Translation
Definitions
Idioms
World disasters
100
Лесной пожар
Wildfire
100
A state of armed conflict between different nations and states
War
100
a very untidy place :
а) a disaster area
b) a recipe for disaster
a) a disaster area
100
It killed 25% to 60% of Europe's Population.
Spread: Fleas on black rats
Start Time: 14th century
The Black Death
200
Разрушительные последствия
Devastating consequenses
200
The number of people who died on a particular occasion
Death toll
200
А disaster of epic proportions :
a) an area of calm in the centre of the storm
b) a very large disaster
b) a very large disaster
200
This disaster occurred on April 26, 1986 and is considered to be the worst disaster in the history of nuclear power generation.
The Chernobyl disaster
300
Катастрофы,вызванные человеком
Man-made disasters
300
Small drops of water in the air(of air and weather conditions)
Humidity
300
to be on the place where trouble may start or danger may come suddenly
to sit on the volcano
300
It was a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the militant Islamist terrorist network al-Qaeda.The target was the World Trade Center.
Almost 3000 people were reported dead.
When did it happen?
September 11, 2001
400
Острова Фиджи склонны к землетрясениям.
The Fijian Islands are prone to earthquakes.
400
Famine is..
an extreme lack of food
400
Little children playing with fire is...
a recipe for disaster
400
At around 2.20am on the morning of 15 April 1912, it disappeared beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.
The death toll was more than 1,500 people
The Titanic
500
Глобальное потепление приводит к повышению уровня воды.
Global warming results in/leads to sea level rise.
500
Epidemic is...
a situation in which a disease spreads very quickly and infects many people
500
calm before the storm is..
a quiet period just before a period of great activity
500
It hit the coasts of several countries of South and Southeast Asia in December 2004.
2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami