Unit 9. Deserts

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NGUYEN THAI BINH HIGH SCHOOL
Teacher: Tran Thi Thuy Nga
America

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Japan

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China

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paris

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australia

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Viet nam

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Which country has deserts?
Teacher: Tran Thi Thuy Nga
australia
America
unit: 9
deserts
Teacher: Tran Thi Thuy Nga
Lesson: READING
before you read
What do you know about deserts?
What kinds of plants and animals live in a desert?
Name some of the countries which have deserts?
-large areas of sand
-very hot during the day
very cold during the night
very little rainfall
very few people and animals
live there
-only cacti and a kind of spinifex can
grow.
- no kind of animals can live there.
Australia, Mongolia, the
USA, and in the North
Africa have deserts.
Teacher: Tran Thi Thuy Nga
Task1: Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words or phrases.
Stretch :
Sandy :
Aerial survey :
Royal Geographical Society of Australia :
Australian Aborigine :
Dune :
Sloping :
Steep :
Hummock :
Crest :
Spinifex :
Kéo dài, căng ra
Có cát
Trắc lượng trên không
Hội địa lý hoàng gia Ôxtrâylia
thổ dân Ôxtrâylia
Đụn cát
Dốc thoai thoải
Dốc đứng, dốc ngược
Gò, đống
Đỉnh (gò / đống)
cỏ lá nhọn sống ở vùng sa mạc Ôxtrâylia
* Vocabulary:
Comprise (v) : [kəm`praiz]
Enormous (a) : [i`nɔ:məs]
3. Remain (v) : [ri`mein]
4. Camel (n) : [`kæməl]
5. Border (n) : [`bɔ:də]
6. Expedition (n) : [,ekspi`di∫n]
7. Northerly (a) : [`nɔ:dəli]
8. Route (n) : [ru:t]
9. Eastward (a/adv) : [`i:stwəd]
10. Corridor (n) : [`kɔridɔ:]
11. Stable (a) : [`steibl]
12. Slope (n) : [sləup]
13. Parallel (a) : [`pærəlel]
14. Shrubland (n) : [‘∫rʌblænd]
Tạo thành
Mênh mông, rộng lớn
Vẫn còn
Lạc đà
Ranh giới
Cuộc thăm dò
Phía bắc
lộ trình
Phía đông, về phía đông
Đường mòn
vững chãi
Sườn đồi
Cây bụi rậm
Song song nhau
Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
T F
According to the passage, there are three great deserts in Australia.
The Simpson Desert is the largest one in Australia.
The desert was named after Simpson in 1929.
Colson and Madigan traveled across the Simpson Desert in 1936.
There are more dunes in the western part of the desert.
Dry salt lakes are in the northern part of the desert.
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Task 3: Answer the following questions:
7. How many kinds of grass grow in the
Simpson Desert? What are they?
6. What are the dunes like in the western northern
parts of the desert?
5. How did E. A. Colson and an Australian Aborigine
travel across the desert?
4. Who was Simpson?
3. When did the first European enter the desert?
2. Where is the Simpson Desert?
What are the names of the
three great stretches of sandy desert
which circle the centre of Australia?
after you read
Read the story, please.
Is the story funny?
Where is the fun?
Desert (n)
Desert / ’dezət/
Desert / di’zət /
homework
1. Learn by heart the vocabulary.
2. Do tasks in the notebook.
3. Prepare : Speaking
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