BBC: Can you stop a disaster?-2

The Bangladeshis have built shelters which protect everyone- children, the old and sick, even animals- so that when teh cyclone is over they can safely return to their livelihoods- their work, job, and other activities which give them the things they need to live. 

Well, it's a great to see people working together to survive cyclones, earlier we were talking about other natural disasters. 

We were, and I asked you which disaster you thought caused most deaths and you said you thought maybe earthquakes, which was the right answer, which is why these new ideas to save lives are so hopeful. OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned from this programme on natural disasters- unpredictable events or catastrophes which cannot be controlled by humans, and which are sometimes called acts of God. 

Fatalism is the belief that people are powerless to change they way things happen. 

If something is whithin your grasp, it's likely to be accomplished. 

A megaphone is a handheld cone-shaped device that makes your voice louder when you speak into it so that people can hear you from far away. 

Evacuation means moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe. 

And finally, livelihood is your job or the work that gives you the money to buy the things you need to live.