Lesson 62 Sao Paulo Fire Why were so many people killed in the fire? no fire escapes; thick smoke; too many people; short ladders

Note Making Feb 4th, break out were completely destroyed were working…when… on the … floor were trapped were rescued last lose one’s life

Answer the questions: 1. What do you know about the Capital Building in Sao Paulo? 2. What was the result of the fire? 3. How did the fire start? 4. Why did the helicopters find it hard to get close to the top of the building? 5. What problems did the firefighters have in rescuing the people trapped in the fire?

Fill in the blanks: On February 4, 1974,the Capital Building, the newest Building in Sao Paulo, was destroyed in a big fire.Perhaps the fire was started by an electrical fire in the _______ of one office on the ____ floor. Soon the whole floor was ____ fire. There were ___ floors in the building. As it had no _____ escapes,the 300 people who were trapped ____ the fire could not escape. Many of them climbed to the flat _____ of the building. The helicopters came,but there was _____ heavy smoke that the helicopters were not _____ to ceiling 11 th on 25 fire in roof suchable

Fill in the blanks: get ______ enough. Finally, about 70 people were ______. Down in the streets, the firemen could not get close to the _________ because crowds of people were ________ the Fire. When they reached the building they found their Ladders were not long ________ to reach the people ____ were trapped. The terrible fire lasted ______ four hours, And destroyed most of the building and ______ over 220 people. closesaved buildingwatching enough who about killed

Language points 1. belong to;belonging to *be belonged to/be belonging to 2. escape from …;escape doing sth. 3. was/were able to do sth.;succeed in doing manage to do sth. 4. (get/be) close to 5. lose one’s life for