东南大学体验英语三答案unit14.docx

Unit 14 Disaster! Vocabulary Task Answer/Script A Health authorities have reported an epidemic. The disease is spreading rapidly throughout the region. Residents are being provided with clean drinking water. B Hurricane Lydia has devastated South Carolina. The resulting floods have left hundreds of people homeless. The president has declared a state of emergency. C A volcano erupted in the Philippines. The military has been searching for survivors in the rubble. Sadly, countless people are missing. Because of aftershocks, all remaining survivors are being evacuated. Listening Task 1) First Listening Answers 1. Floods in Bangladesh and parts of Eastern India. 2. A viral epidemic in Thailand. 3. Forest fire in the Canadian province of British Columbia. 4. An earthquake in Ecuador. 2) Second Listening Answers 1. The Red Cross is currently entering the area to provide clean drinking water, in order to prevent the spread of disease. 2. Parents are being instructed to keep their children at home until the epidemic is under control. 3. Both the United States and Canadian governments are supplying helicopters to help with emergency evacuations. 4. The president is ordering the military into the area to help with rescue efforts. Script 1. Heavy summer monsoons have caused floods and landslides that are devastating Bangladesh and parts of Eastern India. The floods and landslides have killed over 600 people and have left 7 million homeless. Experts estimate that there has been $700 million of damage. The Red Cross is currently entering the area to provide clean drinking water, in order to prevent the spread of disease. 2. In Thailand, health authorities have reported that 47 children have died of a viral epidemic, and 134 others have been hospitalized. The potent virus, which has symptoms much like the flu, has struck schools in the southern part of the nation. Parents are being instructed to keep their children at home until the epidemic is under control. 3. The Canadian gove