Vocabulary

Hurricane – ураган

Storm – шторм

Weaken – ослабевать

Mayer – мэр

To warn – предупреждать

Emergency – чрезвычайное положение

To evacuate – эвакуировать

Resident – житель

Satellite dish – спутниковая тарелка

To ride out – благополучно перенести (шторм)

Fascination – очарование

Volunteer – доброволец

Safety – безопасность

Survival – выживание

To surge – подниматься

Secure – безопасный

Pier – дамба

Activity 2

Find the English equivalents in the text.

1. Сначала ветер затихает.

2. Затем начинается дождь.

3. Затем вода просачивается.

4. В течение часа вы совершенно мокрый.

5. Ваши руки сморщены.

6. Условия быстро ухудшаются.

7. Шторм усиливается.

8. Я слышу треск веток деревьев.

Activity 3

Complete the following sentences with the words below.

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1. You see (1) stuff in a storm: floating Coke machines, boats washed up on roads.

2. From their matching yellow raincoats, I assumed they were (2).

3. In the end, the real (3) of a hurricane isn’t found in its wind speed.

4. Between live shots, my (4) stretch out, my eyes close.

5. I’m submerged in (5), corseted by the air.

6. I’m powerless in the face of (6).

Activity 4

Match the words on the left with their equivalents on the right.

truck	place
spot	flame
to protect	to assess
to seep in	to splash
to slosh	to conceive
to estimate	to burst
to explode	to defend
flare	lorry

Activity 5

Complete the sentences using conditionals (type one).

1. If I find a spot, I (to protect) myself.

2. If you start to know what to expect, you (to be) the winner.

3. If the water starts to seep in, you (to be) completely wet.

4. If Katrina comes, the people (be evacuated).

5. If the winds are estimated to be 125 miles per hour, the electricity (go out).

6. If the wind is strong, you (hear) the snap of tree brunches, aluminum roofs ripping loose.

7. If the storm intensifies, other reporters’ transmission (get knocked off) the air.

8. If you do hurricane reporting for any length of time, you (stand) in the storm it self.

Activity 6

Translate the text from English into Russian beginning with the words “At the height of Katrina” till “I can feel it”.

Activity 7

Use the prompts and make up sentences about the national hurricane center – Katrina.

Katrina Stores There It Anderson Cooper

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a hurricane on August 25 a monstrous category 5 hurricane the 6th major hurricane Anderson Cooper has covered the last 15 months a stillness, quietness shut like a war zone location a spot near the water

Activity 8

Answer the questions.

1. When does Katrina hit?

2. What does Katrina hit?

3. How many people die?

4. What does the mayor of New Orleans ask residents to do?

5. What category does Katrina become?

6. Were the people evacuated?

7. What do reporters depend on covering a hurricane?

8. What is necessary to do before the reporting?

9. What is the picture of the storm?

10. Who has beaten the storm?

Activity 9

Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons.

1. The storm’s reminder of how weak the humans really are.

2. The storm is a phantom, rearing, retreating, charging.

Activity 10

Write an opinion composition about the work of a reporter during the hurricane (100 – 150 words).