.
• crash: vụ tai nạn
• damage: thiệt hại.
• engineer: kỹ sư.
• investigate: điều tra.
• miracle: điều kỳ diệu, kỳ lạ, phép màu.
• pier: cầu tàu, bến tàu, chân cầu, trụ cầu.
• puncture: đâm thủng, lủng.
• purchase: mua, sắm, tậu.
• reduce: giảm, giảm bớt, hạn chế.
• reek: sặc mùi, bốc mùi, có mùi khó ngửi.
• rescue: giải cứu.
• rig: thiết bị, giàn khoan.
• significantly: đáng kể.
• slam: đâm sầm.
• structural: kết cấu,
• suffer: bị đau, đau, đau khổ.
• vendor: người bán hàng.

===========================================================

*Wh-Questions:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
• What day did the Oakville pier collapse?
- The Oakville pier collapsed on Saturday.

• What time did the Oakville pier collapse?
- The Oakville pier collapsed at 3:30 p.m.

• How many people were on the pier at the time of the collapse?
- Hundreds of people were on the pier at the time of the collapse.

• How many people died because of the collapse?
- No one died because of the collapse.

• What happened to the man’s lung?
- His lung was punctured

• What kind of vehicle slammed into the support?
- A big rig slammed into the support.

• What did the big rig slam into?
- The big rig slammed into one of the main supports for the pier.

• What did a city council member want to do?
- A city council member wanted to close the pier immediately.

• Who was going to investigate the damage?
- A structural engineer was going to investigate the damage.

• Where did the officer take the driver?
- The officer took the driver to jail.

===========================================================

*Fill in blanks:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
The Oakville pier collapsed Saturday afternoon at 3:30. Although hundreds of people were on the pier at the time of the collapse, no one was killed only 15 people were injured. One person was serious injured. That person was a 43-year-old man who suffered two broken legs, eight broken ribs, and a punctured lung.

Hundreds of people gathered around to watch the rescue efforts. Three local television stations and two radio stations broadcast live from the pier. The collapse occured after a big rig went out of control Saturday morning and slammed into one of the main support for the pier.

For public safety reasons, a City council member wanted to close the pier immediately. However, local businesses on the pier and nearby protested. Oakville officials decided to wait until tomorrow before sending out a structural engineer to investigate the damage.

“The driver reeked of booze,” said a police officer who had written the truck driver a ticket for driving under the influence. “He was so drunk that he didn't even apply his brakes before he crashed into the support. It's a miracle that he didn’t kill someone,” said the officer, who took the driver to jail.

City officials said it was too early to get a complete damage estimate, but that repairs to the pier would probably cost at least $500,000 and take a month or more. The local business people are very unhappy because the repair process will significantly reduce consumer purchases for the summer season.

“We make 80 percent of our annual profits from June through September,” noted one T-shirt vendor. “This is going to hurt.”

===========================================================

*Translate into Vietnamese:
------------------------------------------------------------------
Cầu tàu Oakville đổ sập vào lúc 3 giờ 30 chiều Thứ Bảy. Mặc dù có hàng trăm người ở trên cầu tàu tại thời điểm đổ sập, không một ai bị chết và chỉ có 15 người bị thương. Một người bị thương nặng. Đó là một người đàn ông 43 tuổi đang chịu đau đớn vì hai chân, tám cái xương sườn bị gãy, và bị thủng phổi.

Hàng trăm người tụ tập xung quanh để quan sát các nỗ lực cứu hộ. Ba đài truyền hình và hai đài truyền thanh địa phương phát sóng trực tiếp từ cầu tàu. Vào sáng thứ Bảy vụ sập đổ xảy ra sau khi một thiết bị to lớn vượt khỏi tầm kiểm soát và đâm sầm vào một trong những cột chống trọng yếu của chiếc cầu tàu.

Vì lý do an toàn nơi công cộng, một thành viên hội đồng thành phố muốn đóng cửa cầu tàu ngay lập tức. Tuy nhiên, các doanh nghiệp địa phương trên cầu tàu và lân cận phản đối. Các quan chức Oakville quyết định đợi đến ngày mai trước khi gởi đến một kỹ sư xây dựng để đánh giá mức độ thiệt hại.

"Người tài xế nồng nặc mùi rượu," viên sĩ quan cảnh sát viết giấy phạt cho người tài xế xe tải vì lái xe trong tình trạng say xỉn cho biết. "Anh ta xỉn đến nỗi thậm chí không đạp được thắng trước khi anh ta đâm sầm vào trụ cầu. Đúng là một phép màu khi anh ta không làm chết một người nào cả," viên sĩ quan nói khi chuyển anh ta đến trại giam.

Các quan chức thành phố cho biết quá sớm để đánh giá đầy đủ mức độ thiệt hại, nhưng việc sữa chữa chiếc cầu tàu chắc chắc sẽ tốn ít nhất 500.000 đô-la và mất thời gian một tháng hoặc hơn nữa. Mọi người trong các doanh nghiệp địa phương rất buồn bởi vì quá trỉnh sửa chữa sẽ làm giảm đáng kể số người mua hàng vào mùa hè.

"Chúng tôi kiếm được 80% lợi nhuận hàng năm trong tháng Sáu đến tháng Chín, một người bán áo thun lưu ý. "Điều này sẽ gây nhiều thiệt hại lắm đây."