Unit 09. Natural Disasters. Lesson 2. A Closer Look 1

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What types of natural disasters can you see in the video?
The earthquake, the tsunami, the hurrican, the tidal wave and the typhoon, the flood…
2. What happened?
They destroyed buildings, roads, bridges and houses…
They caused the death of the people and the crop failure
Medical supplies, food were sent
Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
PERIOD: 73: A CLOSER LOOK 1
Vocabulary
1. Fill each blank with a suitable verb in the correct form from the box below. Then listen, check and repeat.
- erupt (v) /ɪˈrʌpt/
- rage /reɪdʒ/
- collapse /kəˈlæps/
- strike /straɪk/- struck
- bury /ˈberi/
- shake /ʃeɪk/- shook
happen violently
break out
hit sb/sth hard
hide sth in ground
Move sth from side to side or up and down
fall in suddenly
Yesterday a terrible storm……… the rural area of Ha Giang Province.
Villagers rushed into public shelters as soon as the volcano……
Hundreds of buildings were completely destroyed when the earthquake……… the city.
The mudslide………… the whole village while people were still sleeping in their houses.
The forest fire………. for eight hours and some animals were badly injured or killed.
We managed to run out of the house into the street before the walls……..
struck
erupted
shook
buried
raged
collapsed
2. Match the verbs in column A to the nouns in column B. Then listen, check and repeat
3. Now use the phrases in 2 in the correct form to complete the sentences
1. The rescue workers set up a camp to ……………… for the flood victims.
2. On the second day, there was a rainstorm which helped to…………..
3. When the storm started, they…………….
in a cave.
4. As the tornado moved through the town, high winds…………………………..across the streets.
5. The police had to………………………………......to public, shelters before the volcano started to erupt.
provide aid
put out the forest fire
took shelter
scattered debris
evacuate the village
A. festival B. adoptee C. addressee D. Japanese
Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.
Pronunciation
Stress in words ending in –logy and -graphy
4. Listen and repeat these words. Pay attention to the stressed syllables
technology ; photography; ecology
biology ; apology; biography
geography; psychology

REMEMBER!
For words ending in -logy and –graphy, place the stress on the third syllable from the end
Example:
bi’ology
pho’tography
5. Listen and mark the stress on the correct syllable in the words below. Pay attention to –logy and -graphy
5. Listen and mark the stress on the correct syllable in the words below. Pay attention to –logy and -graphy
6. Read the following sentences and mark (‘) the stresses syllable in the underlined words. Then listen and repeat the sentences
1. We are studying the geography of Asia
2. I had a biology lesson this afternoon.
3. They share a common interest in photography.
4. A biography is a book that tells the story of someone’s life, written by someone else.
5. Zoology is the scientific study of animals and their behaviour.
6. Read the following sentences and mark (‘) the stresses syllable in the underlined words. Then listen and repeat the sentences
1. We are studying the ge’ography of Asia
2. I had a bi’ology lesson this afternoon.
3. They share a common interest in pho’tography.
4. A bi’ography is a book that tells the story of someone’s life, written by someone else.
5. Zo’ology is the scientific study of animals and their behaviour.
I. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. sociology B. biology C. geography D. muscical
2. A. referee B. Japanese C. tornado D. employee
3. A. monument B. biology C. ecology D. apology
4. A. festival B. government C. residence D. apology
II. Choose the best answer
1. The rescue workers set up a camp to ……for the flood victims.
2. When the storm started, they…..in a cave.
3. As the tornado moved through the town, high winds………..across the streets.
4. The police had to…...to public, shelters before the volcano started to erupt.

HOMEWORK
- Review the lesson
- Work exercises on workbook
- Prepare the next period- A closer look 2