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    Floods



    Saturday, Jan 21, 2006,Page 13

    PHOTO: AP

    Do your parents ever complain about traffic? Does it take you a long time to get to school sometimes because there are so many cars on the road?

    Driving in traffic is bad, but driving through a flood is worse. Look at these people driving on a flooded road. Where do you think they are going? They must have something very important to do because driving on a flooded road like this is very dangerous.

    Cars are not made to drive in deep water like this. These cars might stop working if they drive on a flooded road for very long. If one of these cars stops working, the driver will have to get out and swim!
    Do you know?
    FLASH FLOOD
    When it rains, a lot of the rain-water goes into the ground. But in some dry places where it doesn't rain very often, the ground can't take in the rain water very well. When it rains a lot in these places, the water rises very quickly and causes a ``flash flood.
    The words of the day
    complain v.i./v.t.
    抱怨 (bao4 yuan4)
    Amy always complains that her teacher gives her too much homework.
    艾美總是抱怨老師給她太多功課。

    traffic n.
    交通 (jiao1 tong1)

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