2019-2020年高中英语Module3TheViolenceofNature-Writing.doc

2019-2020年高中英语Module3TheViolenceofNature-WritingGoals To learn to write about natural eventsProceduresStep 1: Talking about the worst natural disasters since xxGujarat, India, xx: earthquake (20,000 dead) El Salvador, xx: earthquake (850 dead) Afghanistan, xx: earthquake (2,500 dead) Algeria, xx: earthquake (2,266 dead) Asia, xx: SARS (744 dead, mostly in China) Andhra Pradesh, India, xx: Heat wave (1,300 dead) France, Spain and Italy, xx: Heat wave (50,000 dead) Bam, Iran, xx: earthquake (26,300 dead) Al-Hoceima, Morocco, xx: earthquake (571 dead) Haiti and Dominican Republic, xx: rains (2,400 dead) Philippines, xx: typhoon (1,000 dead) China, xx: floods (1,300 dead) Southeast Asia, xx: tsunamis caused by 9.0 earthquake (111,000 dead in Indonesia, 31,000 in Sri Lanka, 10,700 in India, 5,400 in Thailand, 68 in Malaysia, 82 in the Maldives, 300 in Myanmar and 150 in Somalia, including 1,500 Scandinavian tourists, and dozens of Germans, Italians, Dutch, etc) Zarand, Iran, xx: earthquake (500 dead) Nias, Indonesia, xx: 8.7 earthquake (1000 dead) Mumbai, India, xx: monsoon (1,000 dead) China, xx: floods (567 dead) Louisiana and Mississippi, USA, xx: hurricane (1,069 dead) Niger, xx: famine (10,000? dead) Kashmir, xx: earthquake (80,500 dead, of which 79,000 in Pakistan and 1,350 in India) Central America, xx: floods (1,400 dead, of which 1,200 in Guatemala)Step 2: Writing about violent natural eventsI Met Mr. FloodYi Xie (Amy) from ChinaI used to think people are very clever, but we cant do anything when natural disasters happen. We cant prevent them, control them, or stop them. The only thing we can do is clean up after the disasters. Its very sad.When I was in high school, I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and kept raining almost a month; the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used boats instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs, and our homes. Schools closed and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and electricity. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a water world.Because of the flood, lots of illnesses broke out. Because of dead animals, people died. The soil and other things made the water bee very, very dirty. That was in summer time, so even though it was raining, the temperature was still high. The hot weather and really dirty water caused the air to be very bad. Hospitals had no extra rooms for patients.When the flood was over, I looked around my city. One word can describe the situation-sad. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very strong, I think. We rebuilt our city, took care of the sick people, and started our businesses again. I just hope that one day people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. We really need to take care of our lovely world.The Hurricane was a NightmareKevin Parfait from MartiniqueThis story took place about seven years ago. At that time I was only eleven years old, but images of that week are still as clear as it all happened yesterday. During that week, we had to face up to the most powerful hurricane Martinique has even seen. The fact that I was little increased the effects of such an experience. I can still hear the noise of the wind blowing on the taped windows that were shaking. Outside, everything was flying or moving.trees, papers, plastics.But the nightmare was not that phase, when we were just afraid without any other possibilities. The real one was after it hit. In fact, the hurricane did not cross the island only once, but three times, causing at each crossing more and more damage. During the entire week following that event, we were not able to go out of the house. All the roads were cut off, and we did not have running water or phones.Under those conditions, the hardest part was having no contact with the rest of my family living around the island. The feeling of presuming the death of your close friends and relatives was hard to endure. We stayed like that for one horrible week before everything was fixed. For me, those seven days, almost eight, were a real nightmare.It Really was an Earthquake An earthquake in VenezuelaOne day my friends and I were celebrating our last day in high school at one of our houses which had a pool. We had a big party which we enjoyed very much. When we were all in the pool, I asked my best friend, “Dont you think we are having too much fun in this party?” She asked me why I said that, and I really didnt know, but I felt dizzy. A few minutes later, my friend said, “Its an earthquake.”It really was an earthquake. It was strange because we actually enjoyed it. We had no idea that in some parts of the country many people were scared and most of them lost their houses. For example, in Puerto La Cruz there are many house boats. Also, there are too many houses built on the mountains, and most of those houses were destroyed, so many people lost their homes.That earthquake wasnt strong, but the weather report hadnt said anything about it so no one knew it was ing or had time to prepare for the consequences. After the earthquake, people didnt have food or bottled water and many of them died.A Flood Hit Our DistrictAnotai Udomwittayakra from ThailandWhen I was about 14 years old, I lived in Surathanee, which is in the South of Thailand. A flood hit our district because of a rain storm. The roads were flooded with a lot of water. My family and I worked to find things-brick, stone, and sand bags-in order to dam the water that flooded our house. Also, other people did like our family.The people who lived next to the river had to climb up the roofs of their houses because water from the river flooded their houses very quickly. They had to sit on the roofs with their families and some of their things that they had been able to bring with them until a rescue party came to help them.There were many consequences of this flood. For example, my fathers rubber business was damaged because his rubber got wet and he couldnt use it in his business anymore. In addition, people who had to go out had to use boats instead of cars or walking. Many houses were damaged. People had to stay at the places that the rescue parties prepared for them. Some merchants chose this chance to make more money. They hoarded the food and products in order to see them to people expensively.