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Teacher guide & answers
Taiwan Grounds Flights as Champi Approaches
How to use these two pages
Give learners the student worksheet. It contains the story and questions, without the answers. Keep this guide for yourself. Use it to lead the activity and explain the answers afterwards.
Student worksheetA simple 15–20-minute lesson
- Before reading · 2 minutes
Show the title. Ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
- Read and answer · 8–10 minutes
Give out the student worksheet. Learners read for the main idea, then reread to answer the 2 questions. They can compare answers with a partner.
- Discuss and write · 5–8 minutes
Check the answers below together. Ask learners to point to the clue in the story, then finish with the open question.
Adjust the support: Let learners use word help or Level 1 if needed. For a challenge, compare the wording in another level. This activity is not a proficiency test.
Answers to the 2 questions
The question numbers match the student worksheet. Each answer includes a reason and the clue learners can find in the story.
What does weakening mean here?
Correct answer: A — Strength is falling, but hazards may remain
Why: A relative decline does not establish an end to danger.
Clue in the story: Relative weakening concerns change from an earlier intensity, whereas safety concerns the remaining hazard. Operational disruption and casualties measure separate consequences. Neither a cancellation total nor a weakening trend substitutes for an assessment of current conditions.
What does the cancellation total count?
Correct answer: B — Affected flight services
Why: Flights, casualties and households are different units.
Clue in the story: Relative weakening concerns change from an earlier intensity, whereas safety concerns the remaining hazard. Operational disruption and casualties measure separate consequences. Neither a cancellation total nor a weakening trend substitutes for an assessment of current conditions.
The open question: accept different answers
Ask learners: Explain why a weakening storm may still disrupt travel.
One possible answer: The storm can remain hazardous even after losing strength. Travel decisions respond to the remaining risk, not only the direction of change.
This is an example, not the only correct answer. Look for a relevant idea, a reason and the learner’s own words. Learners can answer aloud or write one or two sentences.