THE NEW YORK TIMES
AMTRAK DERAILMENT NEAR SECAUCUS INJURES 35
By Richard LO’Brien
New York,Nov.23- An Amtrak fast-mail train carrying 108 passensers and crew members from Washington D.C headed for Boston derailed as it was nearing New York at 6:33 A.M. on Saturday , Nov 22. The train was speeding across the Hackensack River Bridge when it left the track, almost hit a train headed in the opposite direction, and then fell 30 feet down an emnbankment into a marsh. Amtrak announced that no one was killed. But 35 persons were injured, incliding two were injured seriously. Dozens of the other passengers were badly shaken up in the crash. The two train locomatives were hurled nose down into the muddy marsh of an empty New Jersey meadow.
The Hackensack River Bridge is a swing bridge. It is the type that opens to allow tall boats to pass through. Senetor Frank Lautenberg, a member of the Transportation Appropriations sub-committe in the Senate, Went to theaccident scene and talked to railroad officials. He was informed that a boat had passd through the bridge just two hours earlier. It was speculated that the bridge may not have closed completely after the boat went through, and a gap in the track may have caused the crash.
1. How many passengers and crew members were on the train? 108 passengers
2. On what date did this happen? Nov 22
3. Where was the train when it trailed(went off the track)? Nearing New York
4. Where was the train coming from? Washington DC
5. How many persons were injured seriosly? 2 persons
6. What is the name of the important person who visited the crash? Senator Frank Lautenberg
7. Where has the train travel stopped because the accident? New Jersey meadow
8. What could have caused this accident? It was speculated that the bridge may not have closed completely after the boat went through, and a gap in the track may have caused the crash.
9. What is the position of Senator Lautenberg in the Senate? A member of the transportation appropriations sub committe in the Senate.
10. What happened to the two locomatives of the train? Hurled nose down into the muddy mursh
ARRANGE PARAGRAPH
Topic : a few simple precautions for driving in winter
a) Driving in winter, especially on snowy,icy roads, can beless trouble some if you take a few simple precautions
b) First, put on snow tires if you plan to drive on snowy,icy roads very often.
c) Second check the amount of antifreze in your radiator and add more if necessary
d) Next, add anti freeze to your windshield washer fluid; othrwise, the fluid will frezze and possiby break the container.
e) Finally,it is also a good idea to carry tire chains,a can spray to un frezze door locks and a windshield scraper in your car when driving in winter weather.
Topic : alternative engines
a) Researcher in rhe automobile industry are experimenting with different types of engines and fuels as alternative to the conventional gasoline engines.
b) One new type of engine, which burns diesel oil instead of gasoline, has been available for several years.
c) A second type is the gas turbine engine, which can use fuels made from gasoline, diesel oil, kerosene, other petroleum distillates*, or methanol.
d) Finally, several automobile manufactures are experimenting methanol, which is a mixture of gasoline and methyl alcohol, as an automobile fuel.
e) Furthermore, researcher continuing to work on the development of an efficient, electrically powered automobile.
Topic : some form of written communication
a) Some form of written comunication has been used troughout the centuries
b) In the earlies times, people carved or painted messages on rocks.
c) Later on, people began to write on pieces of leather, which were rolled into scrolls.
d) In the middles Ages, heavy paper called parchment was used for writing; books were laboriously copied by hand.
e) With the invention of the printing press in the middle of the fifteen century, the modern printing industry was born.
PARAGRAPH
Televison is the most popular form of entertainment in any household. People of all ages use this medium to entertain themselves for an average of four hours a day. Thus television has had a tremendous influence on its viewers, especially children. Scientists now say that children can be adversely affected by constant watching television. This is due to the fact that children participates less in physical activities, spend less time reading and studying, and see a world of violence that can effect their own feelings of security.
1. The text is tell us about television : (b) the best entertainer in our lives
2. The main idea of the paragraph : (d) television gives some bad effect on children.
Driving a car is necessity in today busy society, and it is a specially previllage. Getting a driver’s license is a complicated process. To get the driving license, the process is divided into four steps ; studying the traffic laws, taking the written test, learning to drive, and taking the written test. Therefore, anyone who wants to drive must carry a driver’s license.
1. What is the topic of the paragraph? (b) the process of getting a driver’s license
2. What is the main ides of the text? (d) the four steps in getting the driver’s license is a complicated process.
SENTENCES
Today we depend on electricity more than we realize. Electricity gives us light is darkness, warmth in winter, and coolness in summer. It cooks our food and washes our clothes and dishes. It helps us shave, saw, and clean the house.electricity gives us movies and the television to entertain us in our free time. Sometimes storms cut off the supply of electricity.
· Topic : the usefullness of electricity
· Topic sentence : today we depend on electricity more than we realize
· Irrelevant sentence : Sometimes storms cut off the supply of electricity.
Most ants are hard workers. They often work from six o’clocks in the morning until ten o’clocks at night. Ants may live to a year old, and some have been known to live six or seven years. The work is divided among the ants so that each one has a certain amount to do. We do not know now they decide what work each one is to do.
· Topic : ants
· Topic sentence : Most ants are hard workers
· Irrelevant sentence : Ants may live to a year old, and some have been known to live six or seven years.
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
1) It is not winter. If it were be winter, all these trees would be covered in snow.
2) Had it not rained, the farmers would have lost all of their crops.
3) If the airplane had not had a mechanical problem, we probably wouldn’t have arrived in Winnipeg by now.
4) We would have lied on the beach in Mexico right now if we had been able to get our visas on time.
5) I would try to find more opportunities to write in English if i were you.
REPORTED SPEECH
1) Jaka asked me to come to his party tonight.
2) My father asked me if i had dlept well previous night.
3) Reza said he would come to the class next day.
4) Jimmy ordered me not to close the window.
5) I wondered how she did that
MULTIPLE CHOICES
1) If Brian (b) liked horses, he could ride well.
2) They will stay longer in Paris if they (a) find a cheap hotel.
3) He can write a good story, if he (b) feels like it.
4) If Sarah (c) had eaten so much junk food, she could have been in the school hockey team.
5) If you listened carefully, you (a) would know about it.
6) She told me to clean the blackboard.
7) Andrew remarked that he (c) had not gone out fishing two days ago.
8) I told her that they (a) had been watching TV when the storm hit their home.
REFERENCE
A consumer walks into a store. He stands in front of hundred of boxes of laundry detergent. He chooses one brand, pay for it, and leaves. Why does pick that specific kind of soap? Is it truly better than the others? Probably not. These days, many products are nearly identical to one another in quality and price. If products are almost the same, what make consumers buy one brand instead the other? Although we might not like to admit it, commercial on television and advertisements in magazines probably influences us much more than we think they do.
· He in line 1 refers to a consumer.
· It in line 2 refers to one brand
· Others in line 3 refers to kind of soap
· It in line 5 refers to one brand
