Unit 9 Part I A
1. 60,000 / 8.75 2. 452 / 8.3 3. 100,000 / 8.6 4. 8.9 / 2,990 5. 1,530 6. 12, 000 / 5.8 7. 7.1 / 12,230 8. 7.5 / 22,778 9. 6.8 / 25,000 10. 6.7 / 50,000 11. 9.0 / 300,000 12. 69,197 / 18,341 B:
1. Ice, snow, earth, rock / the side of a mountain 2. a slow-moving mudflow
3. the sudden release / waves of shaking
4. system of winds / about 30 to 50 kilometers an hour 5. 64 knows or 74 miles per hour / in the western Atlantic Ocean
6. A violent destructive whirling wind / of short duration 7. 74 mph / in the Pacific Ocean
8. A period of dryness / prevents their successful growth 9. A body of water / normally dry land 10. a wildfire or an uncontrolled fire
Suicide bomber C
1. a bomb explosion in Algiers / in a market area 2. ocean storm / the Pacific coast of Mexico
3. the cause of a crash of a passenger plane / All 143 people / Wednesday
4. Austrians / the 38 people / at ski area
5. the hijacker / released his remaining hostages and surrendered to police
6. Japanese / the nuclear reaction / has stopped 7. victims of a train accident / 189 / Thursday / 250
8. Russian and Norwegian divers / the sunken Russian nuclear submarine
9. 12 / heavy rains / homes and bridges / some road became rivers of flood waters.
10. deadly storm / Europe / transportation delays / airports to close / more than 115 people
11. Sunday’s earthquake / Turkey / more than 1,200 / 50 villages 12. fires / Sydney / under control / new flare-ups Part II A
A fire from an oil pipeline explosion Thursday
More than 50 people dead Near Lagos
A fuel-loading area / Nigeria’s Stealing fuel from leaking pipes / vandal
1. NIGERIA – more than 50 people have died in a fire from an oil pipeline explosion near Lagos. The explosion and fire happened near a fuel-loading area owned by Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corporation. This is the latest in a series of pipeline fires in Nigeria this year. The fires have killed hundreds of people. The government says people who steal fuel from leaking pipes caused some of the fires. It also blames people who cause damage on purpose.
2. More than 50 people are dead in Nigeria after a leaking oil pipeline burst into flames outside the commercial capital Lagos. The blast and resulting fire Thursday ripped through an area near a fuel-loading depot owned by the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Witnesses report seeing burned bodies littering the charred grounds while many other victims are being treated for injuries sustained in the blaze. A spokesman for the petroleum company says the fire was caused by a vandal. Ski resort wire aboard operator unhurt crew B
1. a cable car accident at a ski resort in northern Italy 2. a. American military plane / cut the wires / low-level flight b. 20
c. 60 kilometers away
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