4. Celine - 32 year old
Home help
Serge - 43 year old
Council Worker
Jack Poderoso
45 year old-Teacher
Amandine - 12 year old
Celine’s Daughter
Louise Martinez
- Neighbour
5. It was on Monday, 22nd Sep
2003 in Lunel, a small town in
Southern France
6. Gist
SWEPT AWAY
During flood in Lunel, Celine and Serge
stepped out into the street .
Celine fell into a manhole.
Serge tried to save her but in vain.
For five hours Celine had been in the
drainage and strived to survive.
She came out alive.
Celine’s determination to live for her
daughter gave her the will power to
survive..
7. Frequently affected by Floods,
( 2nd time in 2003)
22 Sep 2003, Monday, 2.15.Pm
LUNEL - A SMALL TOWN IN FRANCE
9. Celine and Serge Stepped out into the street
She disappeared below the water
10. Serge thinks
“She’s dead”
“It’s all over”
“All they’ll find is her body
later”
11. Feeling his grasp,
but his hands slipped away
Swept under water
Swallowing mouthfuls of filthy water
Celine
12. “I'm going to die.”
“I’m drowning.”
“There’s no way I can survive this.”
Celine’s thoughts
13. Being 10 meters away from man hole
Trying to grab the plastic pipe
“I've got to keep myself as high out of
the water as I can”
Celine
14. Serge trying to get her out
“Help.. Help”
“Quick , Celine’s been
sucked down a drain.”
“I've got to go back.”
“I’ve got to get her out.”
Louise Martinez
Neighbor
“No, we’ll ring
the fire
brigade.”
Serge
15. “I’ll never see my daughter Amandine again.”
“I won’t be there to celebrate her 12th birthday in 2
weeks time.”
Celine’s Dreams
16. Showing a torch through the manhole.
No sign of the missing woman .
The fire man
17. Objects smashing against her
Bags, branches, waste
materials.
Turning over in icy deluge
Celine in drainage
18. Body being thrown around
water
Holding plastic pipe
Grabbing tuft of grass and reeds
Celine hearing Jack
Poderoso’s voice
20. Seeing bright light of
fire man
“Come and get me out.”
“I’ve got to do something.”
“I’m here .. I’m here”
Celine
21. “There’s got to be an exit.”
“All this water has to got to get
somewhere.”
“I’m out side , I’m outside.”
Celine ‘s positive
thinking
22. Jack Poderoso “Is there some one down there?”
Celine “Yes , I’m here. What is the time?”
Jack Poderoso - “It is after 7 Pm.”.
Celine “Have I been down here for
5 hours?”
Celine and Jack poderoso
conversation
23. The fire man with body bag, “where
is the body?”
A fire engine pulled up outside
Celine’s hair was wet and
bedraggled
Her face was battered
After 8 pm Serge arrived at
Lunel fire station
27. 1. ……... was the wife of serge
2. Celine stepped over a …………
3. The town Lunel is situated in …….
4. In the year ……… the town Lunel was invaded
by floods
28. 5. Serge was a …………….
6. Amandine was going to celebrate
her ………… birthday.
7. Jack Poderoso was a …………
29. 8. The fire man showed …………… down
the manhole.
9. The fire man brought the ……………….. to
take the body.
10. Celine was ……………….. to survive.
30. Match the following
1. Serge
2. Lunel
3. Celine
4. Amandine
5. Jack Poderoso
6. Louise Martinez
The wife of Serge
12th Birth day
Neighbour
A council worker
A small town in France
A 45 year old teacher
31. Match the following with
Answers
1. Serge
2. Lunel
3. Celine
4. Amandine
5. Jack Poderoso
6. Louise Martinez
A council worker
A small town in France
The wife of Serge
12th Birth day
A 45 year old teacher
Neighbour
32. Mindmap
1. Celine and Serge stepped out ………………
2. Celine fell ……………
3.. Serge cried ……………
4. Celine grabbed …………..
5. Celine thought about ……………………
33. 1. “Come on, We’ve got to get out of here now.”
2. “Help, Help”
3. “We’ll ring the fire brigade .”
4 “Is there someone down there?”
5. “Where is the body ?”
6. “Have I been down here for five hours?”
35. Prepared by
Mr. Thirumugam P.G. Asst. (English )St. Joseph Hr. Sec.
School, Cuddalore
D.Vidhubala, P.G. Asst. (English) G.H.S.S, Thirthanagiri
M. Prabakaran, B. T. Asst, (English) G.H.S.S, Kumaratchi
R. Usha , B. T Asst, (English) G.G.H.S.S, Nellikuppam
D. Brinda , B. T Asst, (English) G.H.S. Melpattampakkam
S. Syamala. , B. T Asst, (English) G.H.S.S, Kozhipakkam
C. Janci, , B. T Asst, (English) G.H.S.S, Mudasalodai