Prime Time 2, Coursebook

When nature goes wild Weather extremes around the world a) Cover up the text and listen to the reports. Match each report to a picture. fb5d9r 2 1.31 4v2pq8 A 4 B C D 1. Canada, 11 July: During an outdoor wedding ceremony the bride’s father was struck by a flash of lightning while holding a speech to the young couple. Luckily, the man was not killed. He recovered from a bad shock and continued his speech. Everybody was shocked when they saw the hand holding the microphone light up. They thought he was going to drop dead. 2. USA, October 2016: North Carolina was hit by massive flooding from Hurri- cane Matthew. A team of firefighters rescued more than a dozen dogs from an animal shelter. The rescue team pulled most of the puppies from a truck that was stuck in the flood waters. 3. China, 23 June: After a heavy earthquake a little village in China was hit by a devastating landslide, which buried most of the village under an avalanche of mud and rock. A mother and her baby were rescued by some pupils and their teacher from a nearby school. They formed a human chain to help the mother and the baby reach a safe place in their school building. 4. Italy, 12 July 2017: A month of no rain and the following drought led to wildfires in southern Italy. There were fires on Mount Vesuvius and vast clouds of smoke around the city of Naples. At over 40 degrees Celsius thousands of people, animals and nature reserves around Vesuvius were in danger. “People were taken to safe school buildings in minibuses. b) Now check your answers with the text. 64 8 Unit Natural disasters sixty-four Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv