Crisis Nursery

Have you ever experienced being taken cared for by a nursery?

It is both the toughest and the most important job on the planet and even the best parents feel overwhelmed sometimes. Now parents in Yolo County have a place to turn.

The goal is to help families before the kids get hurt. Moms and dads can leave their children at the nursery to be cared for, while parents get the help they need. The nursery offers a strong support network, so if things get stressful children are not in danger.

Children are often abused or neglected during times of crisis. Now there is a place to turn. The Yellow Private Nursery opened its doors in Davis. Parents can leave their children under 5 years old here for up to 30 days when life becomes too difficult and the children are at risk.

Teresa, a single mom who turned to drugs and alcohol as a way to cope realized she was placing her daughter at risk. While she checked into rehab, her daughter was placed at the Sacramento Crisis Nursery. Teresa recalls, “I became very overwhelmed and made the wrong choices.” The Crisis Nursery gave her and her daughter a chance to make a fresh start. She is grateful and says, “For the first time in my life I don’t feel that I am alone, I have support and people that care about us.”

The Yolo Crisis Nursery center opens its doors today in Davis and is planning on the same type of success stories there.

For more information call the Parent Support Line at 1-888-281-3000 . The Crisis Nursery centers will be opening soon in Placer County and Nevada County.

(This story was provided by News10 KXTV Sacramento.)

When You've Got Your Health, You've Got Everything

Hannah's daddy was a teacher who barely made enough money to raise his six kids. Hannah wore hand-me-downs from her older sisters. For Christmas she usually got used dolls and books. As a child, she yearned to have the beautiful clothes, cars, and homes that she often saw on TV and in magazines.

Several years after she graduated from college, she became part-owner of a successful interior decorating business in Manhattan. Her life became what she had dreamed about as a little girl. A successful business woman, she had a handsome, wealthy fiance. She owned her own co-op near Central Park. She took skiing vacations in the winter and exotic cruises in the summer. At the age of 30, Hannah was on top of the world.

Then she underwent a routine health checkup, and her perfect world crumbled. Her doctor told her that she had pancreatic cancer. Surgery was necessary to determine how much the cancer had spread. Hannah was operated on a week later. The surgeon suspected that cancer had spread to vital organs. Ten days later, the lab confirmed his suspicions.

Hannah's doctor said he could treat her with chemotherapy and painkillers, but it was just a matter of time before the cancer killed her. She asked how much time. He guessed that she had less than a year to live. How can this be, Hannah wondered. Doesn't this always happen to someone else?

A couple of weeks later, she visited another cancer specialist. He examined her and read her medical and lab reports. He said he agreed with her surgeon. "If you have any once-in-a-lifetime plans, do them now," he advised.

Instead, Hannah spent her last months in her co-op, tended to by hospice workers. Her family and friends visited her regularly. The moment before she died, she opened her eyes and tried to say something to her fiance. She squeezed his hand weakly.

"She was in constant pain," her fiance said. "At the end, she could barely whisper. She weighed 80 pounds when she died. I can't believe that God allows things like this to happen to people."

Words Difficult to Pronounce

chemotherapy [kee-moh-ther-uh-pee, kem-oh-]

exotic     [ig-zot-ik]

     pancreatic  [pan-kree-uhs, pang-]

     interior   [in-teer-ee-er]

     suspicion  [suh-spish-uhn]

VOCABULARY REVIEW

1.interior

  - being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; furthertoward a center: the interior rooms of a house. 

Example: The interior of the house is beautiful.

2.exotic - strikingly unusual or strange in effect or        appearance 


Example: I bought an exotic plant from the market.

3.barely - only just; scarcely; no more than; almost not

Example: She failed because she barely studied 
 

               for the examinations.

4.suspicion - act of suspecting

Example: She has suspicions that her colleague was pilfering money.

5.chemotherapy - the treatment of disease by means of chemicals that have a specific toxic effect against 

the disease producing micro-organisms or that selectively destroy cancer-producing tissues

Example: She rejected chemotherapy because it is very painful.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1. What kind of life did Hannah experience when she was younger?

2.How did she become rich?

3. How did she learn about her sickness?

4.According to the doctor, how long does she had to   live?

5.How did she spend her last days or months?

VIEWPOINT DISCUSSION

1. Good health is wealth.

2. Cancer patients do not need chemotherapy if they have very little time to live.

• article taken from   http://www.eslfast.com/eslread/ss/s291.htm

Japan — Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis (2011)

Updated: Aug. 29, 2011

In August 2011, Japan’s governing Democratic Party elected Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda to become the next prime minister, choosing a relative political unknown to lead the nation’s recovery from the March tsunami and nuclear accident and revive its moribund economy.

Mr. Noda replaced Naoto Kan, who was seen as having failed to galvanize Japan after the disaster. This is not to say that Mr. Noda is guaranteed to succeed in the enormous challenges facing him of overseeing Japan’s recovery from the earthquake and tsunami, including the clean-up of radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and addressing the long-term problems of two decades of economic stagnation, an aging population and the rise of neighboring China.

Mr. Noda offers a departure from Mr. Kan on the crucial issue of the future of nuclear energy. While Mr. Kan called for ending what he called Japan’s dependence on nuclear power, Mr. Noda has followed the business community in saying that Japan needs nuclear power to prevent electrical shortages that could further cripple its economy.

In foreign affairs, Mr. Noda has said he would maintain close ties with Washington, and support an existing deal to keep the Futenma air base on Okinawa. While  Mr. Noda is generally low-key in his public statements, he can be provocative, as with his recent comment that Japan’s A-class war criminals are not war criminals. This generated negative publicity, especially in South Korea and China. 

The choice of Mr. Noda appeared to be an effort to overcome what has been the single most divisive issue within the party: the fate of the Democrats’ shadowy kingpin, Ichiro Ozawa, who faces trial in a political funding scandal. Though the party revoked Mr. Ozawa's voting rights, his influence helped cause a stalemate between two candidates — Seiji Maehara and Banri Kaieda. Mr. Noda emerged as a compromise candidate.

At the airport terminal

When you plan to travel by air, you need to make sure that you check-in at least two hours before your flight. When you arrive at the airport departure terminal, make sure that you put your heavy luggage in a trolley, otherwise you may end up pushing your luggage around the airport. When you enter the departure area, a security check is carried out on all your luggage. When you get to the check-in counter, an airline representative will check your tickets and weigh your luggage. All airlines impose a weight restriction, and any excess baggage can be very expensive. After checking-in, you can take any hand luggage on-board with you, while heavy luggage is put on a conveyor belt and carried away. After checking-in, you can wait for your flight at the departure lounge or you can shop around for tax-free goods at the duty free store. When it's time to board your flight, an announcement will be made for all passengers to board their flights. When all the passengers and cabin crew have boarded the plane, the captain will communicate with the control tower and guide the airplane onto the runway for take-off.

Vocabulary Practice

Departure Terminal - a part of the airport where passengers must check-in to board their flight.
Trolley - a handcart used for pushing luggage and heavy items.
Security check - checks by airport security for dangerous items.
Check-in counter - a counter where passengers report themselves before departure.
Excess baggage - luggage that weighs more than the airlines recommended limit.
Hand luggage - luggage that can be carried on - board the airline.
Conveyor belt - a moving belt that is used to transport luggage.
Departure lounge - a room with seats where passengers wait to board their flights.
Duty free - goods that are exempt from tax.
Passengers - a person who travels in a vehicle (planes, trains, cars, boat etc.)
Cabin crew - a team of men and woman who man the airplane.
Runway - the paved surface used by airlines to take off or land.

Gap-fill exercise

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