Unit 9. Deserts

CHECKING THE PREVIOUS LESSON
UNIT 6
CHECKING THE PREVIOUS LESSON
I. Choose the best option to complete the following sentences :
1)___________ banks include services for personal banking .
A. Commercial B. Agricultural
C. Consumer D. Traveler’s

2) My brother had a nervous breakdown because he worked in a _________ job .
A. high – quality B. high – speed
C. high – class D. high – pressure

3) He went to the bank to __________ his money .
A. withdraw B. borrow
C. give out D. provide
CHECKING THE PREVIOUS LESSON
II. Rewrite the following sentences using the double comparative form:

1) You put a lot of money in the bank, and you’ll get high interest.
The . . .


2) We practise speaking English often, and we’ll speak it fluently.
The . . .
more money you put in the bank, the higher interest you’ll get.
more often we practise speaking English, the more fluently we ‘ll speak it.
LEAD - IN
UNIT 7: DESERTS
UNIT 7: DESERTS
4. The Sahara Desert
(in Africa)
The Gobi Desert
(in Mongolia)
2. The Great Sandy Desert
(in Australia).
3. The Mojave Desert
(in California)
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B
C
D
SAHARA
GOBI
MOJAVE
GREAT SANDY
DESERTS
HOT DESERTS
COLD DESERTS
(very hot during the day cool off at night)
(very cold in the winter can be hot during the summer)
DESERTS
HOT DESERTS
COLD DESERTS
(very hot during the day cool off at night)
(very cold in the winter can be hot during the summer)
oasis [ou`eisis] (n)
oases [ou`eisi:z] (n.pl)
Oasis
Date Palm
Desert Plants
Desert Plants
Desert Plants
cactus [`kæktəs] (n)
cactuses [`kæktəsiz] (n.pl)
cacti [`kæktai] (n.pl)
Desert Plants
Desert Plants
Desert Plants
Desert Animals
hump
humps
a camel
a Bactrian camel
Desert Animals
a bighorn sheep
a mountain goat
Desert Animals
an ostrich
a red - tailed hawk
Desert Animals
a bilby
a jack rabbit
Desert Animals
a snow leopard
Desert Animals
a dingo
a coyote
Desert Animals
Dorcas gazelles
Desert Animals
Listening
Desert is a hot, dry, sandy place. . A desert is also a beautiful land of silence and space . The sun shines, the wind blows , and time and space seem endless. Nothing is soft. The sand and the rocks are hard, and many of the plants , such as the cactus, have hard needles instead of leaves .
Listening
Desert is a hot, dry, sandy place. . A desert is also a beautiful land of silence and space . The sun shines, the wind blows , and time and space seem endless. Nothing is soft. The sand and the rocks are hard, and many of the plants , such as the cactus, have hard needles instead of leaves .
Listening
Desert is a hot, dry, sandy place. . A desert is also a beautiful land of silence and space . The sun shines, the wind blows , and time and space seem endless. Nothing is soft. The sand and the rocks are hard, and many of the plants , such as the cactus, have hard needles instead of leaves .
sandy place
silence
shines
blows
endless
soft
cactus
leaves
* Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prepositions :

The Camel

The camel can go (1) ______ water (2) _____ a long time. Some people think it stores water (3) _____ its hump. This is not true . It stores food (4) ______ its hump. The camel’s body changes the food (5) ________ fat. Then it stores the fat (6) _______ its hump . It cannot store the fat all (7) _____ its body. Camels live (8) ____ the desert. The desert is very hot . The camel gets hotter and hotter (9) ______ the day . It stores this heat (10) _____ its body because the nights are cool .

without

for

in

in

into

in

over

in

during

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PEOPLE OF THE DESERTS
Millions of people(1) live in deserts around the world. Some people mine copper or other metals in desert mines. Some people(2) work on desert farms. Shepherds in the Middle East(3) go from place to place looking for food and water for their animals.
People who live in deserts usually live near a source of water. They live on the banks of rivers that(4) flow through deserts. They live on oases, places that(5) have underground springs or wells. Water is so important to life in the desert that it must(6) be used sparingly and be carefully protected.
flow
live
work
go
flow
have
be
* Fill in the blanks with a suitable verb from the box:
have
live
bring
work
go
be

There is no water in the desert.
Some deserts can be very cold for
most of the year.
Camels, the most popular desert
animals, can be found in all deserts.
The humps on camels’ backs hold
water.
Cacti are the most well-known desert
plants.

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HOMEWORK: Prepare Reading page 81 , 82
Vocabulary
to fight - - :
fight back:
expansion (n): to _________ (v):
desert expansion (n) ( = desertification )
herd (n):
to eat up:
sand dune (n.p): (PICTURE)
fixation (n): to _________ (v):
dune fixation :
brushwood (n):
canal (n): (PICTURE)
pipeline (n): (PICTURE)

Questions :
- How is a desert formed ?
- Can human beings make a desert ? Why ? Why not ?