Natural Disasters

On August 22, 2016

Today I studied English Reading Strategies. The first teacher opened video about the disasters…

The first video about “TSUNAMI” in Japan so then we made a group 5 people and discuss the video after watched video to what happen? What were we saw in video? Etc. After discussing we presented something that we talked about video.

This is video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0YOXVlPUu4

The second video about “Japan Earthquake” at Sendai on 3 November 2011

                                                                                                                              source: http://www.ebay.it/

Discussing: What did you think about the word the word about Natural Disasters? Teacher asked and then we talking or discuss in own group and wrote on the board in front of the class……………….

>>>> The word about Natural Disasters 

                      -Floods                                                           -Wild fire / Bush fire

                      -Earthquake                                                    -Storm

                      -TSUNAMI                                                      -Mudslide

                      -Volcano Eruption                                           -Depression

                      -Hurricane                                                       -Landslide

                      -Typhoon                                                         -Tornado

                                                                                                                                                          source: http://www.bloggang.com/

 Vocabulary 

*Destroyed>> (to put an end to or make unless, to ruin)

*Evacuate  >> (to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe)

*Damage    >> (to harm or spoil something) verb.

*Death toll >> (the number of people who die because of an event such as a war or     an accident) 

*Fatality    >> (a death caused by an accident or by violence)  

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In hand out

In hand out about News Story Natural Disasters so teacher gave to me and group read the news in hand out and answer the question 

News Story 1

News story was about "Myanmar flooding affects one million". Nearly one million have been affected by the floods. The government said up to 100 people died and 1.2 million acres of rice fields have been destroyed. The floods were made worse by Cyclone Komen.

News Story 2

News story about "Typhoon Soudelor hits China with death floods and mudslide". at Chinese province of Fujian and Zhejiang. Damage bills exceeding $ 1bn. The death toll as reports was 17 people and 5 more missing.Three people were killed and one was missing by a mudslide in Ningde. Ningde was is in the eastern province of Fujian. The death toll in Zhejiang province 14 people. The estimated losses in Fujian and Zhejiang province around eight billion yuan ($ 1.9bn). Casualties caused by the storm in Taiwan have been reported 379 people were injure by the storm in Taiwan.

News Story 3

News story about "Landslides killed in Doti and Gulmi dostricts of Nepal". Casualties have been reports 9 people died and one people injure.

In the read news story skills we used were a Skimming, Scanning, Preview picture or headline, guessing words and finding references.

Today I think that it was easy for me it everything easy for me example to read the news story and then I can answer the question so I can used skimming, scanning skills.I think that it was difficult for me was a guessing the words some words I didn’t to know what the meaning and difficult for guessing the words.Today from studied I can use to read newspaper and I can explain to who, what , where, when and result?Today this class it was so serious because we late, talking much and louder so teacher was angry. Next week I think that we are punctual to be on time.