Nature Attack!

Lightning

1. What is happening in the picture?

2. How can lightning be dangerous?

3. What can you do to protect a lightning strike?

A. Vocabulary in Context: Listen to the text and complete these sentences. 1. There are millions of ______________ every day.2. A sky with lightning can _________ you.3. Many people are ____________ when they see lightning because it is dangerous.4. When lightning strikes people, they can be _____ or die.5. Thunder sounds as if fireworks are __________.6. A lightning rod ____________ buildings from lightning strikes.7. In a storm, you should find ____________ from the bad weather.8. Tall buildings _____________ lightning strikes.

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lightning bolt amaze injured explode protect attract shelter frighten1. make someone or something want to come there2. bright flash or light you see in the sky during the storm3. stop someone or something from being harmed4. hurt5. blow apart, like a bomb6. building or place where you are safe from harm7. surprise greatly8. make afraid

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Reading ComprehensionA. Listening/Looking for the Main Ideas: Circle the letter of the best answer.1. Lightning _________. a. is not dangerous b. kills only men c. kills and injures many people d. happens about 100 times a day2. Lightning ________________ a. and thunder happen at the same time b. is as hot as the surface of the sun c. comes after thunder d.is hot air exploding

3. Lightning often strikes ___________________ a. Americans b. tall buildings c. tall men d. New York City

1. How many people die from lightning in the United States and Canada every year?

One hundred people die from lightning in the United States and Canada every year.

2. Why do we see lightning before we hear thunder?

3. Why is it not a good idea to touch metal when there's lightning?

4. Which building in New York City gets hit by lightning

500 times a year?

B. Looking for Details: Use complete sentences

You see lightning frist because light travel faster than sound.

Because metal attracts lightning.

The Empire State building in New York City gets hit by

lightning as 500 times a year.

B. Vocabulary in New Context: 1. What is something you can wear or carry that protects you from

the rain?

2. What kind of weather situation frightens you? 3. What modern invention amazes you?4. You are in the country, and it starts to rain. Where can you go for shelter? 5. What is something that can explode?6. In what situation can a person be injured?

7. What kind of place attracts you for a vacation?

C. Vocabulary Building: Complete these sentences with the correct part of speech of the words given.

to amaze to frighten to attract

1. What an __________________story!

2. The castle is the main ______________________of the city.

3. I had a ____________________when I saw him unexpectedly.

4. There’s an _____________________woman at the party.

5. He looked at us in _________________

6. We had a ____________________experience on the plane.

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Writing Exercises: Find the mistakes In the United States, the States with the

greatest number of deaths from lightning are Florida texas and north Carolina. Avoid these states, especially in June, which is the worst month for lightning. The other bad months are august, July april and September.

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