What Do You Call That
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A. What do you call that? Choose words from the box to describe the kind of storm or natural disaster. (自然灾害, catástrofe catástrofe, катастрофа, )مص يبة كارث ة a blizzard a drought a tornado a flood an earthquake a forest fire/a /a brush fire a hurricane /a typhoon (in Asia) a volcano or: volcanic eruption 火山喷发
1. We saw a long black cloud coming down from the sky. It looked like a funnel. (漏斗, embudo, воро́нка, )قم عWe e ran into the basement. a tornado a funnel 2. The storm came off the he Atlantic Ocean, and it hit Cuba ba before it hit us. The strong winds blew off pieces of our roof and they knocked down trees. I’ve never seen so much rain in my whole life! _______________ 3. Even though (虽然, 尽管, aunque aunque, хотя, )عل ى ال رغم م نour town was ten miles away, we could see the trees burning and all the smoke smoke. _______________ 4. Suddenly, the house started to shake (摇摇, temblar, качать). . It was like we were in the back of a truck and people were pushi pushing ng from both sides. We got under the table. The lamps started swinging back and forth, and a picture fell off the wall. _______________ 5. The water kept rising and rising. We had to evacuate. (leave a place quickly because of danger or an emergency) _______________ 6. For several days, smoke came out of the top of the mountain, so the government told us to evacuate. Then one day there was a terrible explosion (忽然爆发, взрыв, )انفج ار. Rocks flew into the air, and lava (火山岩浆, ла́ва, )حم م بركاني ةstarted to flow (流 ( , fluir, литься, ّ ق َ )تدفdown the side of the mountain toward our village. _________ 7. It snowed for three days, and the wind blew so hard! All businesses had to shut down because it was impossible to drive. _______________ 8. There was no rain for nine months. The crops (plants that farmers grow to sell) died. We couldn't water our lawns, wash our cars, or flush the toilet more than once a day. _______________
B. Match the descriptions above with the pictures. Write the number under each picture. picture
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1. We saw a long black cloud coming down from the sky. It looked like a funnel. (漏斗, embudo, воро́нка, )قم عWe e ran into the basement. a tornado a funnel 2. The storm came off the he Atlantic Ocean, and it hit Cuba ba before it hit us. The strong winds blew off pieces of our roof and they knocked down trees. I’ve never seen so much rain in my whole life! _______________ 3. Even though (虽然, 尽管, aunque aunque, хотя, )عل ى ال رغم م نour town was ten miles away, we could see the trees burning and all the smoke smoke. _______________ 4. Suddenly, the house started to shake (摇摇, temblar, качать). . It was like we were in the back of a truck and people were pushi pushing ng from both sides. We got under the table. The lamps started swinging back and forth, and a picture fell off the wall. _______________ 5. The water kept rising and rising. We had to evacuate. (leave a place quickly because of danger or an emergency) _______________ 6. For several days, smoke came out of the top of the mountain, so the government told us to evacuate. Then one day there was a terrible explosion (忽然爆发, взрыв, )انفج ار. Rocks flew into the air, and lava (火山岩浆, ла́ва, )حم م بركاني ةstarted to flow (流 ( , fluir, литься, ّ ق َ )تدفdown the side of the mountain toward our village. _________ 7. It snowed for three days, and the wind blew so hard! All businesses had to shut down because it was impossible to drive. _______________ 8. There was no rain for nine months. The crops (plants that farmers grow to sell) died. We couldn't water our lawns, wash our cars, or flush the toilet more than once a day. _______________
B. Match the descriptions above with the pictures. Write the number under each picture. picture
A__
B__
C__
D__
E__
F__
G__
H__
34102602 ©Roland Trego 10/26/02 rev. 10/6/2013 5:16 PM
