Self Assesment
-What was easy for me?
Preparing a disccusion is easy for me. Sometimes I have thought about the career women because my mom is working mom. So this subject is familiar to me.
-What was difficult?
Speacking at the front of people is very difficult to me. I memorized sentences but when I stand at the front my head turn gray.
-What did I learn?
It is my first English debation. It's very interested. Although my opinion was mom should work, I could understand stay-at-home mom's opinion.
-What do I need to study more?
I will try to improve my debation ability. Include clear pronunciation. I think my first english debation is not good. From now on, If I should debate I'll do my best more for prepare.
Comprehension Questions
1. When was the last earthquake of a similar size?
-40 years ago
2.How many countries did the resulting tsunami affect and how many people died?
- 6 country was affected and 200,000 people died.
3.What prevented the seismic station on Java from issuing a warning?
-The lack of the efficient lines of communication necessary for speedy essemination of warning.
4.What reason did the Thai official give for not issuing a warning?
- They think if they issued a warning, nothing happened then business would be instantaneously affected.
5.How were the people of Nallavadu saved?
- By one phone call from a family member employed in Singapore.
6.How did the Onde trive of Little Andaman predict the tsunami?
-Their spoken tradition, handed down from generation to generation talks of "Huge shaking of the ground followed by high wall of water."
7.What suggest that animalls sensed the oncoming tsunami?
-Few animal bodies were found in the tsunami's aftermath, and anecdotal evidence, such as elephants and other animals moving to higher ground.
8.Why did the Japanese tourists know what to do?
-They already familliar with tsunamis, saw the tell-tale signs and saved many by raising the alarm.
9.Why did Tilly Smith scream and alert those around her?
-She remembered scenes from her multimedia geography lesson and screamed uncontrollably, prompting her family and others nerby to retreat to the safety of their hotel.
