Unit 9. Deserts

Guessing: What is this?

- It is a very large place.
- It is very hot and dry.
- There is a lot of sand there.
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
Lesson 1: READING
VOCABULARY
sand dunes [dju:n]: (n) : cồn cát
mound of loose sand formed by wind
slope [sləup]
(n) : dốc, độ dốc
sloping sharply
steep [sti:p](n) : dốc( đồi, núi)
hummock grasses (n): gò(đống) cỏ
crest [krest]
(n):đỉnh, nóc, ngọn
top (of mountain)
spinifex [`spainəfeks ] (n): cỏ lá nhọn
a kind of grass
CHECKING VOCABULARY
- sand dunes
RUB OUT AND REMEMBER
- crest
- slope
- steep
- hummock grasses
- spinifex
cồn cát, đụn cát
dốc
dốc đứng
gò cỏ
đỉnh, ngọn
cỏ lá nhọn
SIMPSON DESERT

TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS

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TASK 1
TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS

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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 ?

ANSWERS
1. What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the centre of Australia?




1. They are Great Victoria Desert, Gibbon, Great Sandy and Tanami Desert, and Great Simpson Desert.
2. Where is the Simpson 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. When did the 1st European enter the desert ?
3. In 1845

ANSWERS
4. Who was Simpson ?

4. He was the President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia .
5. How did Colson and an Australia Aborigine travel across the desert?
5. They took camels across the desert .

6. What are the dunes like in the western and the northern parts of 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.
Write down the location of the Simpson Desert
Simpson Desert
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Write down the location of the Simpson Desert
Simpson
Desert
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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
Read the story and answer the questions in the After you read (page 99) and do task 1 (page 98)