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Unit 4     Fire and water

Lesson 16   Playing with fire

Donny	Look Jess, it's still raining ..1.. . You're not seriously planning to walk home, are you?	1 hard
Jess	Yes, I am. I've already waited at this bus stop for ages.
Donny	Well, you can wait a bit longer, can't you?
Jess	No, I can't. Sorry. See you tomorrow.
On the bus ...
Cat	Hey Donny, over here! Wait a ..2.. , ..3.. me move my wet things so you can share this ..4.. . There you go.	2 seconde, hier: eventjes, een ogenblik 3 (toe)laten / liet(en) toe / toegelaten 4 zitplaats
Donny	Thanks Cat. This weather is ..5.. ! I've never seen so much rain.	5 onwerkelijk, onvoorstelbaar
Cat	Haven't you? I have. It always rained really heavily when I lived in Scotland.
Donny	Well it hasn't stopped raining here since last Monday. We've had torrential rain for over a week.
Cat	I know ... My cat's just had kittens in our shoe cupboard.
Donny	Wow, amazing. How many did she have? Do you need any help ..6.. homes for them?	6 vinden / vond(en) / gevonden
Cat	I don't think so, but thanks for the offer. She only had six this time. One of them died in my hands just after it was born.
Donny	Oh, I'm so sorry, that's ..7.. ..8.. .	7 nogal, tamelijk 8 zielig, droevig
Cat	Not really. I knew perfectly well that they ..9..  all ..10.. . They never do. Here's our ..11.. . Why don't you come home with me now and see the kittens? They're really ..12.. .	9 niet zullen / niet zou(den) 10 in leven blijven 11 halte 12 schattig, zoet
Donny	I'd ..13.. to but … well, maybe I shouldn't come to your place today. Jess and I haven't ..14.. for a while. I think she'd be ..15.. .	13 hier: graag willen 14 een goede verstandhouding hebben 15 van streek
Cat	I'm sorry about that, but honestly, Donny, I ..16.. don't understand. What is her problem? It's a totally ..17.. invitation to see Sugar's kittens. I've never tried to steal you away from Jess.	16 hier: gewoon 17 onschuldig
Donny	No, I know you haven't. But Jess takes everything so seriously. All of life's disasters ..18.. her personally.	18 aangrijpen, ontroeren
Cat	Poor old Jess, that's awful for her! Would you like me to ..19.. to her?	19 spreken / sprak(en) / gesproken
Donny	No, better not say anything, but OK. I'll come in with you for a ..20.. .	20 hier: een poosje
Cat	Great!
Donny	Jess? You all right?
Jess	No! I've just got home and seen the news! Those terrible bush fires in Australia! Isn't that where Sophie's gone?
Donny	What? I mean, who? I don't know, I don't think so … Jess, this is really ..21.. .	21 gestoord, krankzinnig
Jess	All those people have died. Don't you care? Where are you anyway?

 

 

 

Unit 4     Fire and water

Lesson 17   Fanning the flames

Britain ..1.. while ..2.. Australia ..3..	1 verdrinken 2 zuid 3 branden / brandde(n) / verbrand
While Britain has had the worst rain since ..4.. ..5.., some ..6.. of Australia have had no rain at all. High temperatures and strong winds ..7.. ..8.. that ..9.. everything in their path. Trees ..10.. from the heat and birds ..11.. from the ..12.. as fires burned across miles of ..13.. , ..14.. and villages.	4 hier: registratie 5 beginnen / begon(nen) / begonnen 6 regio, streek 7 veroorzaken, creëren 8 brand, vuur 9 vernielen, verwoesten 10 exploderen 11 hier: vallen 12 lucht, hemel 13 bos 14 landbouwgebied, landbouwgrond
At least 108 people have died in bush fires in the ..15.. of Victoria, South Australia. The police warned that this number could get higher. There are at least 100 people still ..16.. in the ruins of houses.	15 staat 16 vermist worden
..17.. warned local people recently that Victoria badly needed rain. Bush fires are a ..18.. ..19.. in Australia. The recent hot weather has created extremely ..20.. conditions that have made fires bigger than ever before.	17 brandweerman 18 natuurlijk 19 gebeurtenis 20 droog
..21.. ..22.. huge walls of flame that raced 'like a train' across the ..23.. .	21 plaatselijke bewoners 22 beschrijven 23 platteland
Marie Capaldi was staying at a friend's house in Kinglake when a man arrived with his baby daughter.
'He was so upset. He just stood there and said "Look, I've lost my wife, I've lost my other kid. I just need you to ..24.. my daughter",' she told the Melbourne Age's website.	24 redden
Chris Hanley, who has lived in Kinglake for 22 years, said: 'It's going to take a long time for the farmland to ..25.. . I've never seen so much fire damage in all my life.'	25 herstellen
..26.. to national ..27.. described how they were ..28.. in swimming pools as flames came near their homes. Children were terrified by the strong winds, the incredible heat and a strange orange light in the sky.	26 beller 27 radio 28 (zich) verstoppen / verstopte(n) / verstopt
..29.. said that the country should be ..30.. of the hard work thousands of firefighters have done over the past few days.	29 overheidsinstanties, autoriteiten 30 trots
Four fires ..31.. to burn, but forecasts for the next few weeks ..32.. firefighters some hope, firefighter Bruce Esplin said on Wednesday.	31 doorgaan 32 beloven
Victoria Police Superintendent Rod Collins said roads into villages and towns would open as quickly as possible when all the fires were under ..33.., but that came with a ..34.. .	33 controle 34 waarschuwing
'Our advice is if people are going there just to have a look at what damage the fire has ..35.. , they're not welcome,' he said.	35 veroorzaken
Mr Esplin agreed, but said that local ..36.. needed ..37.. , too. 'If you're just nosy, stay away. If you're going back as a tourist, you're more than welcome.'	36 hier: bedrijf 37 toerist

 

 

 

Unit 4     Fire and water

Lesson 18   Water under the bridge?

Donny    Hi Cat. Are you all right?
Cat No, I'm not. Look, I'm really sorry to call you, but …
Donny    Oh don't worry, Cat, it's cool. Jess didn't even realize I was with you the other day. She was in ..1.. ..2.. about the bush fires.	1 zo'n 2 paniek
Cat Well actually that's not what I meant …
Donny    Anyway, Sophie was nowhere near the disaster ..3.. . I told you, Jess just gets ..4.. .	3 hier: gebied 4 ongerust
Cat I certainly don't want to cause trouble between you. But I didn't know what to do.
Donny    Why, what's the matter? Can I help you?
Cat I hope you can. My house is ..5.. !	5 overstromen
Donny    Oh no! That's terrible!
Cat Yes, the ..6.. at the ..7.. of the garden has just ..8.. . The water is all over the ..9.. .	6 beek 7 achterin 8 buiten zijn oevers treden / trad(en) / getreden 9 gazon, grasveld
Donny    I ..10.. ! Have you ..11.. your mum?	10 onderweg zijn 11 opbellen / belde(n) op / opgebeld
Cat Yes, of course I have. I rang her first. She's in meetings this afternoon and her mobile isn't on. I couldn't contact my brothers, either. I left a ..12.. on Mum's voicemail but I don't know how quickly she can get home. They've cancelled lots of trains, because of water on the railway lines.	12 boodschap
Donny    You should call the ..13.. ..14... And why don't you start putting a few ..15.. into a bag. I'll be there as soon as I can, OK?	13 brandweer 14 onmiddellijk 15 waardevolle spullen
Ten minutes later ...
Cat Oh Donny, there you are! Look, the river water's come in over the ..16.. and my piano is in the ..17.. . It'll be ..18.. ! I tried to move it upstairs but it was too heavy for me.	16 drempel 17 voorkamer 18 geruïneerd worden
Donny    Of course it was. But maybe we could do it together.
Cat No we couldn't, it's too late. The ..19.. water's gone all over the floor already, look! It's going to ..20.. everything, the ..21.. , the ..22.. … Listen! Help has arrived … thank goodness!	19 modderig 20 beschadigen 21 vloerkleed, tapijt 22 meubels, meubilair
Donny    The cat!
Cat What? Oh no, Sugar! And her kittens! Oh, the poor things! Donny, they'll drown!
Donny    Don't worry, I'll ..23.. them!	23 redden
Fireman                Right you are, young lady. The water's ..24.. . Get out of here – no time to lose!	24 stijgen / steeg (stegen) /gestegen
Cat But I can't! Donny … the kittens … if they …
Fireman                No ifs, no buts – out! We can deal with this. You too, young man.
Donny    I've got them, Cat! They're all safe, here, take these two carefully, be ..25.. .	25 voorzichtig
Cat Donny, thank you, thank you …
Fireman                Come on, you two! It's time to go!
Cat Donny, how can I ever thank you?