1 . There have been several incidents at some events in recent years where people died because of stampedes (踩踏).
·Don’t panic and conserve your energy
Panicking will not help you free yourself from a developing stampede. Stay calm and focused.
·Keep pace with the crowd
If the crowd is moving in one direction, it’s best to go with the flow.
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One potential way to handle the situation is to shield yourself and allow the crowd to move past you. Look for a solid structure to stand behind such as a pillar or a wall, or other places to hide: behind a car or even a lamppost.
·Guard your head
Just remember to calm down, guard your head, and go with the flow of the crowd until you are able to safely escape.
A.Move away from barriers. |
B.Find somewhere to protect yourself. |
C.Yelling and screaming will tire you out. |
D.You can use sign language to communicate with people around you. |
E.If you happen to fall down in a large crowd, try to get up as quickly as possible. |
F.Once you try to resist, the sheer density of the crowd behind you could crush you. |
G.These may leave some people thinking there’s little you can do to survive a stampede. |
2 . If you’ve made a routine of a daily walk, congratulations! You’re getting many benefits of a walk. But there’s one simple mistake that could be putting your life at risk. Almost 129,000 pedestrians were injured, and 5,376 were killed in traffic crashes in the United States in 2015, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Luckily, there are some steps you can take to stay safe on foot. Sure, you drive on the right side of the road in the US, but that’s not where you should be as a pedestrian.
Seems like it couldn’t make much difference.
On the other hand, when you’re walking against traffic, you can see the cars heading toward you. Facing those vehicles lets you see danger coming and get out of the way if necessary, and you aren’t putting your life in the hands of every driver who passes.
A.If there’s a sidewalk available, you should always use it |
B.Where it is convenient and clear, make sure to take the route |
C.Next time you go for a walk or run, face the traffic and keep watchful |
D.You may be taken aback by such a big difference between the choices |
E.Look backwards and forwards all the time when you walk along the traffic |
F.This means one crash-related pedestrian death every 1.6 hours |
G.But a study of car accidents between 2006 and 2010 would argue otherwise |