4° LESSON : NATURAL DISASTERS THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AGAIN

I N THIS LESSON Vocabulary related to natural disasters Commenting and sharing opinions on that Telling the class about your own experience with natural disasters If- clauses Wish- sentences

WILDFIRE

VOCABULARY Firefighters Draught Gusting winds To spread To evacuate To destroy To drop water Dead grass Shrubs Kindling Ash To ease Flames Forestry spokesman Major disaster declaration

EARTHQUAKE

VOCABULARY a camp aftershock survivor To crumble Death toll Debris Evacuation Homeless injured Casualty Slabs of concrete Crack Landslide To rescue To dig

F LOOD

V OCABULARY abrupt aftermath banks awash bulldozer “burst its banks” “caught off guard” dam to collapse crop death toll debris deforestation downpour drainage embankement flow to inundate landslide mudslide looting to overflow “rubber dinghy” surge tides

LISTENING Have you ever been in a natural disaster? Several people talk about natural disasters they have been in or just missed.

YOUR TURN ANSWER THE QUESTION: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A NATURAL DISASTER? Describe the event in details

OPINIONS 1 ”I think it’s really scary that there are so many natural disasters these days. There are far more than in the past. Every time you switch on the news you see places that are flooded or countries in drought. I’m sure it’s all connected to climate change and global warming.”

OPINIONS 2 “ With so many natural disasters on the news these days that you become immune to them. I don’t mean that in a horrible way, but it always seems so far away and there’s absolutely nothing you can do to help the poor people who are there”

OPINIONS 3 “The hurricanes and earthquakes that have happened in the past month just prove how unprepared we are for natural disasters. It’s crazy that with all the technology and information available to us nowadays natural disasters still kill so many people. They should spend more money on research to develop warning systems for hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and tsunamis.”

OPINIONS 4 “You can’t prepare for natural disasters as nobody knows when or where they are going to happen. It’s nature’s way of reminding us that she is in charge and we should respect her a lot more than we do.“

YOUR OPINION Do you think there are more natural disasters than in the past? Do you think we are prepared to deal with the disasters?

READING AN ARTICLE ASK ME QUESTIONS TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PHILIPPINES LAST FRIDAY..\lesson 5\Philippines death toll from typhoon Haiyan.docx TAKE NOTES OF THE ANSWERS ARRANGE YOUR NOTES TO PRESENT THE NEWS

G RAMMAR S ECTION 1° CONDITIONAL What will you do if a. an earthquake occurs? b. A fire alarm goes off? c. There’s a blackout? d. You see a car crash?

G RAMMAR S ECTION 2° CONDITIONAL Which object would you use if a. You were trapped under debris b. The boat you were on started sinking? c. You were trapped in a mine? d. You were travelling through a desert? e. You got stuck in an underground train? Choose among: torch whistle axe life-jacket compass

G RAMMAR S ECTION 3° CONDITIONAL How could these accidents have been avoided? a. A house burnt down, a young boy was playing with matches b. The town was flooded. The dam burst c. Two cars collided. One of the drivers was drunk d. A cyclist was seriously injured by a car at night. He had no lights on his bicycle e. A garage exploded. A man threw his cigar out of the window of his car.

G RAMMAR S ECTION W ISH - SENTENCES I wish they had discovered the bomb before it exploded I wish it would stop snowing I wish I had some food with me a. Regret about a present situation b. Wish for a future change unlikely to happen expressing disappointment c. Regret that something didn’t happen in the past

R OLE - PLAYS Pretend you are an emergency relief worker. Role play a conversation with a disaster victim.

F OR MORE PRACTICE grammar.com/conditional-exercises.html verb.html

S ELF - EVALUATION self evaluation.docx

N EXT WEEK ’ S TOPIC Moving to another country