Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans

 

 

 

 

 

Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans

 

1. Present the document:

 

The document is an abridgement entitled Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans extracted from The New York Times and published in 2005.

2. Weather-related terms:

- “100-mile-per-hour winds and rain”, “the storm”, “parts of the city were transformed into lakes”, water was rising”.

3. Places:

- “New Orleans”, “ the city”, buildings”, the Gulf of Mexico”, “the Superdome”, “the State’s Highway 90”, “many houses”, “roofs”.

4. Pronunciation of the words ending with the letters [ed]

- [id] après les sons [t] et [d] → interested, ended…

- [t] après les consonnes « sourdes » sauf [t] → shocked, smashed, sniffed…

- [d] après les voyelles, et les consonnes « sonores », sauf [d] → breathed, played…

5. Consequences on people :

 

- Winds and rain terrified people.

- The storm forced residents to evacuate the city or to crowd into the superdome.

- People were soaked.

- People took shelter on roofs or were trapped in water and drowned.

- People had no food nor water for drinking.

6. consequences on things:

- Winds and rain hit the city and knocked out electrical power.

- Parts of the city were transformed into lakes.

- Many houses lost their roofs.

- Other houses collapsed.

- Many houses were on fire.

 

 

Here is a link to this terrible disaster:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Vb07jlwGA