Unit 9. Natural disaters

earthquake
Tidal wave
Typhoon
Volcano
Tornado
Flood
Drought
Ice rain
Snowstorm






Unit 9
NATURAL DISASTERS
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* New words:
- Pacific Rim (Ring of Fire)
(n) : vành đai lửa Thái Bình Dương
- huge
[hju:dʒ] (adj) : to lớn, đồ sộ, khổng lồ
- office block
[`ɔfisblɔk] (n) : toà nhà lớn / tòa cao ốc
- collapse
[kə`læps] (v) : đổ, sập, sụp, đổ sập
- tidal wave
[`taidl`weiv] (n) : sóng thần
- abrupt
[ə`brʌpt] (adj) : bất ngờ, đột ngột
- shift
[∫ift] (n) : sự thay đổi
- tornado
[tɔ:`neidou] (n) : bão táp, cơn lốc xoáy
- funnel-shaped
(adj) : có hình phễu
- suck up
[sʌk] (v) : hút lên
- erupt
[i`rʌpt] (v) : phun
- eruption
[i`rʌp∫n] (n) : sự phun trào
Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is known as the "Ring of Fire".In 1995, a huge earthquake struck the city of Kobe in Japan.A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.

Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth.In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska.The tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California!

Typhoons: When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia.The word "typhoon" comes from Chinese: "tai" means "big" and "feng" means "wind", so the word "typhoon" means "big wind".

Volcanoes: We can usually predict when a volcano will erupt.Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991.It was the world`s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years.Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved because scientists had warned them about the eruption.

Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm.They can suck up anything that is in their path.In Italy in 1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was asleep in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
Complete the table with the passage numbers:
3.Typhoons
5.Tornadoes
4.Volcanoes
2.Tidal waves
1.Earthquakes
a. True or False? Check () the boxes.
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 disaster.
5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the worlds largest ever volcanic eruption.
6. A tornado looks like a funnel.
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3. A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
 A huge tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.

5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the worlds largest ever volcanic eruption.
 The eruption of Mount Pinatubo was the world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years.
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b. Complete the sentences.
1. The majority of earthquakes ____________________ ____________________. 

2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many ___________ _______________________________________________________ __________________________.
3. A tidal wave can only occur ______________ _______________________________________________________.

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
Homework
- Learn new words by heart

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