Culture page A. Read the title of the text and look at the picture.

What do you think the text is about? Listen, read

and checkyour answers.

Every year in the US there are

about 500 tornadoes from Texas
through Oklahoma, Kansas,
Nebraska, lowa and into South
Dakota. That's why this área is
called 'Tornado Alley'.

The 'tornado season' is usually

in spring, "but the people of
'Tornado Alley' are always ready
for them and they always listen
to the news. When the sirens
go off, people use their disaster
plans. At home, the "best place is
the basement, or a room with no
Windows, like the bathroorn.

"At school we have frequent drills,

so we never panic when there's
a tornado," says Alian Taylor, a
high school student from Texas.
"There's no basement at my
school so we usually go to the
hallways on the lowest floors.
Of course, we never sit near the
Windows."

After the tornado, people first

check to see that it's safe to go out
and then they check the buildings
and the área for damages. And
usually there is a lot of damage!

IB. Read again and answer the questions.

1. How many tornadoes are there every year in 'Tornado Alley'?
12. Where is 'Tornado Alley'?
3. Where is the safest place to go during a tornado?
4. Is it safe to come out of the house right after the tornado?
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