UNIT 3
Disasters
I. Listening and reading
Listen
to the text
Read
and translate the text
Disasters
Good evening. Our program tonight is about disasters. This year there have been fires, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. All our guests tonight have survived some disasters.
Susan Fisher: Hello. I’m Susan Fisher and I live in Chicago. I was working in my office in the 28th floor of a skyscraper. I was dictating a letter to my secretary when the fire alarm rang. I rushed out to the elevator but it wasn’t working. The stairs were full of thick smoke. We couldn’t go down, so we had to go up to the roof. When we got there, some people were waiting calmly. Others were screaming wildly. A helicopter managed to land on the roof and rescued us before the roof collapsed.
Linda Reed: I was on vacation on a small island in the South Pacific. I was sleeping when the volcano erupted. The noise woke me up. I looked out of the window. Everybody was running toward the harbor. I got dressed and ran to the harbor too. I managed to get on a cruise ship. It was leaving when the lava hit town.
Richard Phillips: My wife and I were staying with friends in Los Angeles. We were having dinner when the earthquake began. Everything shook and all the plates and food fell on the floor. We were just running out the house when the ceiling collapsed. We were lucky to survive.
II. Notes
Chicago [ʃiˈkɑːɡəʊ]
South Pacific [saʊθ pəˈsɪfɪk]
lava [ˈlɑːvə]
Los Angeles [ ]
III. Vocabulary
natural disaster [ˈnætʃrəl] |
катастрофа, бедствие cтихийное бедствие, природный катаклизм |
We were having dinner when the earthquake began.
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землетрясение Мы ужинали, когда началось зелетрясение. |
volcanic eruption [vɒlˈkænɪk ɪˈrʌpʃn ] I was sleeping when the volcano erupted [ɪˈrʌpt ɪd]. |
вулкан извержение вулкана
Я спала, когда началось извержение вулкана. |
to survive a disaster survivor [sərˈvaɪvə]
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выжить, уцелеть пережить катастрофу переживший катастрофу, уцелевший |
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небоскреб |
fire alarm [ˈfaɪə əˈlɑːm] I was writing a letter when the fire alarm rang. |
тревога, будильник пожарная сигнализация Я писала письмо, когда сработала пожарная сигнализация. |
I rushed out to the elevator [ˈeləveɪtə] but it was not working. |
помчаться, броситься Я бросилась к лифту, но он не работал. |
A helicopter [ˈhelɪˌkɒptə] landed on the roof. |
крыша Вертолет приземлился на крышу. |
He was trying to get out of the house when the roof collapsed. |
рухнуть, обвалиться Он пытался выбраться из дома, когда рухнула крыша. |
Some people were. |
кричать, визжать, вопить Некоторые люди громко кричали. |
A helicopter rescued us. |
спасать, выручать, приходить на помощь Нам на помощь пришел вертолет. |
My hands were shaking. |
дрожать, трястись
У меня тряслись руки. |
He was painting the ceiling all day yesterday. |
потолок Вчера он весь день белил потолок. |