Reading Task 1. Read the text and mark the sentences True or False.
Natural Disasters
Natural disasters like earthquakes, tornado, tsunami and floods happen more frequently nowadays. There are many reasons why they occur, but the main one is related to human activity on Earth which often has a negative impact on our environment. All kinds of disasters are usually very damaging. Many dwellings, roads and even whole streets and cities are ruined. The number of victims usually terrifies as hundreds or even thousands of people get injured or die in disasters. However, each disaster has a different nature. For example, an earthquake is the result of the tectonic plates’ movement which leads to the shaking of a certain area on land. Earthquakes destroy buildings and people usually become victims because they get stuck or killed under the rubble. Tornado is also a natural disaster which looks like an enormous column of the wind which lifts cars, bicycles, furniture and many other things. It is also called a twister and it can be very dangerous if touches the surface of the ground or water. Flood in its turn happens when rivers burst their banks. Most extended floods damage cities and wash away whole populated places. Tsunami is another natural disaster which arises as a series of huge waves caused by underwater earthquakes. Thus, there are many natural disasters which are dangerous for all of us. We should be careful and treat our planet better in order not to die with it.
Example: 0. Natural disasters happen rarely nowadays True False
1. The main reason of natural disasters are people’s activity True False
2. Earthquakes destroy nature True False
3. A lot of people perish in disasters True False
4. One hundred thousand people are getting hurt True False
5. All disasters are destroying True False
6. Tornado can’t lifts any things True False
Writing
Task 2. Write a news article about a natural disaster in your country.
You should use your own ideas and creativity. Follow the plan and structure.
These questions help you to organize your article.
1. Where, when did a natural disaster happen?
2. How did people react? What were people doing?
3. What problems do people have after the natural disaster?
4. What happened in the end of the natural disaster?
Paragraph 1: Introduction
There are a lot natural disasters. For example: ……
We had a natural disaster …… It happened ……
Paragraph 2: The positive or negative facts. Describe people’s reaction and write what people were doing.
People reacted ….
They were …..
Paragraph 3: write about people’s problem after the natural disaster
At first…, then…, next…, after that…
At first people had …
Paragraph 4: Conclusion
After… hours…
Next day…
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