[H5] Period 1: WR Survival of the Richest

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Hi, welcome to our lesson!

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Today

Survival of the Richest

Skills: Reading, Listening, Speaking

Duration: 60 minutes

Goals: Vocabulary, listening & reading training

Exercises: to check understanding of text & to train vocabulary

Do you know what a doomsday bunker is?

Yes

No

Some questions to think about...

1. Does your town/city have a disaster plan that tells people where to go or what to do in case of an emergency?
   
2. Whose responsibility is it to be prepared in case of a natural or man-made disaster, like floods or wars?
3. If you had enough money, would you spend it on a bunker like you've just seen?
4. If you had a bunker with room for 10 people, who would you pick?

Read and/or listen to the text

WaspReporter pages 20-21

While reading, use the next slide to add any words that you don't know/understand

thiememeulenhoff.bbvms.com

While reading, write down any words that you don't know.

True/false exercise

to check your understanding of the text

1. Luxury doomsday bunkers are hideouts for wealthy people to escape to in case of dangerous social unrest or natural catastrophes

1. True
2. False

2. US Government missile silos from the Cold War era are the only underground places ordinary people can afford to escape to

1. True
2. False

3. Some former government missile silos have been repurposed for things other than underground bunkers.

1. True
2. False

4. Underground bunkers can only be self-sufficient up to two years.

1. True
2. False

5. Living underground for an extended period of time may lead to psychological depression.

1. True
2. False

6. Some underground bunkers can tap into natural geothermal wells for their water supply.

1. True
2. False

7. There are laws against weaponising a silo bunker against potential intruders.

1. True
2. False

8. Despite all amenities [=voorzieningen] made available to rich people in their doomsday bunker, pets are not allowed.

1. True
2. False

9. Luxury doomsday bunker apartments in a missile silo sell for millions of dollars.

1. True
2. False

10. Bunker apartments can be built to residents' specifications/wishes.

1. True
2. False

Vocabulary exercise #1

Match the words on the lift with the correct synonyms. Two synonyms won't have a match.

large painting on a wall

strongly and heavily built

enrich

bravery

tailspin

looming

adjacent to

macrocosm

backward

renewable

converted

go down

meltdown

hulking

repurposed

imminent

fertilise

reverse

sustainable

mural

flanked by

descended

Vocabulary exercise #2

We have 5 sentences with a word missing. Decide which word from the previous exercise fits the gap.

1. The couple clinging onto a tree stump were in ........ danger of being swept away by the raging floodwater.

2. The 1987 stock market ...... wiped out millions of people's retirement funds.

3. My parents built a(n) ...... osmosis water system. We'll never have to worry about safe drinking water again.

4. Our tour guide showed us a Native American ...... believed to be over 600 years old.

5. The only entrance to the castle is between two ...... towers.

meltdown

hulking

repurposed

imminent

fertilise

reverse

sustainable

mural

flanked by

descended

Let's end this lesson with a few questions

1. Did you enjoy working with the WaspReporter like this?

2. Any tips/feedback for next time?

Tips from me:

3. Refresh your memory when it comes to formal letter writing for our lesson this Friday

4. If you think the topic of Doomsday bunkers is interesting...