Unit 9. Natural disaters

earthquake
Tidal wave
Typhoon
Volcano
Tornado
Flood
Drought
Ice rain
Snowstorm
I. Voacabulary :
- Pacific Rim (Ring of Fire):
v�nh dai Thỏi Bỡnh Duong
- collapse (v):
s?p d?
- abrupt (adj):
- tidal wave (n):
súng th?n
b?t ng?, d?t ng?t
- shift (n):
s? d?ch chuy?n
- tornado (n):
l?c xoỏy
- funnel- shaped (adj):
hỡnh ph?u
- suck up (v):
hỳt lờn
- erupt (v)- eruption (n):
phun tr�o nỳi l?a
Period 59
UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS - READ
Complete the table with the passage numbers:
3.Typhoons
5.Tornadoes
4.Volcanoes
2.Tidal waves
1.Earthquakes
Period 59 UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS - LESSON 3: READ
a. True or False?
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
and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
4. Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disaster.
5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo

6. A tornado looks like a funnel.
California to Alaska
Alaska to California
largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years.
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is the world`s
largest ever volcanic eruption.
was the world`s
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Period 56 UNIT 9 (cont): LESSON 3: READ
b. Complete the sentences.
1. The majority of earthquakes...................
2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many......
3. A tidal wave can only occur when.........
4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as.......
5. The Chinese language gave us ..............
6. A tornado is a type of storm that.............
occur around the Pacific Rim.
people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth.
a cyclone
the word "typhoon"
passes overland
below a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is in
its path.
Complete each sentence with a correct name of natural disaster:
1. The .........of January 2010 in Haiti killed over 300.000 people.
2. In 2001, a huge ........ hit Bali in Indonesia and caused severe damage.
3. Most of disastrous....... occur in North America.
earthquake
tidal wave
tornadoes
HOMEWORK :
- Learn new words by heart
Do again all the exercises
Prepare: Write
Thank you for
Your attention!
Tornado
earthquake
tidal wave
typhoon
snowstorm
volcano