Đọc hiểu Tiếng Anh 9, Unit 4

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PERIOD 59
April 11th, 2007
Teacher: Nguyen Van Khi
LESSON 4 : READ
(p. 78 – 79)
Warm up
Pre-teach vocabulary
Pre-reading
While-reading
Post-reading
Homework
WARM UP: WHAT ARE THESE?
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CONGRATULATION!
PRETEACH VOCABULARY
typhoon (n)
bão
volcanic eruption (n)
núi lửa phun
earthquake (n)
động đất
tidal wave (n)
(= tsunami)
sóng thần
tornado (n)
lốc xoáy, vòi rồng
funnel (n)

cái phễu
hình phễu
funnel-shaped (adj)
VOCABULARY
typhoon (n) : bão
volcanic eruption (n) : núi lửa phun
earthquake (n) : động đất
tidal wave (n) : sóng thần
tornado (n) : lốc xoáy, vòi rồng
funnel-shaped (adj) : hình pheãu
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COPY THEM
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Tick-a-tock
typhoon (n) : baõo
volcanic eruption (n) : nuùi löûa phun
earthquake (n) : ñoäng ñaát
tidal wave (n) : soùng thaàn
tornado (n) : loác xoaùy, voøi roàng
funnel-shaped (adj) : hình phễu
GRAMMAR POINTS: RESTRICTIVE AND NON-RESTRICTIVE RELATIVE CLAUSES.
Restrictive relative clause:
Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms

They can suck up anything
Non-restrictive relative clause:
A tornado lifted a baby
into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim,
which
pass overland below a thunderstorm.
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that is in their path.
, who was asleep
in its baby carriage,
which is known as the ‘Ring of Fire’.
PHÂN BIỆT MỆNH ĐỀ QUAN HỆ GIỚI HẠN VÀ KHÔNG GIỚI HẠN
MĐQH giới hạn (restrictive relative clause)
* Dùng WHO, WHOM, WHICH, THAT
* Không có dấu phẩy sau mệnh đề chính
* MĐQH rất cần thiết để giới hạn nghĩa của danh từ.
2. MĐQH không giới hạn (non-restrictive relative clause)
* Dùng WHO, WHOM, WHICH không dùng THAT
* Có dấu phẩy ngăn mệnh đề chính và mệnh đề
phụ
* MĐQH có thể bỏ đi mà không ảnh hưởng nghĩa
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PRE-READING: Guess the place of the disasters in the reading
DISASTERS
1. EARTHQUAKE
2. TIDAL WAVE
3. TYPHOON
4. VOLCANO
5. TORNADO
PLACES
a) Asia
b) Italy
c) Kobe (Japan)
d) Anchorage (Alaska)
e) The Philippines
Answers: 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-e, 5-b
The earthquake
In 1995, a huge earthquake struck the city of Kobe in Japan.
Tidal wave
In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska.
The typhoon
When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia.
The volcano
Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991.
The tornado
In Italy in 1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was asleep in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!

WHILE-READING:
a) True or False?
Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.
The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage.
A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disaster.
The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest ever volcanic eruption.
A tornado looks like a funnel.
1. Most earthquakes in the world occur in the
Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is known as the
TRUE
?
‘Ring of Fire’.
Ring of Fire
2. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused
In 1995, a huge earthquake struck the city of Kobe in Japan. A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
TRUE
?
severe damage.
3. A huge tidal wave traveled
and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska. The tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California.
FALSE
?
from California to Alaska
Typhoons: When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia. The word ‘typhoon’ comes from Chinese: tai ( ) means ‘big’ and feng ( ) means ‘wind’, so the word ‘typhoon’ means ‘big wind’
4. Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disaster.
TRUE
?
5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest
volcanic eruption.
Volcanoes: We can usually predict when a volcano will erupt. Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the world’s largest volcanic eruption
Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved because scientists had warned them about the eruption.
FALSE
ever
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in more than 50 years.
6. A tornado
Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm. They can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy in 1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was asleep in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
TRUE
looks like a funnel.
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b) Complete the sentences:
The majority of earthquakes .................................... ..................................................................................
During the earthquake in Kobe, many ..................... ..................................................................................
A tidal wave can only occur when ............................ ...................................................................................
In Australia, a tropical storm is known as ................. ...................................................................................
The Chinese language gave us ............................... ..................................................................................
A tornado is a type of storm that .............................
occur in the
Ring of Fire.
people were killed.
when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
there is an abrupt
shift in the underwater movement of the earth.
a cyclone
the word
‘typhoon’ for the tropical storm.

looks like a funnel.
POST-READING:
Name the disasters from pictures
Lucky numbers
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6
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1
VOLCANO
TORNADO
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80
CONGRATULATION!
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a tidal wave (tsunami).
LUCKY NUMBER!
a tornado
a snowstorm
LUCKY NUMBER!
a typhoon
a thunderstorm
LUCKY NUMBER!
an earthquake
a volcanic eruption
LUCKY NUMBER!
DISASTERS
HOMEWORK:
Learn the new words by heart.
Copy the sentences from the books, which have WHO / WHICH / THAT as relative pronouns (restrictive and non-restrictive)
Prepare for WRITE, pp. 79 – 80 : Look up new words and guess what happened in the pictures.
The lesson’s over.
See you next time.
Goodbye!