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EARTHQUAKES
Presenter
Hi there! Im Ms. Grammar, your host for this weeks E-Club. Whether
youre listening in the classroom, at home, or elsewhere, we hope you
enjoy the next few minutes in our company at E-Club the radio show
that helps you learn English through everyday conversations of a
typical Filipino family, the Santoses.
This weeks programme is about Earthquakes. And for our grammar
lesson, we will practice using Adjectives.
Today, 11 year-old Alice Santos has learned about earthquakes. In
class, she learned what causes earthquakes, what happens during an
earthquake, and how people protect themselves from earthquakes.
After class, Alice goes home and tells her mother and sister, Isabel
about what she has learned. Lets listen!
Mum
Alice
Mum
Alice
Isabel
Alice
The earths crust is the uppermost part of the earth, between the hot
centre and the surface. What we are standing on now is the surface of
the earths crust.
Mum
Alice
Well, depending on how strong the earthquake is, great cracks appear
in the ground and roads and railway lines may be destroyed.
Isabel
Thats scary.
Alice
Mum
Alice
But dont worry mum, we also learned how people can measure
earthquakes so they can predict when that will happen.
Isabel
Alice
Mum
Alice
Well, we have to stay alert. There are over one hundred thousand
earthquakes reported around the world every year!
Presenter
Presenter
Now lets see how many answers you were able to remember from
the dialogue. Lets listen to those questions and answers again,
together!
1. What causes earthquakes?
Earthquakes are caused by the breaking up of rocks in the earths
crust .
2. What is the earths crust?
The earths crust is the uppermost part of the earth, between the hot
centre and the surface.
3. What changes occur on the earths surface after an earthquake?
Depending on how strong the earthquake is, g reat cracks appear in
the ground and roads and railway lines may be destroyed.
4. What other disasters may accompany or result from an
earthquake?
There can be other disasters too like avalanches, mudslides, mudflows
and fires!
5. What are seismographs?
S cientists use seismographs which are instruments that measure the
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Presenter
Thats all for now! Well be back with another episode from the Santos
family next week. I hope you can join us again. Until then, this is Ms.
Grammar saying: Bye for now from all of us here on E-Club the
programme that helps you learn English!
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