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Conversation Skills

Practise this conversation with your partner.

Kamal : Did you read about the accident in the newspaper?
Dilip : What happened?

Kamal : A school bus collided with a train.
Dilip : Collided with a train? How is it possible?

Kamal : The school bus, carrying about 64 children was crossing
an unmanned railway crossing, when a train hit it.
Dilip : Hope there were no casualities?

Kamal : All the children died on the spot.
Dilip : Horrific! But didn’t the driver see the train coming?

Kamla : No, the train was coming along a curve. Even the engine driver could not see the bus.
Dilip : Oh god! I wonder why we still have unmanned railway crossings.

Kamal : True. Now they are planning to make a gate there.
Dilip : After such a huge tragedy?

Kamal : At least now they are doing it. Hopefully, we don’t see such accidents hereafter.
Dilip : Yes.

Communication Skills

Speak about any tragic accident or event you heard about or watched on television.

Creative Writing Skills

Gather more information about the Bhopal gas tragedy. What were the steps taken by the government

after the tragedy?

Classroom Interaction

Discuss in class why mishaps such as the Bhopal gas leak happen.
What steps should be taken to avoid such mishaps?

Cross- Curriculum Connect

There are two types of disasters - natural and man-made.
Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, etc., are natural disasters.

Man-made disasters occur due to man’s activities. Fires, gas leaks, oil leaks etc., are man-made
disasters.

Life Skills and Values

In times of a disaster, it’s important for us to know how to protect ourselves and others around us.

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