Unit 9. Deserts

Tuesday, December 30th , 2008
Good morning

Guessing: What is this?

- It is a very large place.
- It is very hot and dry.
- There is a lot of sand there.
Unit 9: Reading
What do you know about deserts?
What kinds of plants and animals
live in a desert?
Name some of the countries
which have deserts?
Unit 9: Deserts
A: reading

Vocabulary

Unit 9: Deserts – Reading – Task 1
- sand dunes [dju:n]
- slope (n) [sləup]
- steep (n) [sti:p]

- crest (n) [krest]

- spinifex [`spainəfek ] (n)
- hummock grasses (n)
- aerial survey [`eəriəl]


TRUE or FALSE STATEMENTS

T
F
T
F
F
T
Unit 9: Deserts – Reading – Task 2

TRUE or FALSE STATEMENTS

T
T
F
F
T
T
Unit 9: Deserts – Reading – Task 2

ASK & ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
1. What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the centre of Australia?
2. Where is the Simpson Desert ?
3. When did the 1st European enter the desert ?
4. Who was Simpson ?
5. How did Colson and an Australia Aborigine travel across the desert ?
6. What are the dunes like in the western and the northern parts of the desert ?
7. How may kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert? What are they?

Unit 9: Deserts – Reading – Task 3

ASK & ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the centre of Australia?

2. Where is the Simpson Desert ?





3. When did the 1st European enter the desert ?

Unit 9: Deserts – Reading – Task 3
1. They are Great Victoria Desert, Gibbon, and Great Sandy and Tanami Desert.
2. It lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Ranges in the north, the Mulligan and the Diamantia Rivers in the east, and the Macumba and Finke Rivers in the west.
3. In 1845


ASK & ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
4. Who was Simpson ?


5. How did Colson and an Australia Aborigine travel across the desert ?

6. What are the dunes like in the western and the northern parts of the desert ?

7. How may kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert? What are they?

Unit 9: Deserts – Reading – Task 3
4. He was the President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia .
5. They took camels across the desert .

6. In the western part, they are short, mostly less than 10 metres high, and in the northern part, they are parallel and are up to 20 metres high.
7. Two. They are hummock grasses and spinifex.
Write down the location of the Simpson Desert
Simpson
Desert
N
E
W
S
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
Unit 9: Deserts – Reading – Sub-task

Reading the funny story
Page 99- text book.
desert / ‘dezət/ (n) sa mạc
desert /di’zə:t/ (v) từ bỏ
dessert /di’zə:t/ (n) món tráng miệng
Unit 9: Deserts – Reading – Post reading

Homework
Learn by heart the new words.
Do the task 1 in student`s book ; page 98
Unit 9: Deserts - Reading