Find True / False sentences. Explain your answers. 1. Tilly’s dad ran to the safety with his family. 2. Tilly was at school on 26 December 2004. 3. Tilly’s mum explained the situation to her. 4. Everybody was running to the safety when the tsunami arrived. 5. The tsunami killed thousands of people on Maikhao beach. 6. Tilly’s geography lessons helped her understand the situation.
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Tilly Smith, a school girl from Sureey in England, is very enthusiastic about her geography classes. But on December 26, 2004 Tilly discovered that geography was the most interesting school subject. After she had come across the incident on the beach Tilly was sitting there. In Phuket, Tailand, as if the sea suddenly disappeared for a moment. While big waves were forming, Tilly and the tourists watched. them at first, they weren’t afraid, but Tilly became anxious. She wanted to leave the beach quickly and she remembered that they had studied earthquakes. She recognized what was happening, but the other tourists weren’t moving from the beach. She was very tense. Tilly told her motherabout tectonic plates and an earthquake in the sea. Tilly became very upset. At the end she was desperate to leave the beach with her family. Tilly’s father told the other tourists about the danger. Everybody was running to the safety when the first of the three tsunami waves came to the beach. The waves were destroying the small tourist centre. After the tsunami, a lot of tourists were grateful for Tilly’s interest in geography. Her parents were glad she had been attentive during her geography class. The tsunami was a terrible accident to thousands of people. But, thanks to Tilly, it didn’t kill or damage anybody on Maikhao beach.