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Listening and Speaking
Let’s talk.
Miss Sharmila is highlighting a natural disaster that happened in 2004 and
2011 which shocked the world. Listen to the information and talk about it.
A tsunami is an extremely large wave in the sea caused by
an earthquake. The waves can travel for thousands
of kilometres.
Tsunami in 2004
In 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami Tsunami in 2011
caused massive destruction and death in
countries like Thailand, Indonesia, and Japan was also hit by the fifth most
Sri Lanka. More than 150,000 people died powerful earthquake in 2011. It
and millions were left homeless. It is the happened in the city of Sendai. It
deadliest tsunami in history. high. Many people lost their homes
created waves more than 10 meters
Complete the table. and more than 15,000 died.
Year 2011
Affected countries Japan
Number of lives lost 150,000
Surf the Internet and look for other natural
disasters. Talk about them.
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