Words

thick adj.

You can use this thick papers as toilet paper.

The book is very thick. It must have been taken a long time to finish it.

When I was a child, I used to get up early to go to school. It was still dark when I was ready to set off from home. At that time, the pollution was very serious. A thick fog covered the city, and you couldn’t see the traffic lights through it.

The weather is getting colder. You need to put on thick clothes.

signal n.

send a signal

If you need my help, you can send a signal to me and I will arrive as fast as I can.

After receiving the signal, he started playing jazz in the center of the stage.

I started learning English after receiving a signal from my friend.

He was not allowed to send any signals, and he could only receive a few specific signals.

stamp v.

The woman stamped out the letters “SOS” in the snow.

I had an old battery and I planned to throw it away when I went out. In the end, I forgot to do it. The battery was not only old but also battered, so it was very dangerous. When I arrived home, I was surprised to find that the battery was on fire. So I immediately rushed to it and stamped out the fire.

He stamped out the fire before it spread.

The school is determined to stamp out the bullying.

helicopter n.

She’s been flying that helicopter for nearly thirty years.

He found flying helicopter far more exciting.

After the helicopter landed, he jumped out and rushed toward his friend.

It’s no use trying to fix the battered helicopter. It will be still dangerous even if you have it repaired.

scene n.

arrive on the scene

The fireman arrived on the scene a short while after receiving the help signal.

I wasn’t on the scene when he murdered the victim.

Our reporter will interview the pop singers on the scene.

Were you on the scene when the accident happened.

survivor n.

We found a lot of survivors in the battered helicopter.

A ships sank during the voyage and many people died. A group of people who knew how to swing survived. They had no water and food and couldn’t drink the seawater because of it’s very high salinity. While they were swimming, they noticed a helicopter passing overhead and sent a signal for help. Fortunately, the pilot saw them and reported the situation in detail to the control center. The control center dispatched several helicopters to rescue the survivors. Shortly later, the helicopters arrived on the scene and saved them all.

Expressions

fly off course

A year ago, a plane flew off course and disappeared. The wreck of the plane hasn’t been found so far.

Has the wreck of the plane that flew off course a year ago been found yet?

I don’t know the reason why the car went off course and crashed into the crowd.

A car suddenly appeared in front of me while I was driving. It gave me a fright and I swerved to avoid crashing into it. In the end, I survived and my car swerved off course.

cover sb./sth. with a.

It was so cold that I covered myself with a blanket.

Her house was on fire while she was still sleeping. She woke up to thick smoke and was terrified. To survive, she soaked her blanket and cover herself with it. In the end, she managed to out of here and the fireman arrived on the scene to put out the fire.

If you had covered yourself with a blanket, you wouldn’t have got a cold.

It was not long before…

It was not long before I began to complain about the noise.

It was not long before she was rescued after sending a signal for help.

It was not long before I started learning English.