Is the End of Time Close?

This weekend I was watching the History Channel and I can across a show that spoke about the ancient prophecies that the Mayans, The Book of Revelation, Nostradamus and many other cultures around the world predicted. The show was called Doomsday 2012: The End of days. It had various scholars that analyzed the ancient predictions against the current events. They predicted the weather changes of today that have caused the natural disasters such as tornadoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and volcano eruptions. The Mayans predicted these events through their knowledge of astronomy and time keeping. It was very scary because based on these predictions it seems like we are really living in the end of time. According to these modern events, the Mayans, The Book of Revelation, Nostradamus and these other cultures predicted that life on earth would end by December 2012. So does this mean that we won’t have a Christmas, & New Year‘s? So let me know what you think? Do you think the end is near or is it just a coincidence?
Vocabulary
Nostradamus- French astrologer and prophet of the 16th century that predicted world future events.
Predictions- a statement or claim that a particular event will occur.
Natural Disasters- is the effect of a natural hazard that affects the environment and leads to financial, environmental and/or human losses.
Mayans- of or pertaining to the Mayas, their culture or their languages.
Coincidence- a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance.
Ancient- of or in time long past, very old.
Prophecies- The foretelling or prediction of what is to come.
Tsunamis- An unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.

1. _____________ is a French scholar and prophet during the 1500’s.
2. The weather forecast __________ it would rain tomorrow.
3. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina was consider the deadliest _______________.
4. The__________ civilization concentrated in Central America.
5. It was a ________ that Michelle and I were wearing the same shirt.
6. That book is __________ because it looks very old.
7. Nostradamus wrote many __________ that are believed to be true today.
8. On Christmas 2004 a ____________ hit the shores of the Indian Ocean causing many deaths.



Grammar Point:
So what do you think about this topic? Write a paragraph and give your opinion on this topic using some of the vocabulary words.