این درس مریوط است به : يک طوفان استوايی بسيار پرقدرت به مناطق شمال شرق استراليا لطمه زيادی وارد کرده است. اين طوفان بخصوص به شهر اينيسفيل، لطمه قابل توجهی زد. بادی که سرعت آن نزديک به 290 کيلومتر در ساعت بود موخب خراب شدن صدها خانه شد. فيل مرسر گزارش می دهد:

Larry's fury has been immense. The cyclone tore across the north Queensland coast and has left much of Innisfail in ruins. Emergency workers have said that half of the houses in the farming town have been badly damaged. Many residents are homeless and have sought shelter at a camp set up by the army at the local airport.

The main street is littered with corregated iron roofs and other debris. The storm also laid waste to entire banana and sugar-cane plantations. There are reports that parts of the Great Barrier Reef have been destroyed.

Cyclone Larry has now weakened, but it could take years for this part of tropical Australia to recover. The government has said it will do all it can to help. It has authorised emergency payments for the victims of the most powerful cyclone this country has seen in years. The prime minister, John Howard, will visit the stricken region later this week.

Weather forecasters have said that the storm was similar in size to Cyclone Tracy, which killed dozens of people in the Australian city of Darwin in 1974.

Phil Mercer, BBC News, Melbourne

fury
خشم و عصبانيت، در اينجا: قدرت زياد

immense
وسيع، بسيار زياد، در اينجا: بسيار قوی

cyclone tore across
طوفان تمام منطقه را درنورديد

has left much of Innisfail in ruins
بخش اعظم شهر اينيسفيل را ويران کرد

sought
( برای چيزی) جستجو کرد

littered
پوشيده شده با آشغال و آوار

debris
قطعات شکسته يا پاره و خراب شده

laid waste to
از بين برد

banana and sugar-cane plantations
باغ های موز و مزارع نيشکر

stricken region
مناطق آسيب ديده، در اينجا: مناطق طوفان زده

Source: BBc Persian Service