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Theme 3
Natural Disasters
Listening
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Theme 3
Natural Disasters
Listening

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Listening Exam
First we watch the video. You can take notes. 
Make sure you try to find the answer to the questions below. 
Answer the questions after the video.  

Questions 
1. Since when has the output of CO2 started to increase?
2. In the last 15 year the UK has become....
3. Australia has more...

Slide 2 - Slide

Slide 3 - Video

Since when has the output of CO2 started to increase?
A
2000
B
1985
C
during the Industrial Revolution
D
when the cities became bigger

Slide 4 - Quiz

In the last 15 years the UK has become......
A
drier and hotter
B
wetter and hotter
C
stormier and hotter
D
only hotter

Slide 5 - Quiz

Australia has more
A
droughts and bush fires
B
flooding and heatwaves
C
torrential rain and storms
D
heatwaves and bushfires

Slide 6 - Quiz

Listen and answer
Listen to the eyewitness report. Write a short summary. Make sure to include a description of: 
- who they are
- what they were doing 
- what they saw
- how they survived
                                                                       What do you think happened?
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Slide 7 - Slide

Slide 8 - Video

Discuss
1. Have you ever experienced a natural disaster? If so, what was it like?
2. Have you ever seen a natural disaster reported on television? If so, which?
3. Do you think there is anything you can do to avoid a natural disaster?

Slide 9 - Slide

Wish, complaint, regret
A. Expressing a wish, a complaint or a regret  


There are three distinct types of  I wish / if only  sentences: 
1. Wish, wanting change for the present or future  
2. Regret 
3. Complaints

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Expressing a wish:
Form: 
If only / I wish + simple past  
Example: 
If only I knew how to use a computer. (I don’t know how to use a computer and I would like to learn how to use it) 
Use:  
• To express a wish in the present or in the future.  
• The simple past here is an unreal past.  
• When you use the verb to be the form is “were”.  
Example: 
I wish I were a millionaire! 

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Expressing regret:
Form:  
If only / I wish + past perfect           (had + voltooid deelwoord)
Example: 
If only I had woken up early. (I didn't wake up early and I missed my bus.) 
Use: 
• To express a regret. 
• The action is past. 

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Complaining:
Form: 
I wish / if only + would + verb  

Example: 
I wish you wouldn't arrive so late all the time (I'm annoyed because you always come late and I want you to arrive on time) 

Use: 
• To complain about a behaviour that you disapprove.  
• Expressing impatience, annoyance or dissatisfaction with a present action. 

Slide 13 - Slide

topic set - weather
tornado = tornado
hurricane = orkaan, cycloon
tropical storm = tropische storm , bij voorbeeld tyfoon
boiling hot = bloedheet
forecast = voorspelling
freezing cold = ijkoud
poured = gieten (regen)
drought= droogte
damp, humid = vochtig (klam)

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