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1 NATURAL DISASTERS 1. Look at the pictures. Which of the disasters are natural? Which are man-made? Where have some of these disasters happened in recent years? Are you a survivor? 1. If there is a flood,... a. swim to a safe place b. stay where you are or go somewhere higher c. leave if the water isn't deep 2. What is NOT true about flood water? a. It is usually safe to drink. b. Heavy objects in it can strike and injure you. c. It has got bacteria and chemicals in it. 3. If you are inside during an earthquake,.... a. run outside quickly b. stay inside, near a window c. stay inside, under a table 4. If you are trapped inside a collapsed building, you should.... a. try to get out b. shout loudly c. knock on something 5. What is NOT a danger of a volcanic eruption? a. strong winds b. landslides of mud and rocks c. dangerous gases and ash 6. Scientists cannot always warn people about natural disasters. Which type of disaster is impossible to predict? a. earthquakes b. floods c. volcanoes

2 VOCABULARY 1. Choose the correct answer. 1. When the. erupted, lava came out of the crater. A. earthquake B. volcano C. flood 2. The experts....people about the tornado. A. warned B. struck C. predicted 3. People couldn't get out of the...building. A. homeless B. collapsed C. trapped 4. The rescue workers found no... after the aeroplane crashed. A. survivors B. tragedy C. landslides 5. A terrible fire... in the forest. A. put out B. broke out C hit 6. The earthquake left many people...and they're still living in the streets. A. missing B. trapped C. homeless 7. The police are...for the missing boy but they haven't found him yet. A. searching B. hitting C. breaking out 8. They.....that it would be sunny, but it's raining. A. drowned B. warned C. predicted 2. Complete the text with the words below. put out smoke injured flames burned safe Something really frightening happened yesterday evening. We went to the cinema and when we came home, we saw red 1... coming from the kitchen. My father immediately called the fire brigade. They came very quickly and 2... the fire. When the firefighters left, it was 3... to go inside. We were lucky. Although the walls were black from the 4..., only two of the kitchen cupboards were 5...Most important of all, no one was ! 3. Match A to B. A 1. The ash 2. The mud 3. The flood 4. The aid 5. The rocks B...a. included food and water....b. those boys are throwing could hurt someone...c. on the ground made my shoes dirty and wet...d. in the air caused flights to be cancelled....e. lasted for hours and caused a landslide. 4.- Choose the correct answers to complete the texts. 1. Fourteen-year-old Tamsin Grimes 1 - drowned / burned / warned after falling into the river. She fell from an old wooden 2 cave / channel / bridge. "We've known that the structure was 3 safe / sensible / dangerous since the big storm in 2008, but the local authorities 4 couldn't be bothered / were fed up /set dates to repair it," said Len Conran, Grimes' secondary school headmaster. "They could have prevented this 5 tragedy / flame / flood," he added angrily. 2. On the afternoon of 11th March, 2011, the ground began to shake in Japan, from the northeast of the country to Tokyo, the country's 6 capital city / coast / island, over 370 kilometres away. The 7 landslide / earthquake / volcano that day was the biggest one ever to occur in Japan. It was closely followed by a tsunami, which destroyed entire towns and killed thousands of people. But 16-year-old Jin Abe and his 80-year-old grandmother were among the lucky ones. After being 8 trapped / collapsed / homeless in their kitchen when the tsunami 9 broke out / struck / put out, they were rescued yesterday. For nine days, they had survived on milk, 10 yoghurt / calories / vitamins and fizzy drinks.

3 Student A 1. Use the words below to ask your partner questions about his / her picture. Write your partner's answers in the chart. 1. what/you /see/? 2. what/just/happen/? 3. what/happen / now/? 4. how/you /think/people/feel /? 5. what/you/think/happen / next/? 2. Look at the picture below and answer your partner's questions.

4 Student B 1. Use the words below to ask your partner questions about his / her picture. Write your partner's answers in the chart. 1. what/you /see/? 2. what/just/happen/? 3. what/happen / now/? 4. how/you /think/people/feel /? 5. what/you/think/happen / next/? 2. Look at the picture below and answer your partner's questions.

5 Choose the correct answers. When there's a natural disaster 1 no one / something / anywhere in the world, organisations bring food, water, shelter and medical aid. Often, the conditions created by a disaster 2 makes / make / are making this a difficult task. For example, after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, 3 which / who / when left over a million people homeless, organisations couldn't deliver supplies because the disaster 4 had destroyed / was destroying / destroyed most of the airport. Even after it 5 was starting / had started / has started functioning again, distributing the supplies was a challenge because there were many collapsed roads. Thanks to technology, however, the job was 6 easy / easier than / the easiest in the past. On the Internet, people posted photos 7 where / that / who were taken after the earthquake. This helped aid workers find the best routes for aid delivery. In the future, technology 8 is / will be / is going to be even more helpful. In the next few years, people 9 will be creating / are going to create / are creating even more high-tech tools for this purpose. Can you think of 10 somewhere / nothing / anything that would help aid groups respond more quickly to a disaster? Listen to the news report. Then choose the correct answer. 1. The fire began in... A. someone's home B. a forest C. a city centre 2. Several firefighters were ill from... A. the strong wind B. the flames C. the smoke 3. Forest fires often kill young... A. birds B. rabbits C.deer 4. There are often fires in the Los Angeles area because... A. of lightning B. it's dry there C. it's windy there 5. This fire was probably started by... A. several people B. natural causes C. a teenager (page 21) Robert: I m Robert Walker and you re listening to Survivor Stories, a radio programme about people who have survived natural disasters. This week, we re going to hear the amazing story of Maria Silva. Hello, Maria. Maria: Hello, Robert. Robert: Tell us a little bit about the earthquake that hit your town, Maria. Maria: Well I live in Concepción, in Chile. Last February, Chile was struck by a powerful earthquake in the middle of the night. Even people in Buenos Aires felt it, hundreds of kilometres away in Argentina. Robert: Were you sleeping when it happened? Maria: No, I was awake. I was in the middle of writing an to a friend when my desk started to move. At first, I didn t understand what was happening. Then, I looked out of the window and saw a crowd of people in the street. Many of them were in their pyjamas. That s when I realised it was an earthquake. Robert: What did you do next? Maria: I tried to leave the building. A lift can be dangerous in an earthquake so I took the stairs. But before I could reach the front door, the building collapsed. I was trapped inside. Robert: Wow! You were probably very scared. Maria: Yes, I was. Robert: How long did it take rescue workers to find you? Maria: About 12 hours. I called my daughter and she told rescue workers where to find me. Robert: So you had your mobile phone with you?

6 Maria: Yes, and it saved my life. Robert: What happened after the earthquake? Maria: I was homeless for two months. I went to live with my daughter, who lives in Rome. But I was lucky. I survived. Hundreds of people were killed that night. Robert: Thank you for sharing your story with us, Maria. That s all for today. Listen to the news report. Then choose the correct answer. 1. The fire began in... A. someone's home B. a forest C. a city centre 2. Several firefighters were ill from... A. the strong wind B. the flames C. the smoke 3. Forest fires often kill young... A. birds B. rabbits C.deer 4. There are often fires in the Los Angeles area because... A. of lightning B. it's dry there C. it's windy there 5. This fire was probably started by... A. several people B. natural causes C. a teenager

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