Unit 9. Deserts

Welcome you to our lesson!
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1.It is illegal for Tango’s islanders to make and use ….
2. He went to the post office to …. some letters.
3. My sister is good at …
4. I’ll come to see you at the … of this month.
5. He often … newspapers while he is having breakfast.
6. You’d better ... Smoking.
7. My brother isn’t so tall … you.
( Reading )
* Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
1. What do you know about deserts?
2. What kinds of plants and animals live in a desert?
3. Name some of the countries which have deserts?
** Vocabulary:
1. stretch (r, n)
[stret∫]
Kéo dài, dải
2. aerial (n)
[`eəriəl]
ở trên không
3. camel (n)
[`kæməl]
4. dune (n)
[dju:n]
đụn, cồn cát
5. network (n)
[`netwə:k]
mạng lưới
6. hummock (n)
[`hʌmək]
gò, đống
7. crest (n)
[krest]
đỉnh nóc, chỏm, ngọn
8. spinifex (n)
[`spainəfeks ]
cỏ lá nhọn
9. slope (n)
[sləup]
dốc thoai thoải
10. Steep slope (n)

Dốc đứng
Match the words in A with their Vietnamese equivalents in B.
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1. dune
2. crest
3. Australian Aborigine
4. expendition
5.Royal Geographical Society
6. aerial
a. cuộc thăm dò, thám hiểm
b. Hội Địa lý Hoàng gia Úc
c.ở trên không
d. đỉnh, nóc, chỏm
e. thổ dân Úc
f. đụn, cồn cát
Task 1. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)?
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1. According to the passage, there are three great
deserts in Australia.
2.The Simpson Desert is the largest one in Australia.
3. The desert was named after Simpson in 1929.
4. Colson and Madigan travelled across the Simpson
Desert in 1936.
5. There are more dunes in the western part of the desert.
6. Dry salt lakes are in the northern part of the desert.
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Team work
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Task2. Answer the following questions.
1. What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy
desert which circle the center of Australia?
2.Where is the Simpson Desert?
3. When did the first European enter the desert?
4. Who was Simpson?
They are Great Victoria Deserts, Gibbon, Great Sandy and
Tanami Deserts and Simpson Desert.
It lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Ranges in the north, the Mulligan and the Diamantina Rivers in the east, and the Macumba and Finke Rivers in the west.
In 1845.
He was the president of the South Australian Branch of the
Royal Geographical Society of Australia.
5. How did E. A. Colson and an Australian Aborigine travel across
the desert?
6. What are the dunes like in the western and northern part of the
desert?
7. How many kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert?
What are they?
Task2. Answer the following questions.
They took camels across the desert.
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.
Two. They are hummock grass and spinifex.
*Work in groups. Discuss the question:
“What do you think about weather, plants, people,
animals, water … in deserts?”
I think it’s very hot and dry in deserts. There is little water. There are few trees animals and people living there. People use camels to travel across deserts…
Example:
*Read the story and answer the questions.
( on page 99 in the textbook.)
** Learn by heart all the new words .
*** Prepare the speaking lesson.