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bent, deafening, worry, recover, ominous, reassure, drought, cringed, century, supplies, tarp, pelted, shutters, typhoon, knocked off, stitches, ointment, freezer, severe, desperate, survey, motioned, drains, freeway

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Very, Very Frightening

Level 8 Unit 8 Lesson 7

Interview

Have you ever had a bone to pick with someone?

Very Punny

A lot of English expressions use words that describe natural disasters.

Listening

What is the purpose of this passage?

Grammar

Uncompleted Action

1. How long have you studied English?
2. How long have you lived in your house?
3. How long have you known how to swim?

Just Now

Longer than You

I have been learning karate for 9 years.

We have been speaking "Giraffe" since 2009.

How Long?

I started living in my house in 2020. I am still living there now. If I live in my house until 2026, how long will I have been living here?

Suppose

If they hadn't learned to ride a motorcycle,

If they hadn't decided to migrate,

Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

But she might have said no and then you couldn't have gone to the party.

I took five dollars out of my mom's purse, and I know I shouldn't have done that. I should have just asked for some money.

Reading

Prereading

What should you do if the news tells you a natural disaster is coming?

Fright

over to close the wooden shutters attached to the window. “We should have shut these before we started,” he muttered. Catherine nodded, and then cringed in pain. She put her hand to her head. “Don't you worry about your head,” he told his granddaughter calmly. “I have done a lot of first aid.”

The glass in the window came flying into the room and hit Catherine in the legs. The gust of wind knocked her off the stool and she hit the side of her head on the wall before she fell to the ground. Her grandfather reached

shutters

Catherine sat up slowly. Her head hurt and her eyes were blurry. She wasn’t sure if she was standing up or sitting down and she thought she might throw up. The side of her head had a large gash and blood was dripping down onto her shirt.

“You know, when I was in the navy,” her grandfather began. “There was a typhoon. It was pretty similar to this, actually. We were all sitting around listening to the wind, and then Buddy Joels opened up the front door.

typhoon

smiled. “We were miles away from a hospital and there was no way we could travel anywhere, with the wind and the rain like they were. So do you know what I did?”

That wind came in faster than anything you’ve ever felt before. It knocked a picture right off the wall and it flew across the room and hit Buddy hard, right on the side of the head. Same place just like you.” Catherine’s grandfather

knock off

you think we’ll have to do the same for you?” Catherine held her hand to her head and felt the sticky, red mess. “I guess we’re going to have to,” she replied.

Catherine smiled weakly. What she thought her grandfather had done filled her with dread. “Well, I’ll tell you. I got a piece of string and a needle and I sewed some stitches into Buddy’s head. Otherwise, who knows what might have happened to him. Do

stitches

Author

If you were the author, what would happen now?

Vocabulary

Matching

place to keep frozen food

a very strong, intense need

very strong, powerful or intense

desperate

a cream to put on an injury

severe

ointment

freezer

Matching

hit repeatedly

the things you need

a large piece of plastic

tarp

100 years

supplies

century

pelted

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Parents never worry about their children. If someone is lost, you might worry. It is helpful to reassure your friends. Reassuring yourself will make you worry. A dark forest might look ominous. A sunny day always looks ominous.

A snake might make you cringe. You cringe when you are happy. Hail could pelt you on the head. The wind could pelt a lake. A tarp could protect a bicycle from rain You can ride a tarp to work.

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Make a Sentence

• drains
• freeway
• severe
• desperate
• knocked off
• stitches

• #E4D51B
• #BD7003
• #B6B02C

• 30
• Quicksand
• black
• 20
• gauche
• avec
• 1000
• 1

Practice

Give Information

food

safe space

What is the most important thing to do before a natural disaster?

???

water

medicine

Extension

Present your descriptive paragraph. Listen to feedback from the teacher and revise your writing.

Exit Interview

Why is it hard to make good decisions during a dangerous moment?

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