Unit 9. Deserts

WELCOME TO DAI MO HIGH SCHOOL
Teacher: Pham Quoc Khanh
GRADE 12
Find the animals hiding in the sentences.
1.That will be a real help.
2.She came late everyday.
3.He came to America today.
4.If Roger comes, we’ll begin.
5.In April, I only came once.
6.I’ll sing, you hum on key.
7.At last, I, Gerald had won
bear
camel
cat
frog
lion
monkey.
tiger
1.That will be a real help.
2.She came late everyday.
3.He came to America today.
4.If Roger comes, we’ll begin.
5.In April, I only came once.
6.I’ll sing, you hum on key.
7.At last, I, Gerald had won
Work in pairs.
Ask and answer the following questions.
1. What do you know about deserts?
2. What kinds of plants and animals live in a desert?
3. Name some of the countries which have deserts?
They are the large area of sand without trees and water, but with severe climates, very hot during the day and very cold at night. There is very little rainfall there; very few people and animals except for in oases.
Only camels, cacti and a kind of spinifex can live there.
Australia, Mongolia, the USA and North Africa
UNIT 9. DESERTS
A. READING
Task 1: Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words or phrases.
1. Aerial survey:
2. Dune (n) : 
3. Stretch (n):
4. Australian Aborigine : 
5. Hummock (n) : 
6. Sloping (adj) : 
7. Steep (adj) : 
8. Crest (n) : 
9. Spinifex (n) : 
10. Royal Geographical Society of Australia :
11. Sandy (adj) :
Task 1: Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words or phrases.
1. Aerial survey:
Cuộc khảo sát trên không
2. Dune (n) : 
đụn cát
3. Stretch (n):
dải đất
4. Australian Aborigine : 
thổ dân Úc
5. Hummock (n) : 
gò, đống
6. Sloping (adj) : 
dốc thoai thoải
7. Steep (adj) : 
dốc đứng
8. Crest (n) : 
đỉnh
[stret∫]
[dju:n]
[`hʌmək]
[sləupin]
[sti:p]
[krest]
[`eəriəl]
9. Spinifex (n) : 
cỏ lá nhọn
10. Royal Geographical Society of Australia :
Task 1: Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words or phrases.
11. Sandy (adj) :
có nhiều cát
[`spainəfeks ]
Hội địa lý hoàng gia Úc
[ sandi]
Task 2 : Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).
1.According to the passage, there are three great deserts in Australia.
2. The Simpson Desert is the largest one in Australia.
3. The desert was named after Simpson in 1929.
4. Colson and Madigan travelled across the Simpson Desert in 1963
5. There are more dunes in the western part of the desert.
6. Dry salt lakes are in the northern part or the desert.
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F
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Task 3 : Answer the following questions
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1 . What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the centre of Australia?
They are Great Victoria Deserts , Gibbon, great Sandy and Tanami Desert and Simpson Desert
2. Where is the Simpson Desert ?
It lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Ranges in the north, the Mulligan and the Diamantina Rives in the east, and the Macumba and Finke Rivers in the west.
3. When did the first European enter the desert?
In 1845
Lucky number
4. Who was Simpson?
He was the President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia
Lucky number
5. How did E. A. Colson and an Australian Aborigine travel across the desert ?
They took camels across the desert.
6. What are the dunes like in the western and northern parts of the desert?
In the western part, they are short, mostly less than 10 meters high, and in the northern part, they are parallel and are up to 20 meters high.
Lucky number
Lucky number
7. How many kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert ? What are they?
Two. They are hummock grasses and spinifex.
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Task 3. Answer the following questions
2. Where is the Simpson Desert ?
3. When did the first European enter the desert?
In 1845
It lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Ranges in the north, the Mulligan and the Diamantina Rives in the east, and the Macumba and Finke Rivers in the west.
1. What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the centre of Australia?
They are Great Victoria Deserts , Gibbon, great Sandy and Tanami Desert and Simpson Desert
4. Who was Simpson?
He was the President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia
5. How did E. A. Colson and an Australian Aborigine travel across the desert ?
They took camels across the desert.
6. What are the dunes like in the western and northern parts of the desert?
In the western part, they are short, mostly less than 10 meters high, and in the northern part, they are parallel and are up to 20 meters high.
Two. They are hummock grasses and spinifex
Read this story and answer the questions that follow.
At a restaurant, a Vietnamese interpreter was having dinner with an American businessman. It was a delicious dinner and both of them enjoyed it enormously. Before the dinner was over, the interpreter asked the American businessman: “What would you like for your desert?” After a pause, the American businessman answered: “Trees and water”.
desert /’dezət/ (n) sa mạc
desert /di’zə:t/ (v) từ bỏ
dessert /di’zə:t/ (n) món tráng miệng
1. Is the story funny? 2. Where is the fun?
Prepare Speaking lesson
HOMEWORK
Thanks for your attention
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2. Dune (n) :
đụn cát
[dju:n]

4. Australian Aborigine
thổ dân Úc

5. Hummock (n)
[`hʌmək]
gò, đống

6. Sloping (adj)
[sləupin]
dốc thoai thoải

7. Steep (adj)
[sti:p]
dốc đứng

8. Crest (n)
[krest]
đỉnh
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9. Spinifex (n)
[`spainəfeks ]
cỏ lá nhọn