Question

Translate the situations into English: 1. В последнее десятилетие наводнения, засухи, циклоны, цунами и торнадо

Answer 1

1. In the last decade floods, droughts, cyclones, tsunamis, tornados have become common/frequent/. Many people from different countries have been injured/have suffered from them/ or even killed. Earthquakes nowadays are more dangerous than in the past, as half of the population of the world live in cities. Serious earthquakes occurred in Turkey, Greece and Central Asia. In 2001 the earthquake completely destroyed/ruined/ the town of El Salvador which was being still rebuilt by the citizens/population/ after the dreadful hurricane of 1998. Nature turns on us. We have polluted air, water and soil; we dump tons of wastes into the water, our factories emit different gases into the atmosphere. The planet becomes warmer/hotter. As a result a warmer/hotter/ ocean generates fierce tsunamis, cyclones and hurricanes. Governments of all the countries of the world should/must/ think over how to protect the planet, clean it from the rubbish and create good habitats for people and animals.
2. Our activities are often based/depend/ on the weather. The weather is, so to speak, the mood of the atmosphere. Meteorologists use modern technology to tell us weather forecast. But Nature itself is a technique to predict weather changes. We should watch the clouds, the behaviour of animals and plants. Thus, if the evening is red, it is going to be windy. In winter if the sky is blue you expect warm weather, if it is light, it’s going to be frosty, if it is dark, expect a storm.