Unit 9. Natural disaters

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Unit 9: Natural disasters
Period 56 : Read
Wesnesday, March 28th 2012
Answer the questions:
- How many disasters are there?
- What are they?
Vocabulary
Pacific Rim (n)
collapse (v)

vành đai Thái Bình Dương
đổ, đổ sập
Vocabulary
abrupt (adj)
b?t ng?, d?t ng?t
erupt (v)
phun, phun trào
eruption (n)

Vocabulary
funnel – shaped (adj)
có hình cái phễu
suck up (v)
hất lên
Vocabulary
Pacific Rim (n) vành đai Thái Bình Dương
collapse (v) đổ, đổ sập
abrupt (adj) bất ngờ, đột ngột
erupt (v) phun, phun trào
funnel – shaped (adj) cã h×nh c¸i phÔu
suck up (v) hất lên



Matching
1. Pacific Rim (n)
2. abrupt ( adj )
3. funned-shaped(adj)
4. erupt (v)
5. suck up (v)
6. collapse (v)
a. bất ngờ, đột ngột
b. phun trào
c. h?t lờn
d. V�nh dai TBD
e. có hình cái phễu
f. d?, d? s?p
Answer the questions:

- How many disasters are there?

- What are they?
There are five disasters.
They are: earthquake, tidal wave, typhoon, volcano and tornado.
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.
Where do the most of the earthquakes occur?
Most of the earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim
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.
When can a tidal wave occur?
A tidal wave occurs when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth
Typhoons: When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called 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"
What is a typhoon called in Australia?
It is called a cyclone
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 carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
What does a tornado look like?

It looks like a funnel
a/ True or false? Check (V) the boxes.
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 world`s largest ever volcanic eruption.

6. A tornado looks like a funnel.
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Alaska to California
The world`s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years.
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Unit 9: Natural disasters
Read
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 meaning of the word “typhoon”
passes overland below
a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is in its path.
b/ Complete the sentences
Natural disasters
Earthquakes
Tidal waves
Typhoons
Volcanoes
Tornadoes
hurricane
cyclone
typhoon
funnel - shaped
suck up anything
occur around the Pacific Rim
Earthquake, Tidal wave in JAPAN
What should we
do to prevent
natural disasters?
Let’s watch the weather forecast

Don’t cut down the trees
1 . Learn by heart all the new words

2 . Do exercise a, b in your exercise book

3 . Prepare the next lesson - Unit 9 -Write
Unit 9: Natural disasters
Lesson 56 : Read
Homework :
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See you again !