Monday, March 4, 2013

Sinkhole in the News

In the United States, sinkholes are especially common in the state of Florida. Are you aware of them occurring in your country? Here are a few links about the recent sinkhole that swallowed up part of a house and, tragically, took the life of a man.  Do you have any questions?
Search for man ends 
The victim's brother's response
Demolition continues
Pictures of sinkholes from around the world
Background info about sinkholes
Another source...How sinkholes work
LANGUAGE FOCUS: Do you know understand and know how to use and pronounce the following words that are commonly used with such stories:
demolish/demolition; raze/razed/razing; debris; evacuate/evacuation;

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