Page 98 - LEVEL 2

stay (7) …………… Bali, the monsoon rain was happening, which of course is a part of the season (8) …………
January. Off to Australia, (9) ………….. Perth, the Svanstorms narrowly escaped bush fire. However, when
they were stopping (10) ……………….. Cains they had their first major disaster when they were being
evacuated because of category 5 Cyclone Yasi.
A few weeks later, they were visiting friends (11) …………… Brisbane where the massive flooding
had just passed. They were (12) ………….. the airport for a flight to
Christchurh, New Zealand when relative warned them of a 6.3
magnitude earthquake had struck the city. Their next stop was Japan,
where they experienced the earthquake (13) ……………………. 11 March
while they were having lunch (14) …………………. Asakusa, northern
Tokyo.
Throughout the disaster travels, we were learning to “stay calm
and stick together when bad thing happens”.
Adapted from: http://news.travel.aol.com

READING: I can’t believe it was happening to me

A. Scanning & skimming. Read the article about what was happening while a couple was having
their vacation in Thailand. Read it carefully and answer the questions below.

Would YOU have spotted the crime?
The moment two tiny Thai thieves in traditional dress appear to steal from a woman tourist, as
her unsuspecting boyfriend takes a picture

A man claims to have “This pic solved the mystery
captured the moment two of the missing watch,” he
young pickpockets slipped wrote. Thousands of people
his girlfriend's watch from commented on the thread, with
her wrist while she was some Reddit users sharing
posing for a photograph with their own pictures of the two
them at a Thai temple. The girls from their own trips. One
man posted an image to Reddit of the two Reddit user said the girls must be the “two
young girls who were wearing brightly most popular child thieves in all of Asia”,
coloured traditional Thai costumes holding while another observed there were around
his girlfriend's arm outside Wat Phra That six girls in the same outfit and guessed they
Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai, a province in could be an 'organized gang'. One tourist
Thailand's north, on Sunday night. The said he was lucky for dodging a bullet as
woman, who has not been named, was he made a last minute decision not to have
smiling as one of the girls appeared to a photograph with the pair; saying that he
unclasp her wrist watch while her partner also saw those girls while he was exploring
captured a photograph. The travelling the temple. He added that he almost asked
couple only noticing once they reviewed for a photo but he was rushing for the next
their holiday snapshots. itinerary so he skipped that.

94