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,1974

25

500

11

300

70

4

220

break outwere completely destroyed

were working…when…

on the … floor

were trappedwere 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

11th on

25fire in

roof

such able

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.

close saved

building watching

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