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Earthquake News Report

(prepared by Mr. Walid Yousef)

Vocabulary Meanings

Destruction: دمار

Drills: تمارين / تدريبات

Evacuate: يخلي (المكان)

Flames: ألسنة اللهب

Panic: ذعر / هلع

Rescue: ينقذ / إنقاذ

Ruins: حطام / أنقاض

Shook: اهتز (ماضي هز)

Survivors: ناجون

Trapped: محاصر / عالق

Victims: ضحايا

Warnings: تحذيرات

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The earthquake was a surprise. There hadn't been any 1 warnings of seismic activity. The ground 2 and a few people screamed but most of them didn't 3 . Because of regular earthquake 4 , the workers knew to go down the stairs to 5 the office block. There was a loud explosion and smoke and 6 rose above the building. Everyone ran to safety. The 7 was terrible. Unfortunately, there were hundreds of 8 . Three days later two 9 were found under the building. They had been 10 in the basement. The emergency workers worked tirelessly to 11 them. As they emerged from the 12 , people cheered.

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