Read the fairy tale Cinderella and do the tasks below
II. Read the fairy tale Cinderella and do the tasks below.
Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed
as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before
noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousands
of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires
broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fires engines were prevented from
going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use
fire fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over
ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of the
buildings. Most of those who died were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the
fires, which followed. If the earthquake had occurred at night while people were
sleeping, far fewer would have died.
Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed
as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before
noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousands
of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires
broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fires engines were prevented from
going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use
fire fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over
ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of the
buildings. Most of those who died were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the
fires, which followed. If the earthquake had occurred at night while people were
sleeping, far fewer would have died.