4单元54页 Reading for Writing

reading for writing.one.read the news report released the day after a tsunami and answer the questions.

the daily news.

tsunami hits asia over six thousand five hundred dead. by Robert woodhouse Monday,twenty seventh December two thousand four.

killing more than six thousand,five hundred people in Indonesia,India,Thailand,Malaysia and at least four other countries. fishermen,tourists,hotels,homes and cars were swept away by huge waves caused by the strong earthquake that reached a magnitude of nine po into. the undersea quake struck around seven am Sunday off the west coast of indonesia's sumatra island.in that area alone,at least one thousand eight hundred and seventy people were killed. in Sri Lanka,some one thousand six hundred kilometres west of the quake center,the number of deaths stood at two thousand four hundred and ninety eight.and one million more were affected by the tsunami government,officials said. Lndian officials said as many as one thousand nine hundred had been killed along the southern coast.another two hundred fifty four were found dead in Thailand and fifty four in three other countries. in southern Thailand,one thousand nine hundred people were hurt and many more were missing,local officials said. I was having breakfast with my three children when water started filling my home. we had to leave everything and run to safety.said chandra the of it a local thai woman. thousands of people are still missing and the number of deaths is expected to grow even higher over the next few days.foreign aid is being organized for the tsunami hit countries. however,dangerous conditions and damaged roads will make it difficult to deliver food and supplies.