Pools, lakes and ice Lesson 45 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 22 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: the lesson at school .
0 Drowning is usually quick and silent: a child in trouble often cannot shout or wave, so someone must be watching swimmers all the time, even in a small pool. 1 Around pools you walk, because wet tiles are slippery, and you go into water you do not know feet first, because a dive into shallow water can hit the bottom and badly hurt your head and neck. 2 Lakes and rivers hide their dangers: the bottom may drop suddenly, the water can be very cold, and there may be weeds, rocks or currents you cannot see; on a boat you always wear a life jacket. 3 Ice on a pond may look solid but can be thin, especially near streams, bridges and the edges; children go on ice only where an adult has checked it is thick enough, and in the UK and Ireland ice is almost never safe to walk on. 4 If a friend falls through the ice, you do not go out to him: you call for help, then reach with a long branch or throw something that floats, while you stay on safe ground. 5 A boy in Minnesota walked onto a frozen pond to fetch a ball; the ice cracked and he fell through into the freezing water, and firefighters pulled him out. 6 A girl in a backyard pool in California got her long hair caught near a pool drain; an adult switched off the pump, and she was freed after a frightening moment. 7 Drowning can happen quickly and quietly, often without any shouting or splashing. 8 A grown-up should watch children in and near water all the time. 9 Wet pool sides are slippery, so you walk, never run. 10 Diving into shallow water can cause serious head and neck injuries. 11 You enter water you do not know feet first. 12 Lakes and rivers can be much colder and deeper than they look. 13 Everyone on a boat should wear a life jacket. 14 Ice is thinner near moving water, such as streams, inlets and under bridges. 15 You never go on ice unless an adult has checked that it is safe. 16 If someone falls through ice, you call for help and reach or throw something to them; you do not go out onto the ice. 17 Only a trained rescuer goes into the water. 18 If you fall through ice, you turn back the way you came, where the ice held you, kick and slide onto the ice on your tummy, then roll away; lying down spreads your weight so the ice is less likely to break. 19 Sudden cold water makes you gasp and breathe fast, which makes swimming hard. 20 Ice that looks solid can be thin, especially near the edges, over moving water and in spring. 21 Falling into icy water makes you gasp and quickly takes away your strength. ← previous The beach and the seanext → Sun safety↑ back to Everyday This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/45-pools-lakes-and-ice/