Module3TheViolenceofNature-WritingPeriod4Writingaboutaviolentnaturalevent■Goals●Tolearntowriteaboutnaturalevents■ProceduresStep1:Talkingabouttheworstnaturaldisasterssince2000Gujarat,India,2001:earthquake(20,000dead)ElSalvador,2001:earthquake(850dead)Afghanistan,2002:earthquake(2,500dead)Algeria,2003:earthquake(2,266dead)Asia,2003:SARS(744dead,mostlyinChina)AndhraPradesh,India,2003:Heatwave(1,300dead)France,SpainandItaly,2003:Heatwave(50,000dead)Bam,Iran,2003:earthquake(26,300dead)Al-Hoceima,Morocco,2004:earthquake(571dead)HaitiandDominicanRepublic,2004:rains(2,400dead)Philippines,2004:typhoon(1,000dead)China,2004:floods(1,300dead)SoutheastAsia,2004:tsunamiscausedby9.0earthquake(111,000deadinIndonesia,31,000inSriLanka,10,700inIndia,5,400inThailand,68inMalaysia,82intheMaldives,300inMyanmarand150inSomalia,including1,500Scandinaviantourists,anddozensofGermans,Italians,Dutch,etc)Zarand,Iran,2005:earthquake(500dead)Nias,Indonesia,2005:8.7earthquake(1000dead)Mumbai,India,2005:monsoon(1,000dead)China,2005:floods(567dead)LouisianaandMississippi,USA,2005:hurricane(1,069dead)Niger,2005:famine(10,000?dead)Kashmir,2005:earthquake(80,500dead,ofwhich79,000inPakistanand1,350inIndia)CentralAmerica,2005:floods(1,400dead,ofwhich1,200inGuatemala)Step2:Writingaboutviolentnaturalevents用心爱心专心116号编辑IMet"Mr.Flood"YiXie(Amy)fromChinaIusedtothinkpeopleareveryclever,butwecan'tdoanythingwhennaturaldisastershappen.Wecan'tpreventthem,controlthem,orstopthem.Theonlythingwecandoiscleanupafterthedisasters.It'sverysad.WhenIwasinhighschool,ImetMr.Flood.Itstartedrainingandkeptrainingalmostamonth;thewateronthestreetsgothigherandhighereveryday.Weusedboatsinsteadofcars.Welostlotsofthings,includingourbusinesses,ourjobs,andourhomes.Schoolsclosedandfarmsweredestroyed.Weranoutoffoodandelectricity.Insomeplacesthewaterwashigherthanthebuildings.Ifeltlikewelivedinawaterworld.Becauseoftheflood,lotsofillnessesbrokeout.Becauseofdeadanimals,peopledied.Thesoilandotherthingsmadethewaterbecomevery,verydirty.Thatwasinsummertime,soeventhoughitwasraining,thetemperaturewasstillhigh.Thehotweatherandreallydirtywatercausedtheairtobeverybad.Hospitalshadnoextraroomsforpatients.Whenthefloodwasover,Ilookedaroundmycity.Onewordcandescribethesituation--sad.Everythingwasdestroyedandlotsofpeopleweresick,butwewereverystrong,Ithink.Werebuiltourcity,tookcareofthesickpeople,andstartedourbusinessesagain.Ijusthopethatonedaypeoplecanstopthenaturaldisasterswhenevertheyhappen.Wereallyneedtotakecareofourlovelyworld.TheHurricanewasaNightmareKevinParfaitfromMartiniqueThisstorytookplaceaboutsevenyearsago.AtthattimeIwasonlyelevenyearsold,butimagesofthatweekarestillasclearasitallhappenedyesterday.Duringthatweek,wehadtofaceuptothemostpowerfulhurricaneMartiniquehasevenseen.ThefactthatIwaslittleincreasedtheeffectsofsuchanexperience.Icanstillhearthenoiseofthewindblowingonthetapedwindowsthatwereshaking.Outside,everythingwasflyingormoving...trees,papers,plastics.Butthenightmarewasnotthatphase,whenwewerejustafraidwithoutanyotherpossibilities.Therealonewasafterithit.Infact,thehurricanedidnotcrosstheislandonlyonce,butthreetimes,causingateachcrossingmoreandmoredamage.Duringtheentireweekfollowingthatevent,wewerenotabletogooutofthehouse.Alltheroadswerecutoff,andwedidnothaverunningwaterorphones.Underthoseconditions,thehardestpartwashavingnocontactwiththere...
