Unit 9. Deserts

WHAT ARE THESE?
THEY ARE DESERTS
Lesson 1: READING
1. What do you know about deserts?
2. What kinds of plants and animals live in a desert?
3. Name some countries which have deserts.

1.They are sandy, windy, very hot and dry. There are few trees. There is much sunshine, little rainfall, little or no water . Few people and animals live in deserts
2.Cactuses, grass, shrub, desert flowers , red kangaroo, camels and lizards can live in deserts
3.Countries which have deserts are China, Chile, Egypt , Argentina , North America, Mexico ,Australia, Brazil,….


Unit 9 : DESERTS
Lesson 1: READING
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
- dune (n):
- crest (n):
- sloping (adj):
- steep (adj):
- hummock (n):
- spinifex (n):
- stretch (n,v):
căng,kéo dài
dải đất,nước
sand(n)
-sandy (adj):
cồn , đụn cát
dốc thoai thoải
dốc đứng
gò, đống
cỏ lá nhọn

đỉnh, ngọn
an investigation carried out from aircraft
-aerial survey(n):
to make longer
a length or area of a road, water or land
đầy cát
Location of deserts in Australia
Location of deserts in Australia
Fill in the gap with one word from the box
crest desert dune steep
expedition hummock stretches
spinifex sloping sandy aerial survey
1 The Great Victoria Desert _____ for miles.
2. (of a slope, stairs) rising or falling sharply ,not gradually: _____.
3.” _____ “ means “ covered with sand”.
4.The wind blew in from _____ and covered everything with sand.
5. A _____ is a top of a slope or hill .
6.A ____ is a low hill of sand formed by wind , in a desert.
7. A ______ is a small raised area of ground, like a very small hill.
stretches
steep
sandy
desert
crest
dune
hummock

TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS

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TASK

TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS

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Choose the option A, B, or C that best fits each sentence
1.The three great stretches of sandy deserts which circle the centre of Australia are Great Victoria Desert, Gibbon, Great Sandy and Tanami Desert and ………………….Desert.
A. Sandy B. Simpson C. Sahara
2.The………Desert lies between Lake Eyre in the South, the Macdonnel Ranges in the north, the Mulligan and the Diamantina Rivers in the east, and the Macumba and Frinkle River in the west.
A. Simpson B. Great Sandy C. Great Victoria
3.The first European entered the desert in………………………
A. 1945 B. 1845 C. 1926
4.Simpson was the………………of the South Australia Branch of The Royal Geographical Society of Australia.
A. President B. Manager C. Inventor
5.E. A. Colson and an Australian Aborigine traveled across the desert by ……………
A. lizards B. camels C. insects
6.In the western part, the dunes are short, mostly less than ………..metres high
A. 20 B. 15 C. 10
7.In the northern part, the dunes are parallel and are up to………….metres high.
A. 20 B. 15 C. 10
8.There are two kinds of grass growing in the Simpson Desert. They are hummock grasses and…………
A. cactus B. acacia C. spinifex




1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. C
Write down the location of the Simpson Desert
Simpson Desert
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Write down the location of the Simpson Desert
Simpson
Desert
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The Macdonnel Ranges
Lake Eyre
The Mulligan river
The Diamantia
The Macumba river
The Finke river
The Macdonnel Ranges
The Macumba river
The Finke river
Work in groups: Talk about the deserts
HOMEWORK:
Learn the lesson.
Prepare the next lesson
SIMPSON DESERT
dune (n)
mound of loose sand formed by wind
sloping (adj)
sloping sharply
steep (adj)
hummock (n)
crest (n)
top (of mountain)
spinifex (n)
a kind of grass