Dharshni's Lesson ----" Swept away"

1. Who wrote this story? Sussanah  Hickling.
2. What is this story about? About Celine, wife of Serge . the french woman stepping out of her house  and disappearing  beneath the flooded water.
3. Who was Serge? A council worker, Husband of Celine, aged  43.
4. Who was Celine? wife of Serge,  a home help. aged 32.
5. What did he tell his wife? " Come on, we've got to get out of  here now".
6. Why did he say that to his wife? Because the flood water  poured into their house already 30 centimeters deep and rising.
7. What did the couple do then? They lifted the sofa and stacked their other possessions on their dining table.
8. When did the violent storm batter?It was at 2.15 p.m.
9. What day was it? Monday.
10. When did this happen? On September 22, 2003.
11. Where did it happen? In the small town. Lunel.
12. Where id Lunel? In southern France.
13. Where is France? In Europe continent.
14. Where id this Lunel? it stands only  a few metres above sea-level.
15. How was this little town? It was flat, and marshy area with floods arriving frequently.
16. What happened  in just over a year? Lunel was flooded their home invaded by water , the second time.
17. Where did they step out? In to the street.
18. Where did they land? in a fast flowing thigh high deep river.
19. What did they do? they waded across  the road.
20. On what did Celine step over? on a low hedge( close row of bushes)
21. What did it do? It separated the street from the pavement.
22. What did Serge see when he followed her?  He saw Celine falling.
23. What happened to Celine? She had disappeared beneath the water. Beneath-below
24. What did Serge think? thought she was dead and they would find her body later.
25. What did Celine feel herself? she was being pulled under the water.
26. What did she do instinctively ? She reached up Serge's hand.
27. Why was her relief short-lived(temporary)?
28. because his hand slipped away.
29. What could she not understand? what was happening to her.
30. What happened to her at that time? She was being swept along underwater,helpless and swallowing mouthfuls of the filthy liquid.filthy/impure. she could not also breathe.
31. What did think then?That she was going to die.and that she was drowning. and there was no way to survive./to exist/to live.
32. What did she find? She found she could breathe again.
33. What did she see in the dim light? She was 10 meters from the manhole through which she had plunged.plunged-to thrust into the water.Thrust-push
34. Why was she not able to swim? because of the current.
35. Where was she? in a 2 metre wide concrete Storm drain.
36. What happened to that? It was  almost completely filled up and it was still raising.
37. What stretched across the drain? a small plastic pipe.
38. How was the tunnel further on? completely black.
39. Why do Celine try to grab the pipe? to keep herself out of the water as much as she could.
40. How was the plastic pipe? slippery.
41. What did she do not to swept further along the drain?
42. She pulled her upper part of her body out of the water.
43. and manoeuvred herself against the wall.
44. manoeuvre= clever and skilful movement.
45. What did Serge do? he panicked(affected by terror) and cried for help.
46. Where did he go? to the nearest neighbour's house.
47. What did he tell them? Celine had been sucked down a drain. He had to go back and get her out.
48. Who was Louise Martinez?Serge's neighbour.
49. What did she say? no and she told him that they had to ring up the Fire Brigade.
50. How was Celine there? Drenched and feeling cold.
51. What came to her like photographs? Thoughts.
52. What was her daughter's name? Amandine
53. What did Amandine do as she hurried into the school?
54. she blew a kiss.
55. What did Celine think?She thought she would never see Amandine again. and that she would not be there to celebrate Amandine's 12th birthday.
56. When was the birthday? in 2 weeks time.\
57. Why did she want to survive? to be present on Amandine's birthday.
58. What did she think about Serge?about their noisy quarrel( squabble) that morning. How Serge would be able to tell about Celine's death.
59. What did she want to do? to fight to the very end.
60. What did the firemen do? they battered through the flood.
61. When did they receive the call about Celine's disappearance?  about an hour later.
62. What did they shine and then do?they shone the torches through the man hole.
63. and they probed with the metal rods.
64. What did Celine see? saw the bright light.
65. What did she do then? started tapping on the pipe and battering the walls with her hands and arms.and shouted that she was there and for them to come and get her out.
66. What happened to her astonishment? the lights and metal rods disappeared.
67. How was her life in the drain then?
68. she felt the objects  smashing against her.bags, branches, the contents of bins coming along with the filthy water.
69. What did she think then? She could  not hold the pipe any longer.Since the water level had dropped to her chest.
70. What did she reckon?estimate or guess?
71. There must be an exit further on and perhaps a grill.
72. She wanted to find out if it was open or if it was closed.If it would have been closed she could be smashed too.
73. What was  she able to do with her feet?She was able to touch  the drain wit h her feet.
74.  what hit her which was protruding from the wall? an iron bar.
75. What happened then?lost consciousness for a moment. and once again going under the water.