In this article, you will be reading The Tsunami summary. This chapter has three different parts. The stories in the first part are from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In the first story, Ignesious’s wife woke him up sensing an earthquake but it was the sea rising. The Tsunami had struck them. He lost his wife and two children in this calamity along with his father-in-law and brother-in-law. The second story is about Sanjeev who got drowned while saving his cook’s wife along with her. The third incident is about Meghna who was brought to shore and was thus safe. The fourth incident is about Almas whose whole family swept in the Tsunami except her.
The story in the second part is from Thailand. It is a story of a young girl Tilly. She sensed the coming of Tsunami and got alarmed. She saved the life of her family as well as other people. The third part of the chapter speaks about that animals have a sixth sense better than humans. About 1,50,000 people were killed in Tsunami but only a few animals died. Some of the animals also saved the life of their masters.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS 1
Questions:
1. Why did Tilly’s family come to Thailand?
2. What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw?
3. Do you think Tilly’s mother was alarmed by them?
4. Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion?
5. Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape; from the tsunami?
6. How do you think her geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?
Answers:
A1. Tilly’s family had come to Thailand to celebrate Christmas.
A2. Both saw the sea rise and it started to foam and form whirlpools.
A3. No, Tilly’s mother was not alarmed by them.
A4. Tilly had seen the strange sea behaviour in a video.
A5. They went to the third floor of the hotel and were saved.
A6. She felt very pleased and satisfied
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS 2
Questions:
1. In the Tsunami 150,000 people died. How many animals died?
2. How many people and animals died in Yala National Park?
3. What do people say about the elephants of Yala National Park?
4. What did the dogs in Galle do?
Answers:
A1. Very few animals died.
A2. Sixty visitors and two animals.
A3. People say that the elephants ran from the beach an hour before the Tsunami hit the coast.
A4. The dogs in Galle refused to go to the beach for their daily exercise.
WORKING WITH THE TEXT
Q. What are the two different ideas about why so few animals were killed in the tsunami? Which idea do you find more believable?
Answer:
Very few animals were killed in the tsunami. Perhaps they feel the tremor much before humans do. Secondly, the animals have sixth sense. They can guess the coming disaster and so run away to safer places/higher ground. The idea that the animals are gifted with the sixth sense is more believable. They move fast to get over the crisis.
WORKING WITH THE LANGUAGE
Discuss with your teacher in your School or contact with with in B.D. Memorials.
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