1. Breaking News
???

2. huge tropical storm volcano eruption tsunami earthquake
technological invention
huge tropical storm
volcano eruption
mine collapse
tsunami
earthquake

3. The Microsoft Corporation1
launched
Bill Gates Paul Allen
1975

4. 2 Chile 2010 The Atacama Desert 1000 km The Pacific ocean
rescued
1000 km
a strip of land along the coast
Chile
The Pacific ocean
It is the driest desert in the world.
"Los 33" ("The 33") were trapped 700 meters underground and about
5 kilometers from the
mine's entrance
for 69 days.
Mine collapse
2010

5. 3 2005 New Orleans Louisiana The USA Hurricane Katrina caused
1,464 people

6. 4 glacier The Eyjafjallajökull Volcano 1,651 metres
erupted
eɪjaˌfjatlaˌjœːkʏtl̥
glacier
1,651 metres
The volcano eruption forced a brief evacuation of around 500 local people and caused substantial disruption to air traffic across Europe.

7. 5 Japan 6 minutes 2011 Tohoku earthquake hit Magnitude 9.0
Total damage: tsunami wave, flooding, landslides, fires, building and infrastructure damage, nuclear incidents including radiation releases
15,891 deaths 6,152 injured 2,584 people missing

8. authorities to strand at ordeal unable to leave a place
an official group or government department with power to control particular public services
authorities
to strand at
unable to leave a place
ordeal
a very unpleasant experience
Could I speak to someone in authority ?
So there I was, stranded in London with no money.
She went through the ordeal of being interviewed by a panel of ten people.

9. launch
rescue
caused
hit
erupted
The volcano … with tremendous force
She died trying to … her children from the blaze
The ship … an iceberg.
The flood … the town great hardship.
The company is expected to … several new products next year.

10. The Microsoft Corporation
Close your books and say what you remember about the events that have happened in the 21st century so far.
The Atacama Desert Mine Collapse
The Eyjafjallajökull Volcano
2011 Tohoku earthquake

11. Home task
Find the information about the latest world events (breaking news), write them down in short and be ready to present them in class (3 events).