🇬🇧 🚨 Emergencies · Fine for most work and travel (B1)

🌏 Disasters: explaining and helping

🎯 Give clear safety instructions and explain disaster preparation

Use the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.

💬 Warm-up questions

What would you do in an earthquake right now?
What's in your emergency kit?

🔑 Key phrases

Get under the table!テーブルの下に入って！
Stay away from the windows.窓から離れて。
Let's go to the evacuation area.避難所に行きましょう。
Do you have an emergency kit?防災バッグはありますか？
The trains have stopped.電車が止まっています。
Are you okay? Is anyone hurt?大丈夫？けが人はいますか？

📚 Useful words

earthquake — 地震
aftershock — 余震
evacuate — 避難する
tsunami warning — 津波警報
emergency kit — 防災グッズ
shelter — 避難所

⚡ Speaking challenges

Give 4 safety instructions in imperative form.
Explain what an evacuation drill is.
Describe your emergency kit.
Calm down a scared friend in English.

🎭 Role-play

An earthquake hits Tokyo. The tutor is a foreign tourist who has never felt one.

🧑‍🎓 Student's card

Calm the tourist, tell them what to do, and help them find information.

🧑‍🏫 Your card (tutor)

Be a panicked tourist. Ask lots of questions: 'Is it over? Will there be a tsunami? Can I take the train?'

🌀 Twist (halfway through): An aftershock hits. The student must give instructions quickly.

🗣️ Discussion questions

How does Japan prepare for earthquakes?
Should every tourist learn safety phrases?
What did you learn from past disasters?

📌 Homework

Make an English safety guide for foreign visitors to your town外国人観光客向けの英語の防災ガイドを作る