Part 1. Vocabulary
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lull |
/ləl/ n -a temporary
interval of quiet or lack of activity. Example: There
had been a lull in the fighting for two days. |
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anticipation |
/anˌtisəˈpāSH(ə)n/
n - the action
of expecting something; or prediction. Example: The
anticipation for his new car will be welcomed with joy. |
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hiatus |
/hīˈādəs/ n - a pause or
gap in a sequence, series, or process. Example: The
famous actor had a hiatus to have a good rest. |
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incandescent |
/ˌinkənˈdes(ə)nt/
adj - emitting
light as a result of being heated. Example: The
liquid rock is incandescent during the night. |
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engulf |
/inˈɡəlf,enˈɡəlf/
v - to surround
or cover it completely, eat or swallow whole Example: The
cafe was engulfed in flames last night. |
Part 2. Comprehension Questions
What
was the volcano that ejected lava on the island of La Palma, Spain?
What type of violent eruption happened to the volcano in La Palma Spain?
What were the destroyed properties due to the flowing of black lava?
What is the estimated cost of the damage caused by volcanic activity?
How will the continuous flow of lava affect the island in general?
Part 3. Article Reading
LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) -A volcano on Spain's La Palma island began ejecting lava again on Monday after a lull, while hundreds of people in coastal villages hunkered down in anticipation of lava emitted in previous days reaching the sea and releasing toxic gas.
Spurts of vivid lava emerged from
the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the early evening and snaked down the dark
mountainside after a period of several hours without explosions, according to
Reuters witnesses.
The hiatus
and new explosions came eight days after lava started pouring from the mountain
range on the island, which neighbours Tenerife in the Canary Islands
archipelago off North Africa.
"Activating and deactivating
is logical, natural in the evolution of Strombolian volcanoes," said
Miguel Angel Morcuende, director of the Pevolca response committee, referring
to the type of violent eruption that emits incandescent
dust.
His Pevolca colleague, Maria Jose
Blanco, said lower levels of gas and a reduced supply of material within the
crater could have caused the drop-in activity.
Since Sept. 19, black lava has
been slowly flowing down the volcano's western flank toward the sea, destroying
more than 500 houses as well as churches and banana plantations, according to
the European Union's Copernicus disaster monitoring programme.
Spanish property portal Idealista
estimated the damage at around 178 million euros ($209 million) on Monday.
On Monday, two tongues of the
superheated black lava were rounding a hill to the west of the small town of
Todoque, less than a kilometre from the Atlantic, but authorities said they
could not be sure when it might reach the sea.
Still, about 300 local residents
in the coastal areas of San Borondon, Marina Alta and Baja and La Condesa have
been confined to their homes as the moment of contact between the lava and the
sea is likely to trigger explosions and emit clouds of chlorine gas.
Local airline Binter, which had
planned to resume flights to and from the islands on Monday afternoon, said
conditions were still unsafe and that all transfers would be cancelled until
Tuesday.
After a new vent opened on
Sunday, Reuters drone footage showed a river of red hot lava flowing down the
slopes of the crater, passing over homes, and swathes of land and buildings engulfed
by a black mass of slower-moving, older lava.
No fatalities or serious injuries
have been reported, but about 15% of the island's banana crop could be at risk,
jeopardising thousands of jobs.
La Palma's population numbers
over 83,000.
by: Jon Nazca and Nacho Doce : https://news.yahoo.com/la-palma-volcano-roars-back-064630560.html