Welcome everyone to our presentation!
Members in the 2nd group
Nguyễn Văn Đạo
Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt Nga
Đỗ Thị Thanh
Lê Thị Nga
Đỗ Thị Thơm
Võ Thị Kim Lài
We are all frightened of traffic accident
frighten/ ˈfraɪtn/:(v) làm kinh hoàng, gây sợ hãi
traffic accident /ˈtræfɪk/ (n): tai nạn giao thông
Contents
Types of traffic
Actual situations about traffic accidents
Causes of traffic accidents
Consequences of traffic accidents
Solutions
content /ˈkɒntent/ (n) nội dung
actual situation /ˈæktʃuəl ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃn/: (n) thực trạng
consequence /ˈkɒnsɪkwəns/ (n) hậu quả
solution /səˈluːʃn/(n) giải pháp
1) Types of traffic
+ Road traffic
motorbike /ˈməʊtəbaɪk/
bike (bicycle) /ˈbaɪsɪkl/
car /kɑː(r)/
coach /kəʊtʃ/
bus
truck
+ Waterway
ship /ʃɪp/
ferry-boat /ˈferi/
+ Railway traffic
train /treɪn/
+ Air traffic
plane /pleɪn/
helicopter /ˈhelɪkɒptə(r)/
Aims of using vehicles in traffic
2) Actual situation about traffic accidents
Up to September 2011 in HCM City, there were 750 traffic accidents, about 1.000 people died and injured. The number of deaths increased by 10 people compared with 2010.
compare with /kəmˈpeə(r)/: so với
Traffic accidents
In August 2013, in HCM city, there were 2.975 traffic accidents,532 people died, 2.807 injured.
The bad effects of traffic accidents
In September 2011, there were 8 out of 24 districts in HCM City increased numbers of deaths such as District 2, District 7, District 12, Binh Tan District, Thu Duc District,… These districts had the biggest number of deaths in HCM.
+ Our actual situation in Vietnam’s traffic is very serious. According to recent researches, Vietnam ranks 11th in the world with the number of the dead people due to traffic accidents.
+ There are an average of 30 people dies a day because of traffic accidents in Vietnam.

due to (adj): bởi vì
According to /əˈkɔːdɪŋ tə/ (adv): theo
There are an average of /ˈævərɪdʒ/: trung bình có
rank /ræŋk/ (v): xếp hạng
+ In 2012, there were 36,376 traffic accidents in Vietnam.10,000 people died, 38.000 injured. These traffic accidents caused loss about 40,000 billion VND.

According to the reports from World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank (WB), there are 1.2 million people died of road traffic accidents, about 50 million people injured. Two organizations warn that if the governments from countries don’t take measures preventing this situation, traffic accidents will rank third in causes which cause death in 2020.
report /rɪˈpɔːt/ (n): báo cáo
take measures: đưa ra các giải pháp
Nowadays, there are an average of more 3,000 people dies in traffic accidents all over the world per day. Most of victims are at the age of 15 to 44. “The safest roads” are in Europe, where there are11 people died out of 100,000 residents. Whereas, in some countries in Africa and the East of Mediterranean have proportions 28.3 and 26.3 out of 100,000 residents

victim /ˈvɪktɪm/ : nạn nhân
Resident /ˈrezɪdənt/ : cư dân
Whereas (conjunction)/ˌweərˈæz/: trong khi đó
Mediterranean/ˌmedɪtəˈreɪniən/: Địa Trung Hải
proportion /prəˈpɔːʃn/: tỉ lệ


South Africa is the country which has the biggest number of road traffic accidents. The majority of accidents concern about cars which fell into the river. Every year, this country occurs about 500,000 traffic accidents and kills 10,000 people.
majority /məˈdʒɒrəti/: đa số
concern about: liên quan đến
fall into: rơi xuống
WHO said that in America, there were 134,000 died of traffic accidents every year, which account for more than 10% of the world. The USA ranked first with 44,000 people, followed by Brasil, Mexico and Venezuela. On the occasion of World Health’s Day this year, WHO are going to launching a campaign whose name is “Road safety”. The aim of the campaign is to prevent 3 main causes which lead to traffic accidents such as driving after drinking alcohol, not controlling the speed, not fastening seat belts.

