Despite all that humanity has accomplished,

Mother Nature still likes to remind us from

time to time of who's really in charge.

RAIN or SHINE

design and build /tornado-proof houses?

the basics /tornado

safety?

Tornadoes / affect humans?

Tornadoes / form / measure?

How should engineers design and build tornado-proof houses?

How are tornadoes formed?

How are they measured?

What are the basics of

tornado safety?

How do the tornadoes affect

humans?

Questions and problems!!!

What kind of knowledge do we need?

ROUND 1/ BLITZ:

1) Complete the gaps with the

headings.

1 __

2 __

3 __

1) Find the words in the texts that

mean

forceful - __________

different - __________

harm - ________

leave - ________

made - _____

3) Restore the order of the

sentences (A-J) in the text

a) Different sizes

b) Easy to hear

c) Measuring disasters

d) Any time, any place

violent

various

damage

cause

disappear

To measure - измерять

To rip roofs – срывать крыши

To twist - крутить

To hit the ground

To uproot trees – вырывать с корнем деревья

To toss objects – бросать, метать предметы

To reach down – достигнуть вниз до

To calculate the damage – подсчитать ущерб

A funnel - воронка

Some new words to read the text:

ROUND 2. Attention: A BLACK BOX.

видеовопрос

ROUND 3.

видеовопрос

ROUND 4.

A LANGUAGE ROUND

to be being

1 The best place for ______________ (be) safe is a basement.

hide hidingto hide

to hear hear hearing

4 If you live in a mobile home, you’d better _____________ (get out)

It can be flattened by a tornado.

5 Avoid _________ (stay) near windows during a tornado.

get out to get outgetting out

stay to stay staying