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 * Clip I: 'Consequences' - A Film about Electrical Accidents **


 * A. Vocabulary **

Before watching the video, use a dictionary or other source to ensure that you understand the meaning of all the vocabulary words in the box. All of these words are used in the video.

Soup ladle Rack Severe Cooker hood Plaster Metal casing Vertical/vertically Horizontal/horizontally Utensil rack Live wire || Earth (verb)/earthed (v) via County council Coroner Electrocute/electrocuted Hedge (noun) Trimmer Foul/foul up (verb) In line plug & socket Plug/unplug (verb) Wrong way ‘round || Mains (water/electric) Appliance Tenant assumption Biting (adj) Tingling (adj) Sensation Millisecond “clunk” shock Trip/trip out (verb related to electrical safety) ||
 * Dishwasher

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 * B. Now watch the video as many times as you need in order to understand it. **

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 * C. After watching the video, think about the answers to the following questions: **


 * 1) What happened to Mary?
 * 2) What caused it?
 * 3) What did she have in her hand?
 * 4) Where was her leg?
 * 5) In Laura’s story, who asked the man (John Bulwer) to investigate?
 * 6) What was Laura doing when she was electrocuted?
 * 7) What was wrong with the wiring?
 * 8) In Vicky’s story, why did the tenants call her?
 * 9) What is her profession?
 * 10) Why wasn’t Vicky electrocuted?