Unit 5 Disasters and Calamities

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1、Unit5DisastersandCalamitiesSectionA1.snowfalls;Blizzards;disrupted2.worseningdrought3.struck;aftershocks4.collapsed5.debris;trapped;crushed6.Reliefsupplies;devastating7.tornado;Forecasters8.locusts9.tropicalstorm;hurricane10.battling;toxic;spill;spillSectionBTapescript1.AnAir

2、FrancepassengerplanehasskiddedofftherunwayandburstintoflamesonlandingatPearsonAirportinToronto,Canada.2.InNigeriaatleast12peoplewerereporteddrownedafteranovercrowdeddugoutcanoecapsizedinaremotecreekintheoil-producingNigerDelta.3.Afull-scalereliefoperationisunderwayonIndonesia

3、’sJavaIslandwhereatsunamihitMonday,killingatleast340people.4.Thebodiesof10NewJerseyseniorcitizenskilledinthisweek’stourbuscrashinthemountainsofnorthernChilearebeingflownhome.5.HurricaneJohnhasbeendowngradedtoatropicalstormafterhittingtheBajaCaliforniaPeninsulaonthewestcoastof

4、Mexico.ThestormstruckthetouristportcityofLepas,bringingdowntreesandpowerlinesandfloodingstreets.IthadearlierinundatedtheseasideresortofLosCabos.Key:1.C2.C3.D4.B5.ASectionCItem1.TapescriptIraqpolicesaymorethan640peoplehavebeenkilledinastampedethatbrokeouttodaynearaShiiteshrine

5、inBaghdad.Authoritiessaysome300werehurtinthestampedethateruptedonaTigrisRiverbridgewhenthousandsofpeoplecrushedarailingandplungedintotheriver.Officialsaybodiesarestillbeingrecoveredfromtheriverandthatthefinaldeathtollcouldrise.Theincidentoccurredwhenarumorspreadthatasuicidebo

6、mberwasinthecrowd.Key:1.---(H)2.---(G)3.---(D,F)4.---(B)5.(J)Item2TapescriptAPeruvianairlinercarrying100passengersandcrewmembershascrashedinanortheasternjungletown,killingatleast40people.OfficialssaytheTANSAirFight204wentdownTuesdaywhileattemptinganemergencylandingduringaseve

7、restorm.Policeatthescenesayforeignnationalsareamongthedead,includingatleastoneItalianandanAmerican.Officialssayatleast52peoplesurvivedtheaccidentwithmostbeingtreatedatareahospitals.Key:Task11.T2.F3.T4.T5.TTask21.PeruvianAirliner;crewmembers;killing2.anemergencylanding3.Foreig

8、nnationals;Italian;anAmerican4.52;survived;atareahospitalsItem3Tapes