1. Reading and vocabulary
Module Three
Reading and vocabulary

2. Fast-reading 1 ★ ★ ★ 1, What is a current ? (a) A kind of electricity
Read about the Gulf Stream and check the meaning of the words : 1
Fast-reading
1, What is a current ?
(a) A kind of electricity
(b) A movement of water
(c) A kind of wind
2, What kind of things flow ?
(a) Water (b) Time
(c) Money
3, If two places are on the same latitude ,they are on the same
line _____
(a) east/west
(b) north/south ★ ★ ★

3. What is a Tornado?

4. Careful-reading
Read the first part of the passage carefully. Answer the questions.
1. How strong are tornado winds?
2. What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado?
3. How many tornadoes are there in the US every year?
4. How many people died in the worst tornado of all time ?

5. How strong are tornado winds?
More than 400 Km/h.
2. What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado?
It stays where it was.
3. How many tornadoes are there in the US every year?
About 800.
4. How many people died in the worst tornado of all time ?
More than 700.

6. tornado

8. tornado
a column of air that turns very quickly

9. What is a Hurricane?

10. Careful-reading
Read the rest two parts of the passage carefully. Answer the questions.
5. What happens at sea during a hurricane?
6. When was the worst hurricane of all time?
7. Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it?
8. What happened to him after the hurricane?

11. 5. What happens at sea during a hurricane?
It has huge waves.
6. When was the worst hurricane of all time?
8th September, 1900.
7. Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it?
No, he wasn’t.
8. What happened to him after the hurricane?
His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf Stream.

12. In August, 2005 , the Hurricane Katrina hit America.

13. Hurricane, the nightmare of New Orleans

15. Read the whole passage again and fill in the following form, using some key words

16. According to the passages fill in the table:
Tornado
Hurricane
Definition
Place
Phenomena
Bad results
The worst example
rotating column of
air 16

17. Tornado Hurricane Speed Definition Place Damage
The worst
example
Rotating,colo-mn of air…
Strong tropical storms…
Over 400km/h
120km/h or more
US…
…Sea …Gulf
Pick…put…
take…cause…
Cause…
kill…
1925 US
1900 Galveston