Unit 9. Natural disaters

4/12/2016
Welcome to English class
Teacher : Vũ Thị Hường
Phuoc Minh secondary school
1.earthquake
2. typhoon
3. snowstorm
4. volcano
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Lesson plan
Unit 9: natural disasters
Lesson 4: reading
Date: Thursday , april 7TH 2016
Phu?C minh secondary school
LISTEN THE TEXT AND FIND NEW WORDS
BẤT NGỜ ĐỘT NGỘT
saturday, March 22nd2008
I)vocabulary:
1. A Tidal wave :
Trận Sóng thần
ABRUPt (a):
A MOVEMENT = A SHIFT:
SỰ DỊCH CHUYỂN
THAY ĐỔI
Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)
saturday, March 22nd2008
I)vocabulary:
(To) Warn :
CẢNH BÁO, BÁO TRƯỚC
Funnel - shaped (A):
Dạng hình phễu
(to) Suck up :
HÚT LÊN
2. A Tornado :
CƠN LỐC XOÁY
Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)
LOOK AT THE PICTURE THEN
REWRITE NEW WORDS
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Work in
groups
1. Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.

2. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage.
3. A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
4. Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disasters.
5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world`s largest ever volcanic eruption.
6. A tornado looks like a funnel.
Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)
II) PRE-readING:
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LISTEN THE TEXT AGAIN THEN DO THE EXERCISES
EX.a-True or false ? Check ( ) the boxes. Then correct the false sentences
1. Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.

(from Alaska to California)
(in more than 50 years)
2. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage.
3. A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
4. Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disasters.
5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world`s largest ever volcanic eruption.
6. A tornado looks like a funnel.
Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)
III) WHILE -readING:
T F
Work in
groups
Matching:
1. The majority of earthquakes
2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many
3. A tidal way can only occur when
4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as
5. A tornado is a type of storm that
A. people were killed
B. Are funnel-shaped storm along with thunderstorm.
C. Occur around the Pacific Rim
D. There is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth
E. cyclone
WORK IN GROUPS
Answer the questions:
a, Where do the majority of earthquakes occur ?

b, What happened during the earthquake in Kobe ?

c, When can a tidal wave only occur ?

d, What is another word for “a tropical storm” in Australia ?

e, Which language does the word “typhoon”come from ?

f, Is there a volcano in Vietnam ?
Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)
Many people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
No, there isn’t.
The majority of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim.
When there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth.
The word typhoon comes from Chinese.
Another word for a tropical storm in Australia is a cyclone.
Name the passages
1. Which is a thing in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the word’s largest eruption in more than 50 years.
2. They can suck up anything that is in their path.
3. When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America
Typhoons
Tornadoes
Volcano
Home work
Learn by heart new words.
Read the text and do the exercises
Prepare: Writing lesson
Open your books to page 80
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