Exercise 4 Speak on the given theme “ The future of our planet’.
On the 12th of March, 2010, a small village of Kyzylagash in Aksu district of Almaty province became famous all over Kazakhstan. However, the price for such fame was very high. That night the dam of reservoir burst open and the village was almost completely wiped out. The catastrophe caused a lot of casualties and damage to local people. Their lives were changed forever.
Exercise 5 Answer the questions:
a) If you lived in an area hit by earthquakes or flood, would you move?
b) Why are the poorest countries always hit by such terrible natural disasters?
c) What would you do if your town was hit by a huge earthquake or flood?
Exercise 6 Kzylagash flood discussion. Pairwork. Discuss these questions.
1. What did our government do to help the people of Kzylagash?
2. How long does it take people to recover from this catastrophe?
3. Would you like to go to an area hit by such terrible natural disasters to help the people?
Exercise 7 Disasters: What would you do? Complete this table with your partner(s).