ACTIVITY 214:
There exist natural and man-made disasters. Some of
them can be prevented or even predicted. Look carefully at the pictures
below and try to choose the correct disaster from the menus. Then
check the answers.
Disasters: definitions
ACTIVITY 215:
Match the following disaster definitions with the
disaster names choosing the appropriate alternatives from the menus. Then
check the answers.
1.
Violent destructive windstorm characterized by
a funnel-shaped cloud.
2.
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing
onto normally dry land.
3.
Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth.
4.
Sudden pouring out of fumes, lava and volcanic material.
5.
A slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain.
6.
A temporary shortage of rainfall.
Disasters: causes
ACTIVITY 216:
Generally speaking man-made disasters can be
prevented, and natural ones can be predicted to a greater or lesser
extent with modern technology. But in a man-made disaster, natural
causes may also have played a part, and in a natural disaster, man may
also have some responsibility for causing it.
In this activity you have to copy/paste or
paint/drag the names of the disasters from the box into the
appropriate blank spaces. Then check
the answers.
fire
volcanic
eruption
shipwreck
hurricane
typhoon
flood
plane crash
avalanche
earthquake
drought
NATURAL DISASTERS (man has low or no control)
MIXED DISASTERS (man may have some control)
Disasters: headlines
ACTIVITY 217:
Choose from the menus what the real situation is
or seems to be for these headlines. Then check your answers.
1.
POISON GAS CLOUD SPREADS
2.
POLICE DEFUSE TERRORIST BOMB
3.
OIL SLICK RECEDES
4.
AIDS TIME BOMB TICKING AWAY
5.
ALL SURVIVE
JUMBO EMERGENCY LANDING
6.
FLOOD WARNINGS
NOT HEEDED IN TIME
Un vocabulario de difícil temática
pero necesario, verdad? En la página siguiente Mr. Grammar
explicará acerca de TIME EXPRESSIONS (frases adverbiales y
cláusulas de tiempo) ...
