Spotlihgt 8 Module 5a.

SPOTLIGHT 8

Module 5a

Warming-up. Describe the picture.

Module 5a. Tsunami disaster

Identify clues to the speaker

Jason a doctor

Alex a journalist

Bill a member of a rescue team

Sue a holiday maker

Check your answers

1. Bill (we were rescued by some local men and taken to the hospital)

2. Sue (my colleagues and I were helping injured people, gave them emergency first aid, some of the injuries we had to treat);

Jason (distributing food, searching for more survivors, we managed to find a 13-year-old girl)

3. Bill (people around me were screaming)

4. Alex (07.59 local time)

5. Bill (pulled me out of the water)

6. Jason (managed to find a 13-year-old girl who was still alive)

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Disasters

Injured, Horrific

Collapse, Survive, Rescue

Natural disasters cause a lot of damage.

Tragedy

Drought

Flood

Tornado

Tsunami

Earthquake

Avalanche

Hurricane