3 Read the text again. Answer the questions.
1 When was New Orleans hit by
Hurricane Katrina? On 29th August
2005
2 Where do hurricanes start?
3 Why couldn't the levees protect the
city?
4 How fast did the wind travel?
5 How many homes were flooded?
6 When will the rebuilding of the city be
complete?

ответ :
Ex.3
2. in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific
3.they were not built to protect the city from really big storms
4. 200 km per hour
5. hundreds of thousands
6. nobody knows
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Lotus (Nelumbo) - amphibious herbaceous perennial.  The stems of the lotus, which turned into a powerful thick rhizome, immersed in the underwater soil. Some underwater leaves, scaly, others - surface, floating or lifted high above the water. Leaves floating - on long flexible petioles, flat and circular in shape. Leaves are rising - on erect stalks, they are larger, have a funnel shape with a diameter of 50-70 cm. The flowers are large, up to 30 cm in diameter, with numerous pink or white petals, they rise high above the water on the straight stalks. The flowers have a gentle but pleasant aroma. Many centuries worshiped the lotus in the East, he has held a place of honor in religious ceremonies, traditions and legends, evidenced by numerous monuments of literature, art and architecture. On the globe grows two types of lotus: nucifera L., or Indian (Nelumbo nucifera), inhabitant of the Old World - widely known aquatic plant. The boundary of its range in the north runs along the Amur River basin, and in the south it descends to the tropics of northern Australia. The second type - L. yellow, or American (N. lutea) is common in the New World.

Том Сойер — предприимчивый, игривый мальчишка, настоящий хвастун, обожающий красоваться перед другими ребятами. Исходя из намёков Твена, Тому примерно 12 лет. Том олицетворяет собой беспечность и замечательный мир детства середины XIX века. Его лучшие друзья — Джо Гарпер и Гекльберри Финн. Когда-то был влюблен в Эмми Лоренс, но позже её место в сердце Тома заняла Ребекка Тэтчер (Бекки). У него есть сводный брат Сид, двоюродная сестра Мэри и тётя Полли. Том — сын покойной сестры тёти Полли. Несмотря на непоседливый характер, Том очень много читает, предпочтение отдает приключенческой литературе.