Are you afraid of natural disasters? (Bạn có sợ các thảm họa thiên nhiên không?)
Sample answer Vocabulary
(Answer) Wow, of course.
(Example) Not only me but also many people on Earth have a fear for natural calamities. They are extreme weather conditions that can cause a lot of damage to people and property in a large scale.
Natural calamities (n)
Thiên tai
Extreme weather conditions (n)
Điều kiện thời tiết cực đoan
Property (n) Tài sản
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Part 2
Describe a natural disaster/an extreme weather condition that you will never forget. (Mô tả một thảm họa thiên nhiên hoặc một điều kiện thời tiết khắc nghiệt mà bạn không bao giờ quên)
Sample answer Vocabulary
(Answer) Well, I would like to talk about the “historical flood” that happened in Hanoi a decade ago, 2008. This must be the year that Hanoians can never forget.
(Reason) It is memorable because the rain was so heavy and lasted for many days consecutively that inundated many streets of Hanoi. (Example) The rain was considered heaviest in the last 100 years, which caused people to suffer from a
Inundated (adj)
Bị ngập lụt
Precipitation (n)
Lượng mưa
Record high (adj)
Cao kỷ lục
Statistics (n) Thống kê Emergency
announcement (n)
Thông báo khẩn cấp
Pouring rain Mưa xối xả
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lot of damage. Precipitation reached a record high and almost all activities were paused to ensure the safety of both people and property.
According to statistics, many families even suffered from inundation as high level of water flew into their houses. Offices or schools had to make emergency announcement to let their employees and students be at home to avoid any potential accidents that may caused by the pouring rain. Life then had a lot of disturbance and people had to wait until it stopped raining. The rain triggered inconvenience for people in different fields as high death toll
(n)
Disturbance (n)
Xáo trộn, phiền toái Death toll (n) Tỷ lệ tử
vong Dangerous
epidemics (n)
Dịch bệnh nguy hiểm Concerted
effort (n)
Nỗ lực
chung
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was recorded, traffic was in no order or people stood a high
chance of dangerous
epidemics. Luckily, after a few days, life began to come back to the way it was thanks to concerted effort of both local authority and many people of the city.
Part 3
Why the world has to suffer from natural disasters more than ever before? (Tại sao thế giới đang ngày càng phải chịu nhiều những thiên tai hơn bao giờ hết?)
Sample answer Vocabulary
(Answer) Well, I think this is a worldwide issue that needs to be solved before it is too late.
Global
warming (n)
Sự nóng lên toàn cầu Deforestation Phá rừng
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(Reason) Obviously, there is global warming that is resulted from human activities such as deforestation or over-exploitation of natural resources. Moreover, the exhaust fumes from vehicles or factories are the main reason that causes the Ozone depletion. That is why more natural disasters are happening. (Example) Personally I think both government and citizens all over the world should act now before humankind has to suffer from more serious disasters in the future.
(n) Ozone
depletion (n)
Sự suy giảm tầng Ô-zôn
Check-up zone
Fill in each blank to complete a meaningful word.
1. S_a_i_t_c_
2. _ _ur_n _ r_ _ n
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3. D_a_h _o_l
4. _x_r_m_ w_a_h_r _o_d_t_o_s 5. D_n_e_ _u_ e_i_e_i_s
6. _m_rg_n_y an_o_n_e_e_t 7. R_ _o_d _i_h
8. _r_p_r_y
9. Pr_c_pi_at_o_
10. N_t_ _ _l ca_ _m_ty 11. I_ _nd_t_d
12. D_st_rb_nc_
13. _ _o_al _ar_i_g 14. _e_or_st_t_ _n 15. O_o_e _ep_e_i_ _ 16. C_ _ce_ _e_ ef_ _r_s
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NOTICE
Glossary Box Natural
calamities (n)
Thiên tai
Extreme weather
conditions (n)
Điều kiện thời tiết cực đoan
Property (n) Tài sản Inundated
(adj)
Bị ngập lụt
Precipitation (n)
Lượng mưa
Record high (adj)
Cao kỷ lục
Statistics (n) Thống kê
Emergency Thông báo khẩn cấp
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announcement (n)
Pouring rain (n)
Mưa xối xả
Disturbance (n)
Xáo trộn, phiền toái
Death toll (n) Tỷ lệ tử vong Dangerous
epidemics (n)
Dịch bệnh nguy hiểm
Concerted effort (n)
Nỗ lực chung
Global
warming (n)
Sự nóng lên toàn cầu
Deforestation (n)
Phá rừng
Ozone Sự suy giảm tầng Ô-
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depletion (n) zôn
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