Five Steps:
1.Which natural disaster?
2.Where and when did it take place?
3.What were the effects? [What happened?]
4.What was done to improve the situation/help tho affected by the
disaster?
5.How did it make you feel?
1.Which natural disaster?
●I’d like to describe a(n) …
●The natural disaster that I’d like to describe is …
●The natural disaster that I know about is …
●The natural disaster that I remember is …
●The natural disaster that I have experienced is …
● A terrible/devastating natural disaster was …
●The most terrible natural disaster that I can remember is …
Types of natural disaster
•Earthquake
•Flood
•Volcanic Eruption
•Landslide
移成语•Tornado
•Storm
•Hurricane/Typhoon/Tropical Storm/Cyclonic Storm/Tropical Depression/Cyclone
•Tsunami
•Blizzard (snow storm)
•Wildfire/Bushfire
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•Famine
•Drought
•Heat wave怎样才能挣钱
•Epidemic
2.Where and when did it take place?
●It took place/happened/struck/hit/started …
●The epicentre of the earthquake was …
●… was affected.
●… was worst affected.
●Other areas also felt the impact.
●Some of the effects were even felt as far away as in …
3.What were the effects? [What happened?]
●…people were killed.
●…of homes were destroyed.
●…town/villages were destroyed.
●Many people lost their homes.
●Many families lost loved ones.
●Many parents lost their children.
●Many children lost their parents.
●… people’s lives were ruined.
●It turned people’s lives upside down.
●Many buildings were left in ruin.
●Many people had to flee the country/region/affected area/province.
●Communications, such as telephone rvices, were interrupted.
●Many roads and other infrastructure was destroyed.
●Dia spread around the affected area.
●The local economy was badly affected.
●There were huge food and water shortages.
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●Many people suffered from malnutrition/dehydration.
●Chaos and rioting broke out in the affected area.
●Looting was a major problem.
4.What was done to improve the situation/help tho affected by the disaster?
●Thousands of rescue workers came to help the survivors.
●Many international rescue teams came to help in the region.
●Financial aid was offered by many countries.
●International humanitarian workers provided support.
●Many NGOs offered support.
●The government invested millions of dollars/yuan/pounds in the
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redevelopment of the region.
● A fund was t up to help the survivors.
●New homes were built for the survivors.
跋的意思●Many people donated money/clothes/food to the people affected.
●Medical support/doctors and nurs were nt to the region.
●The army was nt to restore order.
●Food parcels/packages were nt to the survivors.
5.How did it make you feel?
●I felt … sad/shocked/distresd/scared.
●I was distresd by …
●I was shocked by …
●I was touched by …
●… really moved me.
●I felt great sympathy for …
●I was distresd by the terrible suffering that I saw.
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