New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern was doing an interview like any other day when all of the sudden an earthquake struck the country! Learn more with accompanying exercises.
The news is a consistent source of entertainment, knowledge and discovery that never ceases to exist and always comes out with more and more material each day. Because it plays such a vital part in our lives and is so important to keep up with, it is without a doubt a piece of your everyday routine that can’t go ignored.
Whether it is to understand the ramifications of recent legislation passed, to hear about recent events and grasp the potential consequences to your country, or simply hear about what is happening in other countries in order to compare them to what’s happening in yours, the news is certainly a staple in our lives and the most consistent way to get information.
This is why Scrambled Eggs has decided to unite two of your biggest worlds: learning English and keeping up with what is happening in the world. We hope our challenging daily exercises, composed of listening, vocabulary and comprehension exercises in English, will satisfy both of those above worlds in a satisfactory and also entertaining way.
So enough about introductions, let’s get to today’s Learn English with the News topic:
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New Zealand earthquake | Definition Match
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TO KEEP YOUR COOL
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TRYING
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CAST
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AFIELD
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SHAKE
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ACCUSTOMED TO
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DEVASTATED
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EPICENTRE
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AFIELD – TRYING – ACCUSTOMED – CASTING – EPICENTRE – JOLTED – RATTLED – SHAKE – MAGNITUDE – GIRDLING – DEVASTATED – KEEPING HER COOL
- New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has developed a reputation for (keeping her cool) in the face of a crisis. But an earthquake first thing on Monday morning as she was interviewed live on television seemed like an unusually (trying) way to start a week. Live on air and (casting) her eyes to the ceiling of the room she was standing in at New Zealand’s parliament in Wellington, she remained in place as the television camera (jolted). She continued to speak as the room (rattled) around her. The 5.9 (magnitude) earthquake hit 30 km north-west of Levin, a town about an hour’s drive north from the capital, at a depth of 37 km, according to the country’s seismology agency. No injuries or structural damage have been reported. The quake lasted about 15 seconds and was felt by tens of thousands of New Zealanders as far (afield) as Auckland in the north and Dunedin on the South Island. Ardern signaled she was ready to continue the interview as the quake rolled to a close. Ardern later told reporters that the first thing that came to her mind as the room began to (shake) was that she could not believe what was happening. Ardern, like most New Zealanders, is (accustomed) to earthquakes. New Zealand lies on the seismically active “Ring of Fire”, a 40,000km arc of volcanoes and ocean trenches (girdling) much of the Pacific Ocean. In 2010 and 2011, two major quakes (devastated) the South Island city of Christchurch, killing 185 people. And in 2016, another near the town of Kaikoura caused damage throughout the top of the South Island and bottom of the North, with some major buildings in Wellington still closed for earthquake strengthening.There did not appear to be any such damage on Monday, even close to the earthquake’s (epicentre).
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New Zealand earthquake | True or False
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The Prime Minister panicked when the earthquake started
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The earthquake was only felt in one town
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According to the article, most New Zealanders are used to earthquakes
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Some buildings in New Zealand are still closed due to an Earthquake in 2016
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The earthquake caused a lot of structural damage
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“New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has developed a reputation for keeping her cool in the face of a crisis. But an earthquake first thing on Monday morning as she was interviewed live on television seemed like an unusually trying way to start a week. Live on air and casting her eyes to the ceiling of the room she was standing in at New Zealand’s parliament in Wellington, she remained in place as the television camera jolted. She continued to speak as the room rattled around her. The 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit 30 km north-west of Levin, a town about an hour’s drive north from the capital, at a depth of 37 km, according to the country’s seismology agency. No injuries or structural damage have been reported. The quake lasted about 15 seconds and was felt by tens of thousands of New Zealanders as far afield as Auckland in the north and Dunedin on the South Island. Ardern signaled she was ready to continue the interview as the quake rolled to a close. Ardern later told reporters that the first thing that came to her mind as the room began to shake was that she could not believe what was happening. Ardern, like most New Zealanders, is accustomed to earthquakes. New Zealand lies on the seismically active “Ring of Fire”, a 40,000km arc of volcanoes and ocean trenches girdling much of the Pacific Ocean. In 2010 and 2011, two major quakes devastated the South Island city of Christchurch, killing 185 people. And in 2016, another near the town of Kaikoura caused damage throughout the top of the South Island and bottom of the North, with some major buildings in Wellington still closed for earthquake strengthening.There did not appear to be any such damage on Monday, even close to the earthquake’s epicentre.”