Thursday, June 28, 2018

英語表現演習1 (金): Tenerife airliner disaster・テネリフェ空港ジャンボ機衝突事故

Hello!



How are you? Today, let's look at the Tenerife airport disaster (テネリフェ空港ジャンボ機衝突事故) in 1977. Have you ever heard about it? If you haven't - then today you'll find out!

The map above shows where it happened - on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The Canary Islands are controlled by Spain. The map below shows where Tenerife is located in the Canary Islands:




Below is a map of where the Canary Islands are in the Atlantic Ocean


Watch the video below. It is a recreation of the accident. As you watch, you can turn on English subtitles (字幕) and make notes about each step of events that led to the accident. 

Watch the video as many times as you want or need. What do you see that happened? How do you think it could have been prevented? Talk about what you saw from the notes you made. 


See you next time!

Images: Top – screenshot taken from http://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/canary-islands-continue-quest-for-geothermal-energy-utilisation/Map of Canary Islands – screenshot taken from http://www.world-guides.com/europe/spain/canary-islands/lanzarote/lanzarote_maps.html
Video uploaded from YouTube. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). I do not own the rights to this video. Uploaded for classroom purposes only.

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