National Parks/Born from Fire

A national park is a protected area. Should you protect it from natural catastrophes like forest fires?.

Task

1. Watch the video.
2. Do the interactive exercises

(The Rebirth of Yellowstone: Born From Fire, 4:00min)

Interactive exercises

Task

Complete the sentences using correct tenses and aspects (active or passive). You may have to add words.

During the dry summer in 2006 a forest fire (start)  by lightning while a big thunderstorm (roll) over the park. Another was caused by a cigarette which (drop) some minutes before. Soon the fires (start, race) throughout the whole park.

But although thousands of firefighters (fight) to save villages and houses, in the forests the fire (allow) burn until the arrival of autumn rains.

Altogether, nearly 36% of the park (destroy), but a year later new green (can, see) again. A ranger told his friend: “ Look, between the burnt trees stumps new grass  (already, come) up and just over there black berries (now, grow)!”

The other ranger said: “Next autumn there ' (be) more food for the bears than before the fire.”

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Show Hints and Solution

During the dry summer in 2006 a forest fire was started (start)  by lightning while a big thunderstorm was rolling (roll) over the park. Another was caused by a cigarette which had been dropped (drop) some minutes before. Soon the fires started to race (start, race) throughout the whole park.

But although thousands of firefighters fought|were fighting (fight) to save villages and houses, in the forests the fire was allowed to (allow) burn until the arrival of autumn rains.

Altogether, nearly 36% of the park was destroyed (destroy), but a year later new green could be seen (can, see) again. A ranger told his friend: “ Look, between the burnt trees stumps new grass has already come (already, come) up and just over there black berries are now growing (now, grow)!”

The other ranger said: “Next autumn there 'll be|will be (be) more food for the bears than before the fire.”

National Parks in the USA

1. General Overview
2. Yellowstone NP - the first national park
   1. Geysers and Volcanoes
   2. Managing Wildlife
   3. Born from Fire
   4. Wildlife Jams
3. Bear Safety
4. Being a ranger
5. Planning a trip