Reading Task 2. Read the text and mark the sentences True or False. Haiti in Ruins After Huge Earthquake Television pictures are slowly beginning to show how great the damage is in Haiti following the huge earthquake on Tuesday. A magnitude 7.3 quake, just 16km from the capital, hit the Caribbean nation as people were going home after work. Much of the country has been devastated.Many major buildings in the capital Port-au-Prince have collapsed, including the Presidential Palace and the UN headquarters. Haiti's Pres’dent Rene Preval described the scene in the capital as "unimag”nable". The ”ed Cross says up to 3 million people have been affected. Mr. Preval fears "well o”er 100,000 people" may h”ve died.Haiti's amba’sador to the USA, Raymond Joseph, said there was "no way“of estimating" how m”ny casualties there were. Countries around the world are acting quickly to send whatever help they can to Haiti. Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. More than half of its people live below the poverty line on less than two dollars a day. It is one of the poorest-equipped countries on Earth to deal with such a catastrophe. The nation was still trying to recover from being hit by four deadly hurricanes in 30 days in 2008. Its economy is in ruins and it has a long history of corruption and coups. Reading
Task 2. Read the text and mark the sentences True or False. 1. Most Haitians were having their breakfast when the earthquake hit.
“I wish we lived in the country. It would be so good for the baby”.
However, they didn't have enough money to buy or rent a house in the country so they decided to take matters into their own hands.
The house was built by Simon himself, with a bit of help from his friends. The result was impressive. The home is made from natural materials, such as wood, stone and mud. It uses solar panels for energy and its water comes from a nearby spring. It took Simon four months to complete his fairytale home. He managed to create a modern wooden eco-home – one of the most wonderful houses you can imagine. Simon Dale said, “I have started working on a new house of the same eco-style.
My second house will be smarter than the first one.
My son is five now and I hope to celebrate his tenth birthday in a new house
Приходит смотритель зоопарка
В тот момент они увидели высокого мужчину. Он выглядел очень сердитым. Он подбежал к ним и закричал:
- Что вы тут делаете? В зоопарке запрещено забираться на деревья!
- Но мы не залезаем на деревья! Мы охраняем своего питона! - ответили дети. Смотритель зоопарка опустил глаза на траву и увидел питона. Теперь все поняли, что это был очень длинный и толстый питон.
- Ах, дорогие детишки, простите большое. Можете мне отнести этого питона обратно в клетку? - спросил смотритель.
- Да, можем! - закричали дети. И каждый, кто был в этот день в зоопарке, мог видеть забавную цепочку из людей - первым был смотритель зоопарка, вторым был Толстяк, третьим и четвертым были Медляк и Буян, пятым и шестым были Весельчак и Остряк, а седьмым - Забияка. Они шли друг за другом, и каждый из них держал в руках длинное туловище питона.
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