Natural Disasters

1. Natural disasters

2. What is the weather like today?

Task 1:
What is the
weather
like today?

3. Read and remember the words.

Task 2:
Read and
remember
the words.

4. Read and remember the descriptions.

Earthquake: Sudden release of energy in
the Earth’s crust.
Volcanic eruption: Release of hot ash, gas,
and rock from a volcano.
Task 3:
Landslide: Sudden movement of rock, soil,
Read and
remember
the
descriptions
.
Tsunami: Large ocean waves.
or debris down a slope.
Flood: Overflow of water from rivers,
lakes, or oceans, heavy rain.
Drought: Prolonged shortage of water
supply.
Hurricane: High-intensity tropical cyclones
with strong winds, heavy rainfall.
Tornado: Rotating columns of air touching
the ground.
Blizzard: Severe snowstorms.
Lightning: Natural electrical discharge that
occurs during thunderstorms.
Avalanche: Falling masses of snow and ice
down the mountain.

5. Answer the questions.

Task 4:
Answer the
questions.

6. Read and find the right picture.

Task 5:
Read and
find the right
picture.

7. Match two halves of the words.

Task 6:
Match two
halves of
the words.

8. Writе the exercise.

Task 7:
Writе the
exercise.

9. Match the right tips for: 1. Hurricane 2. Earthquake

А. Do not seek shelter in
Task 8:
basements, cellars, subways
or underground tunnels.
Match the
right tips for:
В. You will be best protected
1. Hurricane
2. Earthquake
С. Avoid windows to protect
in an underground shelter or
basement.
yourself from flying debris.
D. Get away from power lines,
buildings and high structures.
Get into the open.

10. Match the right tips for: 1. Floods 2. Volcanoes

A. Never attempt to walk,
Task 9:
swim, or drive in moving
water.
Match the
right tips for:
B. Wear protective gear,
1. Floods
2. Volcanoes
C. If evacuating isn’t safe,
including masks, goggles,
and clothing.
move to a higher floor, roof.
D. Use damp towels to block
openings under doors and
around windows.

11. Match the right tips for: 1. Drought 2. Big Freeze

Task 10:
A. Re-use water as much as
possible.
Match the
right tips for:
B. Drink plenty of hot tea or
1. Drought
2. Big Freeze
a high moisture content.
coffee or cocoa and hot soup.
C. Try to eat foods that have
D. Stay in one room (where
the most heat stays) and try
to seal it off.

12. Match the right tips for: 1. Wildfires 2. Lightning Storms

A. Stay away from water and
Task 11:
Match the
right tips for:
1. Wildfires
2. Lightning
Storms
metal objects, as they are
good conductors of
electricity.
B. Stay low to the ground to
avoid smoke inhalation.
C. Stay away from anything
plugged into an outlet: TVs,
computers, do not use mobile
phone.
D. Cover yourself with nonflammable materials like wool
blankets.

13. Match the right tips for: 1. Blizzard 2. Avalanche

A. Be sure to travel with
Task 12:
Match the
right tips for:
1. Blizzard
2. Avalanche
others. Should the worst
happen, you can help each
other, or call for emergency
rescue.
B. Look for natural barriers
that can block wind, such as
trees or rock formations.
C. Evacuate immediately if
you notice signs of an
impending landslide, such as
cracking in the ground.
D. Move your arms and legs,
clap your hands periodically to
keep warm and improve blood
flow to your extremities.

14. Read the tips. Do you agree and why?

Task 13:
Read the tips.
Do you agree
and why?

15. Read new words before listening to the polylogue.

Damage: to harm or spoil something.
Harsh: unpleasant, unkind, cruel, or more
severe than is necessary.
Hurt: to feel pain in a part of your body, or to
Task 14:
Read new
words before
listening to
the polylogue.
injure someone or cause them pain.
Rescue: to help someone or something out of a
dangerous, harmful, or unpleasant situation.
Scary, frightening: making you feel fear.
A bomb went off. When a bomb 'goes off' it
explodes. The phrase is used usually to refer to
something with a timer.
We got the eye of the hurricane. A hurricane is
a very violent storm. In the center is it very
calm and this is called the eye of the hurricane.
I was choking. When you 'choke' you cannot
breathe. You can choke on food, smoke or
because something is very tight around your
neck.
It didn't help that is was absolutely freezing.
The phrase 'it didn't help that ... ' is used when
talking about a bad experience and something
that adds an extra negative aspect to it.

16. Listen to the polylogue and answer the questions.

1) Tom hid ______ .
a) in a phone booth
b) under a car
Task 15:
2) Jess said she ______ .
a) just missed the bombing
b) was in an earthquake
Listen to the
polylogue and
answer the
questions.
3) During the hurricane, George ______ .
a) hid with his parents
b) asked to play outside
4) Pernais says she _______ .
a) saved a man
b) was rescued
5) Mike says he saw a _____ .
a) landslide
b) earthquake
6) Doron says his friends ______ .
a) started to panic
b) knew what to do