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b) Choose a picture and describe it to your
partner in as much detail as possible.
A: Did you hear? There’s been a major train crash and 50
people have been injured.
B: It’s awful, isn’t it?
Giving bad news
Reacting
ñ Did you hear? There’s been …
ñ Did you see/hear about the … on
the news?
ñ Have you heard?
ñ Guess what happened!
ñ You’ll never guess what’s happened!
ñ Look at this!
ñ It’s awful, isn’t it?
ñ Oh no! That’s awful/
terrible!
ñ Really? How horrible!
ñ I don’t believe it!
ñ That’s so sad/
depressing, etc.
1
2
3
4
5
Choose a disaster which was in
the news last month. Prepare a short
news report for the local TV station. Talk
about:
place
,
date
,
event
,
what happened
.
b) Which accident/disaster (1-12) best
matches each of the headlines (A-H).
Which words helped you decide?
1
rail accident
2
landslide
3
flood
4
factory explosion
5
road accident
6
plane crash
7
severe/freak storm
8
environmental disaster
9
tsunami
10
earthquake
11
war
12
avalanche
Side Of Mountain
Collapses Onto Homes
H
CITY CENTRE BUILDINGS
DAMAGED BY HURRICANE
F
Dangerous Blast
At Chemical Plant
E
TRAIN COLLISION INJURES 50
A
20 SURVIVORS RESCUED FROM AIRCRAFT
D
Rising River
Waters Close Roads
G
Violent Tremors Hit Capital City
B
Oil Spill Blackens Coast
C
V
ocabulary
Disasters
1
a)
Listen and say the
types of disasters. Which are:
natural? influenced by man?
Which
can you see in the pictures?
S
peaking
Giving bad news & reacting
3
Use the headlines in Ex. 1b and the
language in the box to make exchanges, as in
the example.
2
a)
Listen to some people describing
the disasters in the pictures 1-4. Match the
descriptions A-D to the disasters 1-4.
18
g
1
Skills
L
istening
4
You’ll hear a radio news report. For
questions 1-5, listen and tick (
✓
)
T
(true) or
F
(false).
1
The train crash happened at
lunchtime.
2
No one died in the accident.
3
The reason for the lights’ failure
isn’t known yet.
4
The flood is due to a burst
water pipe.
5
The town suffered a worse
flood last year.
T F
