Reading 1 - Unit 4: The Environment p.84-85

(n) a method for dealing with a situation

• community

• measures

• reduction

• crucial

(v) to recognize something and say what that thing is

• criticize

• devastating

• identify

• reduction

(adj.) extremely important or necessary

• criticize

• maintenance

• community

• crucial

(adj.) causing a lot of damage or destruction

• criticize

• reduction

• devastating

• crucial

(n) the people living in one particular area

• identify

• community

• measures

• maintenance

(n) the work needed to keep something in good condition

• maintenance

• crucial

• reduction

• community

(n) the act of making something smaller in size or amount

• identify

• measures

• criticize

• reduction

(v) to express disapproval of something or someone

• measures

• devastating

• criticize

• reduction

Match the picture with the correct word

• dam

• tsunami

• flood barrier

• sandbagging

Match the picture with the correct word

• dam

• tsunami

• levee

• flood barrier