UNIT 5 Natural Disasters (Martes-Jueves)

 

Tell someone about the news vocabulary

• Severe weather and other natural disasters.

Vocabulary

• A tornado
• A hurricane, A typhoon
• A flood
• A landslide
• A drought

Grammar:

1. Tornado: Are violently spinning columns of air that extend from a thunderstorm to the ground. Tornadoes can destroy buildings, flip cars and create deadly wind-driven debris.
2. Hurricane: They are the most violent atmospheric phenomena of our nature. They are a natural process of the planet Earth to transport excess energy from the tropical area to colder regions.
3. Typhoon: The concept of typhoon is used in meteorology to refer to a hurricane that forms in the ocean or, more precisely, in the China Sea. A hurricane, on the other hand, is a strong wind that produces whirlwinds.
4. Flood: Flooding occurs when water overflows the normal limits of a stream, river or other body of water or accumulates in an area that is usually dry. 
5. Landslide: Landslides occur when the soil on a slope becomes unstable, and quantities of soil, mud and rock begin to flow down the slope. They can cause severe damage and are difficult to predict.
6. Drought: Drought is a transient anomaly characterized by a temporary shortage of water, compared to the normal supply, over a given period of time (a season, a year, or several years).

Grammar: Indirect speech: Say and Tell tense changes. 

Say: Decir 

Tell: Contar 

Direct speech:

• John: "I'll be late".

Reported speech:

• John said (that) he would be late.
• John told me (that) he was going to be late.

Examples:

• Julie said (that) she'd come to the party.
• I said (that) I was going to bed early.
• He told me (that) he loved living in London.
• They told John (that) they would arrive at six.