3 Choose the correct word. 1 There is a drought/flood because it hasn't rained for months. 2 After the earthquake/hurricane there were some aftershocks. 3 When the tornado/tsunami hit land, it washed lots of houses away. 4 Thedisasteraffected/caused thousands of people. 5 The island supplies/suffers from power cuts every time there is bad weather. 6 The rescue/rebuild teams were able to save many people from the rubble. 44

Ответ: 1. drought, 2. earthquake, 3. tsunami, 4. caused, 5. suffers, 6. rescue

• 1. There is a drought because it hasn't rained for months. (Засуха бывает, когда долго нет дождей.)
• 2. After the earthquake there were some aftershocks. (После землетрясения бывают афтершоки.)
• 3. When the tsunami hit land, it washed lots of houses away. (Цунами смывает дома, когда выходит на сушу.)
• 4. The disaster caused thousands of people. (Стихийное бедствие стало причиной гибели тысяч людей.)
• 5. The island suffers from power cuts every time there is bad weather. (Остров страдает от отключений электричества каждый раз, когда плохая погода.)
• 6. The rescue teams were able to save many people from the rubble. (Спасательные команды смогли спасти многих людей из-под завалов.)

Ответ: 1. drought, 2. earthquake, 3. tsunami, 4. caused, 5. suffers, 6. rescue