Look at the picture and the title. What do you think the text is about? Listen, read and check.
RFDSA
Imagine a job that involves helping 200,000 isolated patients over 7.5 million square miles of the (Australian) Outback. The job includes treating patients on remote sheep farms, operating with basic equipment. It also means dealing with the risks of flying in bad weather conditions and making emergency landings to save critically ill patients. This is the daily life of those working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.
Living in the Outback means almost complete isolation for thousands of Australians. It’s unusual to find homes or small villages within 60 miles of each other, let alone a hospital.
The RFDSA which is a non−profit charity was set up in 1928. Since then, it has been helping those who live in remote areas of Australia. Today it offers primary health care from an aeroplane, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If the doctors are unable to treat a patient, they will fly them to the nearest hospital to be treated there. To learn more about the RFDSA visit
http://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/
Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. Where is the RFDSA located?
2. What do the initials RFDSA stand for?
3. When did it start?
4. What have they been doing for over 80 years?
Imagine you are a doctor working for the RFDSA. Give an interview to a teen magazine reporter. Talk about the charity itself/your duties/your feelings.
What might a typical day in the life of a flying doctor be like? Tell your partner.
Form adjectives from verbs 1−7. Check in your dictionary. Make sentences using them.
We use −ive, −ative to form adjectives from some verbs.
1. impress − impressive
2. inform
3. protect
4. create
5. attract
6. act
7. imagine
Portfolio: Collect information using the Internet, then write a short article about a charity in your country. Include: the name, who/what the charity helps, what the charity does.