Unit - 2 : The Tsunami English - Unit - 2 : The Tsunami

Where is the Yala National Park situated?

6. Almas Javed, the 10 year old girl was saved

What was the occupation of Sanjeev?

Sanjeev was swept away

Why were no animal carcasses found?

Katchall is part of the Andaman group of islands.

Meghna was a student of Carmel Convent in Port Blair.

The reason of the tsunami on December 26, 2004 was a massive earthquake off northern Sumatra.

Meghna saved herself by holding on to a wooden door.

Almas's father could save her grandfather who was hit on his head.

Almas saw a log of wood …..1…… (float): She climbed onto it. Then she fainted. When she ….2…… (wake) up, she was in a hospital in Kamorta. From there she …..3….. (bring) to ‘ Port Blair.

“The water ….1….. (swell) and kept coming in,” Penny Smith …..2…….. (remember). “The beach was getting smaller and smaller. ….3…… (not + know) what was happening.”

We were a little late leaving the house, but we’re on our way! (at a long distance, in the process of travelling, quite near)

She was considered a strong contender to win the local election, but she, backed out at the last minute. (got discouraged, withdrew, enrolled again)

The actor says he has been in a daze, following the overwhelmingly positive reaction to his latest film. (greatly pleased, quite upset, in a confused state of mind)

Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka, wild and domestic animals seemed to know what was about to happen. They fled to safety. According to eyewitness accounts, elephants screamed and ran for higher ground; dogs refused to go outdoors: flamingoes abandoned their low lying breeding areas; and zoo animals rushed into their shelters and could not be enticed to come back out. Many people believe that animals possess a sixth sense and know when the earth is going to shake. Some experts believe that animals' more acute hearing helps them to hear or feel the earth's vibration. They can sense an approaching disaster long before humans realise what's going on.
Questions:
(1) What did the wild and domestic animals do anticipating tsunami ?
(2) What did the elephants and the dogs react?
(3) How did the zoo animals behave?
(4) What acute faculty do animals have which is far better than that of human beings ?

But Tilly Smith sensed that something was wrong. Her mind kept going back to a geography lesson she had taken in England just two weeks before she flew out to Thailand with her family.
Tilly saw the sea slowly rise, and start to foam, bubble and form whirlpools. She remembered that she had seen this in class in a video of a tsunami that had hit the Hawaiian islands in 1946. Her geography teacher had shown her class the video, and told them that tsunamis can be caused by earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides.
Tilly started to scream at her family to get off the beach. "She talked about an earthquake under the sea. She got more and more hysterical," said her mother Penny. "I didn't know what a tsunami was. But seeing my daughter so frightened, I thought something serious must be going on."
Questions:
(1) What did Tilly recall?
(2) What are tsunamis caused by?
(3) How did Tilly react sensing earthquake under the sea?
(4) What seriously? made Tilly's mother think

When the tremors came early in the morning, the family was sleeping. Almas's father saw the sea water recede. He understood that the water would come rushing back with great force. He woke everyone up and tried to rush them to a safer place.
As they ran, her grandfather was hit on the head by something and he fell down. Her father rushed to help him. Then came the first giant wave that swept both of them away.
Almas's mother and aunts stood clinging to the leaves of a coconut tree, calling out to her. A wave uprooted the tree, and they too were washed away.
Almas saw a log of wood floating. She climbed on to it. Then she fainted. When she woke up, she was in a hospital in Kamorta. From there she was brought to Port Blair.
The little girl does not want to talk about the incident with anyone. She is still traumatised.
Questions:
(1) What was the indication of tsunami that Almas's father sensed ?
(2) How did Almas's father lose his life?
(3) How were Almas's mother and aunts washed away?
(4) Why did Almas not want to talk about the incident with anyone?

Do animals get foreknowledge of the tsunami coming ?

Who was Ignesious? Why did he put his television down on the ground from table?

What is a Tsunami? When did it hit so many countries and sea coasts?

How did Tilly Smith save her family from the deadly waves ?

How did Sanjeev lose his life?

Her grandfather was hit on the head by something and he fell down.

HIs wife woke him up at 6 a.m.

He never saw them again.

ThIrteen-year-old Meghna was swept away along with her parents.

Igneslous carefully took his television set off Its table.

Then came the first giant wave that swept both of them away. (Make It Simple.)

A massive earthquake had triggered them.

Seeing my daughter so frightened, I thought something serious must be going on. (Use ‘when’.)

TIny started to scream at her family to get off the beach. (Use ‘so that’.)

The family had gone to the Nancowry Island to celebrate Christmas. (Use ‘with a view to’.)

Almas’s mother ….1…. aunts stood clinging …2…. the leaves of ….3…. coconut tree, calling …..4…. to her. A wave uprooted ……5….. tree, and they too were washed ….6…..

Sanjeev was …1….. policeman, serving in ……2…… Catchall island …..3….. the Nicobar group of islands. He somehow managed to save himself, his wife …..4….. his baby daughter ….5….. the waves. ….6…. then he heard cries for help from the wife of John, the guesthouse cook.

Earthquake -A Natural Calamity.