welcome to ms. kim’s english class. michael schumacher

Welcome to Ms. Kim’s

English Class

Michael Schumacher

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Laura and Tommy were lovers, he wanted to give her everything Flowers, presents and most of all, a

wedding ring. He saw a sign for a stock car race, a thousand dollar prize it read. He couldn't get Laura on the phone; so to her mother Tommy said "Tell Laura I love her, tell Laura I need

her, Tell Laura I may be late, I've something

to do, that cannot wait."

He drove his car to the racing grounds, He was the youngest driver there The crowd roared as they started the race, Round the track they drove at a deadly

pace! No one knows what happened that day, How his car overturned in flames, But as they pulled him from the twisted

wreck, With his dying breath, they heard him say:

"Tell Laura I love her, tell Laura I need her, Tell Laura not to cry, my love for her will

never die!" Now in the chapel Laura prays for her Tommy who passed away; It was just for Laura he lived and died, alone in the chapel she can hear him cry: "Tell Laura I love her, tell Laura I need her, Tell Laura not to cry, my love for her will

never die!" ◎

a car that has been made

stronger so that it can

compete in a race where cars

often crash into each other. ◀

① to say or shout something in a deep, powerful voice.

② to make a deep, very loud noise, like the noise a lion makes ◀

likely to cause death ◀

the rate or speed at which something happens or is done ◀

If you overturn something or if it overturns, it turns upside down or falls over on its side ◀

hot bright burning gas that you see when something is on fire ◀

to bend or turn something, such as wire, hair, or cloth, several times with your hands ◀

something such as a car, ship, or airplane that has been damaged very badly, especially in an accident. ◀

a small church in which Christians pray and have religious services ◀

to speak to God in order to ask for help or give thanks ◀

an expression meaning "to die", used because you want to avoid upsetting someone by saying this directly. ◀

Scary Jobs

There are many kinds of jobs. Some are boring; others are exciting. And still others are really scary.

David Rice, 52, is a special kind of

(1) ________ called a "skywalker." Rice is one of many Mohawk Indians who build the skyscrapers in Manhattan.

builder

a very tall building

Like his father and grandfather before him, he learned to work on narrow beams high above the ground.

(2) _______________ Rice, it's a dangerous job. "I'm scared up there," he says.

"My (3) ______ taught me to put one foot in front of the other, looking straight ahead, and never look down.

According to

boss

a long heavy piece of wood or metal used in building houses, bridges etc.

It's bad when it's windy." Skywalkers can (4) _____ a lot of money. Accidents are common, (5) ________. Many Mohawk families have lost loved ones on the job.

Katia Krafft, a French woman, was a volcanologist - a (6) _____________ student of volcanoes.

earn thoug

h

professional

a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which hot rocks and ash sometimes rise into the air from inside the earth

Krafft studied and watched active volcanoes and visited them around the world. She loved the (7) _________ and excitement of her job. But in 1991, as she was studying an active volcano in Japan called Unzen, she got too close. The volcano killed her.

freedom

(8) ___________ more and more women are becoming volcanologists, although the job is dangerous.

At present

① _______ volcano   which is likely to explode and pour

out fire and lava    lava = hot  liquid rock ② _________ volcano    not active or not growing right now

but able to be active later ③ _______ volcano   which does not erupt anymore

active

dormant

extinct