Disasters and Disasters and accidentsaccidents

An earthquakeAn earthquake

A droughtA drought

An avalancheAn avalanche

A volcanic eruptionA volcanic eruption

A floodingA flooding

A hurricaneA hurricane

A fireA fire

Look at the words and divide them into two groups:

Plane crash, avalanche, typhoon, car accident, nuclear explosion, shipwreck, drought

Natural disasters Natural disasters and and

technogeneous technogeneous disastersdisasters

TraumaticTraumatic A crackA crack DebrisDebris To be trappedTo be trapped A survivorA survivor A witnessA witness A residentA resident EvacuateEvacuate InjuriesInjuries CrustCrust TremorsTremors OccurOccur experienceexperience

verbsverbs nounsnouns adjectivesadjectives…… …… ………… …… ……

Listen to the Listen to the text and get text and get ready to ready to answer the answer the questionsquestions

Explain the Explain the meaning of meaning of the words the words and get and get ready to ask ready to ask your your classmates classmates questionsquestions

Listen to the text and complete the sentences with the new words according with the text

Complete the sentences according to the text

Complete the sentences 1. Rosemary was shaken awake in her bed to the

sound of … violently shaking her house.  2. On January 17, 1994 the full … … … measuring

6.7 on the Richter scale occurred in Los Angeles. 3. Many people were ... under … 4. The fault is a … between two giant pieces of the

Earth’s… . 5. Another … … was trapped for five hours with

… . 

The right answers: 1. Rosemary was shaken awake in her bed to the

sound of tremors violently shaking her house.  2. On January 17, 1994 the full impact of a massive

earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale occurred in Los Angeles.

3. Many people were trapped under debris. 4. The fault is a crack between two giant pieces of

the Earth’s crust . 5. Another resident of the community was

trapped for five hours with injuries.  

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