Unit 9. Deserts

Mr Vu Thanh Tung
Luc Ngan high school No 4
WARM UP

Match each word with each picture
1. date palm
4. rabbit
2. cactus
5. spinifex
3. camel
6. desert
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Lesson 3. Listening
Unit 9:
Deserts
Period 57
What is this?
I. Before you listen
What is a desert?
Can humans being make a desert? Why/ Why not?
Vocabulary

Frightening speed
Firewood
Petroleum
Expert
Needle
Hard >< soft
Limit
Endless
II. While you listen
Task 1
1. In a desert, everything is hard

2. Only trees with hard needles can grow in deserts

3. Space seem to have no limit in the desert

4. Nature causes the change in the size and location of the world’s deserts

5. Rabbit are one of the agents that help make deserts in Australia
Many of the plants, such as the cactus, have hard needles instead of leaves
Nothing is soft
Time and space seem endless
Nature and humans
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Task 2 Answer the following questions
1. What central theme does the talk examine?
It examines deserts, what they are and how they are formed
2. What is a desert?
It is a hot, dry, sandy place. It is also a beautiful land of
silence and space. The sun shines, the wind blows,
and time and space seem endless
3. What causes the following of the world’s deserts?
Nature and humans
4. In what way do rabbits contribute to the growing
of deserts in Australia?
They contribute by eating every plant they can find.
This makes the land become desert
Task 3. Listen and fill in the missing word(s)
In developing countries, …………………of the people use wood for cooking and heat. They cut down trees for firewood. But tree are important. They cool the land under them and keep the sun off …………………. When leaves fall from a tree, they make the land richer. When the trees are gone, the smaller plants die and the land become desert.
Humans can make deserts, but humans can also…………………………..their growth. Algeria planted a green wall of trees across the edge of the Sahara to stop the desert sand from …………………... Mauritania planted a similar wall around its………………………... Iran put a thin covering of petroleum on sandy area and plan trees. Other countries build long ……………...to bring water to the desert areas
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(6)
(5)
(4)
(3)
(2)
90 percent
smaller plants
prevent
spreading
capital
canals
III. After you listen
Thank you for
your attention !!!