Floods

• English
• Higher Education (degree)

What do you see/feel/hear?

Listening skill 

 Open your book page 17 

What do these numbers refer to?

24

1. how long rain has been falling
2. number of homes destroyed
3. number of people reported missing

What do these numbers refer to?

3000

1. how long rain has been falling
2. number of homes destroyed
3. number of people reported missing

What do these numbers refer to?

150

1. how long rain has been falling
2. number of missing cars
3. number of people reported missing

Reading Skill

 Open your book page 18 

What type of barrier is the Thames barrier?

1. a moveable flood barrier
2. unmovable flood barrier

Where is the Thames Barrier?

1. Cairo, Egypt
2. London, UK

What do people build in the Netherlands
to protect the land from flooding?

1. dykes
2. banks

What is the name of the dam in Egypt?

1. Aswan High Dam
2. Asawat High Dam

What is an advantage of the Aswan
High Dam?

1. storing water for drinking
2. storing water for farming

Vocabulary 

 Exercise  6

A large wall that is built on a river.
On one side, flood water is stored

1. dykes
2. dams
3. barrier

This flood protection can open and close.

1. movable barrier
2. dykes
3. flat

This word describes an area of land that
has no hills.

1. flat
2. bank
3. dyke

This flood protection is used in a country
where the land is very flat.

1. bank
2. dyke

The sides of a river.

1. a bank
2. a dyke