Unit 9. Deserts

welcome to our class
bế văn đàn high School
Teacher: Nguyen Thi Huyen My

Where are you?
America
Japan
China
paris
australia
vietnam
Which country has deserts?
australia
America
unit: 9
deserts
a. 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.
while you read
Task:1 Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words or phrases.
Stretch : kÐo dµi
Sandy : cã c¸t
Aerial survey : tr¾c l­îng trªn kh«ng
Royal Geographical Society of Australia : Héi ®Þa lý Hoµng gia «xtr©ylia
Australian Aborigine : thæ d©n «xtr©ylia
Dune : ®ôn c¸t
Sloping : dèc thoai tho¶i
Steep : dèc ®øng, dèc ng­îc
Hummock : gß, ®èng
Crest : ®Ønh (gß, ®èng)
Spinifex : cá l¸ nhän sèng ë vïng sa m¹c «xtr©ylia
well-done!
* Vocabulary:
Comprise (v) : [kəm`praiz]
Enormous (adj) : [i`nɔ:məs]
Remain (v) : [i`nɔ:məs]
Camel (n) : [`kæməl]
Border (n) : [`bɔ:də]
Expedition (n) : [,ekspi`di∫n]
Northerly (adj) : [`nɔ:đəli]
Route (n) : [ru:t]
Eastward (n) : [`i:stwəd]
Corridor (n) : [`kɔridɔ:]
Stable (adj) : [`steibl]
Slope (n) : [sloup]
Parallel (adj) : [`pærəlel]
Shrubland (n) : [∫rʌblænd]
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 travelled 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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congratulation
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?
congratulation!
after you read
Read the story, please.
Is the story funny?
Where is the fun?
Desert (n)
homework
1. Learn by heard the vocabulary.
2. Do exercises in the workbook.
3. Prepare the next lesson : B. Speaking
thanks for attending!
Goodbye!