Japan and the world are commemorating the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami, which took place on 11 March 2011...You will surely raise the topic of this dramatic event during your English classes...Here is some vocabulary connected to earthquakes :
natural disaster - klęska żywiołowa
earthquake /ˈɜːθkweɪk/ - trzęsienie ziemi
tsunami /tsuːˈnɑːmi/ - tsunami
wave - fala
on the Richter scale - w skali Richtera
measure - mierzyć
magnitude - siła
epicentre - epicentrum
plant - elektrownia
reactor - reaktor
radiation - promieniowanie
nuclear /ˈnjuːkliə(r)/ crisis - kryzys nuklearny
tremor - wstrząs
aftershocks - wstrząsy wtórne
search-and-rescue teams - zespoły poszukujące i niosące ratunek
Media coverage of the disaster :
Source of the photo: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JAPAN_EARTHQUAKE_20110311.png,
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