Unit 9. Deserts

UNIT 9- DESERTS
LESSON 1- READING
Where are deserts located ?
Observe the map –
Where are deserts located in Australia ?
What do you expect to see in the Australian deserts ?
slopes
DRY SALT LAKE

SHRUBLAND

ANIMALS IN DESERTS
Read the passage, do the tasks
Task 1: Choose the correct option
There are _______great deserts in Australia
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
2. The passage is mainly about _____
A. The Great Victoria Desert
B. The Great Sandy Desert .
C. The Simpson Desert
3. Match the name of people with the things they did

SIMPSON a. an Australian aborigine who led an expedition across the
Simpson Desert in 1845
2. COLSON b. A person who made an aerial survey of the Simpson desert
3. MADIGAN c. President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society
d. An explorer who crossed the Simpson Desert in 1936.
Task 2: Decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE

The Simpson Desert is the largest
one in Australia
2. The deserts was named after
Simpson in 1929
3. Colson and Madigan travelled
across the Simpson Desert in 1936
4. The dunes in the western part of
the desert are higher than those in the
northern part
5. Dry salt lakes are in the northern part
of the desert

TRUE
FALSE
FALSE
FALSE
TRUE
Task 3 : Answer the questions
1. Where is the Simpson desert ?
2. When did the first European enter the Simpson Desert ?
3. What are the dunes like in the western and northern parts of the desert?
4. How many kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert ? What are they ?

1. The Simpson Desert lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Tanges in the north , the Mulligan and the Diamantina River in the east , and the Macuba and Finke Rivers in the west.
2. In 1845.



3. In the western part , the dunes are short, mostly less than 10 meters high , and in the northern part , the dunes are parallel and up to 20 meters high

4. Two . They are
hummock grasses and spinifex
Imagine you have just participated in an expedition across the Simpson Desert .Tell your friends about what you have done // seen //enjoyed in the expedition
Homework : Do task 1-READING // 98 + task 1 – SPEAKING //99 Give the Vietnamese equivalents to some words