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occur nature technology rain or living disasters volcanic
NATURE IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE
We human beings are a part of nature, and our quality of life depends on all the (1) _______________
things that share this planet with US. We must take care of nature, because our well-being depends
on it.
(2) _______________ is always moving and changing. This happens in different ways, for instance
through natural phenomena that (3) _______________ quite regularly, such as rain, winds, earth
tremors or the natural processes of soil erosion.

Earthquakes, floods, fires, (4) _______________ eruptions, tropical storms, tornadoes, electric
storms, landslides, droughts, plagues and other phenomena such as “El Nino" and “La Nina” are a part
of nature, just like the sun and the (5) _______________.
These natural phenomena affect almost the entire Earth. In olden times, people used to come with
legends to explain these phenomena. They would say that the volcano was angry, (6)
_______________ that the gods were demanding a sacrifice. Today, science, (7) _______________
and history help us to understand these events instead of merely fearing them.
However, such phenomena still turn into (8) _______________, affecting lots of people in every
corner of our planet where a culture of prevention has not yet taken root.