Unit 13. Activities

*Checking vocabs:
A pearl diver
A scuba-diving:
A pearl
A vessel
I/ Pre-teach vocabs:
A pearl:ngọc trai
A vessel: tàu, thuyền
A pearl diver: người mò ngọc trai
A scuba-diving: lặn có sử
dụng bình dưỡng khí
Now, we can explore the oceans,usingspecial TV cameras as well.
To explore:thám hiểm
Ex:Scuba is a special breathing equipment.
Special breathing eqipment:dụng cụ thở đặc biệt
* True/false statements

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Next
A.Most of the world’s surface is land

B. Before the invention of special breathing equipment.Man couldn’t swim freely underwater.
C.Now scuba-diving is a popular sport.

D. Jacques Cousteau invented special TV cameras.
E.We can learn more about undersea world thanks to Jacques ‘s invention
water
Jacques Cousteau invented a deep-sea
diving vessel
II/ While-reading:
Most of the world’s surface is water. We may know the land very well, but we know very little about the oceans.
Until recently, man could not stay underwater for long. A pearl diver, for example, couldn’t stay underwater for longer than two minutes.But now, with special breathing equipment, a diver can stay underwater for a lomg time.After the invention of this equipment, man could swim freely underwater and scuba-diving became a popular sport.
A Frenchman, Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) , invented a deep-sea diving vessel in the early 1940s. In the vessel, he could explore the oceans of the world and study underwater life.
Now, we can explore the oceans , using special TV cameras as well. We can learn more about the undersea world thanks to this invention.
*Answer given
a/ 2 minutes

b/ a long time
c/ underwater life.
d/ 1997
e/ the early 1940s
f/ With special T V cameras.
a/ How long could a pearl diver stay underwater?
b/ Now ,how long can a diver stay underwater?
c/ What could he study?
d/ When did Jacques Couteau die?
f/ How can we explore the oceans now?
e/ When did he invent the deep-sea diving vessel?
Invention
Sentences
Verbs
* GRIDS
Special
breathing
equipment
- Before special
breathing equipment,
man couldn’t explore
the oceans.
Explore the
oceans
Learn about
the sea.
..............
Electricity
Before electricity,
we couldn’t
Watch TV.
- read all night
Watch TV
Use computer
..............
The motorbike
Before the motorbike,
we couldn’t travel far.
Travel far
Get home quickly
Visit places
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