account for: chiếm đến
followed by: theo đó
On the occasion of /əˈkeɪʒn/: nhân dịp
launch /lɔːntʃ/ (v) phát động
fasten /ˈfɑːsn/: thắt
seat belt: dây an toàn
In Russia, driving carelessly is the main cause which leads to traffic accidents. 80% of traffic accidents are caused by the drivers. In 2003, there were 35,6000 died, 244,000 injured, which caused loss over 11 million dollars.
carelessly /ˈkeələsli/ (adv): bất cẩn
Russia /ˈrʌʃə/ (n): Nước Nga
The streets are disordered, dangerous. Walking in the right land also has risks handling traffic accidents… There are issues make foreigners angry when they are in traffic on the streets in HCM City.
Some traffic accidents which cause deaths of the foreigners make the public shocked and pity.
Traffic accidents are nightmares
of foreigners in Vietnam
Disordered / dɪsˈɔːdəd/ (adj): lộn xộn
Risks: các rủi ro
There is an accident occurred with Ms. Miyamoto Michiko (50 years old, Japanese citizen) who has disability. On the afternoon of 30/09/2013, she took the bus to Ben Thanh bus station. When Michiko came here, she crutched on the lane for walkers. Unfortunately, she unexpectedly fell on the street . At that time, a bus appeared and rolled over her body. That accident made her die in place.
Phobias of foreigners
citizen /ˈsɪtɪzn/: công dân
disability / ˌdɪsəˈbɪləti/: sự khuyết tật
crutch (v): chống nạng
Unfortunately /ʌnˈfɔːtʃənətli/ (adv): Thật không may
roll over: cán qua
in place: tại chỗ
Phobias of foreigners
An English teacher whose name is Wayne Madison (55 years old, U.S citizen) died because of traffic accidents in HCM City. About 9:30am of September 9th , he drove a bike on Huỳnh Tấn Phát Street towards to Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone (District 7). When he came to the junction with Lưu Trọng Lư street, he turned left. Unfortunately, a truck appeared, hit his bike and made him fell on the street. The wheels of the truck rolled over his body and he died in place.
Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone: Khu Chiết xuất Tân Thuận
junction /ˈdʒʌŋkʃn/ (n): gaio lộ
Traffic in Japan
The government of Japan have to give a conception whose name is “Traffic war” because the number of people died of traffic accidents are equivalent with the number of ones in wars in the past.
Apparently, Vietnam and Japan have the same characteristics about traffic situation. The Japanese Government especially concentrate on raising the traffic’s awareness for the chidren when they are very young. Thanks to these measures, Japan has had the safetest traffic system in the world.
conception / kənˈsepʃn/ (n): khái niệm
Equivalent /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/ (adj): tương đương
Apparently /əˈpærəntli/ (adv): Rõ ràng là
awareness / ˈweənəs/ (n): ý thức
Traffic in Japan
To get this achievement, The Japanese Government have to make an big effort to raise awardness of citizens. No one can believe that there were 17,000 people died of traffic accidents in Japan in the past.
3) Causes of accidents
+ Unconsciousness of some of Vietnamese people when they are in traffic
+ Some of people don’t often wear helmet
unconsciousness /ʌnˈkɒnʃəsnəs/ (n): thiếu ý
helmet /ˈhelmɪt/ (n): nón bảo hiểm
Overload!!!
What do you think?
Take animal(s) when you are in traffic

Overloading of good carriers
Encroaching on the street
is also a reason.
Encroach / ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ/: lấn, xâm lấn
+ running a red light
+ stopping on road markings not in place
Using alcohol before planning to drive is a cause.
Infrastructure of Vietnam’s traffic is bad.
Infrastructure /ˈɪnfrəstrʌktʃə(r)/(n): cơ sở hạ tầng
Driving fast, passing unsafely, weaving, racing
racing : đua xe
weaving: lạng lách
Traffic density is too crowded









density /ˈdensəti/ (n): mật độ
4) Consequences of traffic accidents
Loss of people and property
property /ˈprɒpəti/(n) tài sản
consequence /ˈkɒnsɪkwəns/: (n) hậu quả, kết quả
The injured are the burden of their family and society:
burden /ˈbɜːdn/: gánh nặng
Frighten people who are traveling on the road.
Hurt mind to all victims and their family, relatives…
You must wear the helmet when you are in traffic!
Educate safety trafic for students
Carry reasonably (with the number of people and goods allowed)
 Do not drink alcohol if you plan to drive
Travel in the right lane, right way and right side.
lane /leɪn/ (n): làn đường
We have to give heavy penalties to violators
violator / ˈvaɪəleɪtə(r)/: người vi phạm
Raising awareness about traffic law for people is very important
Make signs in dangerous areas
.

Traffic safety is happiness of everyone in today’s society. Youths are the owners of the country, who are the pioneers in many sectors. They need to think, act and implement practical solutions rightly to decrease the number of traffic accidents.
Youth union members are the pioneers in maintaining order and safety in traffic.

pioneer /ˌpaɪəˈnɪə(r)/: người tiên phong
Sector /ˈsektə(r)/: lĩnh vực
Youth union members: Đoàn viên
We are pioneers!
Thanks for listening!