One of the cool things about using "natural disasters" as a theme in your coursebook is that, sooner or later, "what goes around" is somehow likely to "come around" again - relieving some of the stress writers and publishers experience in terms of ensuring textbook content stays fresh and relevant in an ever fast-forwarding world.
However, I don't think I could have planned this one better no matter how hard I'd tried!
Considering the recent volcanic eruptions in Iceland and the ash-clouds causing air travel havoc across western Europe this week, take a look at this Boost! Reading lesson I wrote in early 2006...
Ha! Take that, Sean Banville from Breaking News English! I got this story out way before you did!
You can download the full lesson in PDF format from the Boost! website at this direct link here (it's Unit 2 on that site page - also help yourself to Unit 1 on Earthquakes if you like - or feel some tremors coming on in your neighbourhood sometime soon...).
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