Section Ⅲ Lesson 2 & Lesson 3—Pre-reading Nature is turning on usThe last few years have seen① environmental disasters on a grand② scale③， and experts are predicting far worse to come
Jin Li reports on our Earth's changeable④ weather patterns
AIn the last decade, thunderstorms⑤ ， floods, earthquakes, typhoons⑥ ， volcanic eruptions⑦ ， tsunamis⑧ and forest fires have become increasingly⑨ common
There has been terrible flooding in Asia, Africa, America and Oceania
(1)________ Storms have been getting worse everywhere too, with a growing number of hurricanes hitting⑩ the US, and Central America
Reduced rainfall⑪ has affected large areas of Africa for years leaving irrigation⑫ canals dry and many other zones are becoming drier
(2)________ A number of⑬ nations have already been in arme
