NATURAL DISASTER TARGET VOCABULARY 1

 

TARGET VOCABULARY 1 SECTION FIVE: THE WORLD OF NATURE NATURAL DISASTER

 

1 Write the correct words under the drawing below. Choose from the following: avalanche drought earthquake flood forest fire hurricane volcanic eruption         2 Now try to work out which of the disasters the following people are talking about. a)      ’It’s terrible! We haven’t had any rain now for over a year. The rivers are almost dry and if we don’t get rain soon thousands of people are going to die.’ b)      ‘Suddenly the ground started shaking. Next thing, a big gap appeared in the road and the building opposite collapsed. I’ve never been so frightened in all my life.’

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