Questions on Text b

1. What is the CCS?

2. What is the CCS designed for?

3. Where is the CCS placed?

4.What base is the CCS mounted on?

5.What kind of construction is the body of the response vehicle?

6. How are all parts of the response vehicle’s body fastened?

7. What equipment can the CCS carry?

8. Is the CCS airtransportable?

9. Can the CCS deliver special equipment anywhere on the globe?

10. Why is the CCS provided with its own electric power?

Natural disasters Active Vocabulary to Text a

event	- явление
cause	- причина
flood	- наводнение
landslide	- оползень
drought	- засуха
famine	- голод
hurricane	- ураган
avalanche	- лавина
to require	- требовать
to ensure	- обеспечить

Text a Classification of natural disasters

A natural hazard is an extreme natural phenomenon that threatens human lives, activities, the environment of life, and property. Natural disasters are the destructive events caused by natural factors. They lead to heavy financial, environmental or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the ability of the affected population to resist the hazard. Due to considerably higher hit rate and global warming natural disasters often occur in the world. There are more than 700 of them each year.

Natural disasters are classified according to their cause and their speed of onset. According to their cause natural disasters are divided into geological, climotological and environmental natural disasters. The examples of geological natural disasters are earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, etc. Floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes, storms are considered climotological natural disasters. Environmental natural disasters include droughts, famine, pest infestation, desertification, deforestation.

According to their speed of onset natural disasters are classified into sudden and slow natural disasters. Earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, avalanches are natural disasters, which occur suddenly. Slow natural disasters are usually the result of adverse weather conditions combined with poor land use. They include droughts, famine, environmental degradation, etc.

Natural disasters have a great impact on a society. Thousands of people are affected by natural disasters every year. The biggest visible consequence of natural disasters is the physical damage. Homes, buildings, facilities, installations as well as vehicles are destroyed within a short period of time. That’s why international law requires that states should take all necessary measures to ensure the protection and safety of persons.

Questions on Text a

1. What is a natural disaster?

2. What does the resulting loss in the event of a natural disaster depend on?

3. How are natural disasters classified?

4. What is the classification of natural disasters according to their cause?

5. Could you name any geological natural disasters?

6. How are natural disasters classified according to their speed of onset?

7. Could you name any sudden natural disasters?

8. Which slow natural disasters do you know?

9. What are the consequences of natural disasters?

10. What are the reasons of natural disasters’ increase?

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