Unit 9. Natural disaters

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VOLCANO
Typhoon
Earthquake
Snowstorm
Thunderstorm
tidal wave
drouhgt
flood
Unit 9
NATURAL DISASTERS
Lesson 1
GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
Wednesday, March 25th 2009
* Vocabulary
1. Natural disaster (n)
2. volcano (n)
3. earthquake (n)
4. typhoon (n)
5. snowstorm (n)
6. drought (n)
7. flood (n)
8. tidal wave (n)
Snowstorm
Earthquake
Volcano
Typhoon
1. Getting started
1. Thuy,s grandmother wants to …….the volume on TV
a, turn up
b, turn down
c, turn on
2. Ha Noi and areas to the north will be ...........
a, windy
b, rainy
C ,sunny
b, and
a, rainy
b, thunderstorms
c, sunny
4. Hue will also .........thunderstorms over the central
a, is
b, are
c, be
5. Thuy,s grandmother likes watching weather forecast……….she doesn`t trust it
a, although
c, because
3. The south - central coast can expect...........
* Listen and choose the correct answer
a, turn up
C ,sunny
b, thunderstorms
c, be
a, although
Fill in each blank with one word or phrase from
the dialogue:

Thuy’s grandmother wants her _________ the volume on TV. because she wants to listen to the _________
Ha Noi will be _________ tomorrow.
It will be _________ a long the coast of Thanh Hoa.
The _________________ will experience thunderstorms.
Ho Chi Minh City will ___________________ between 270C and 35 0C
Although Thuy’s grandmother doesn’t trust ________________ , she likes _________
turn up
weather forecast
sunny
rainy
central highlands
have temperature
weather forecast
watching them
3.c. Answer the questions:
Why does Thuy’s grandmother ask her to turn up the volume ?


Which city is the hottest today?


Where is Thuy going?


What does Thuy’s grandmother want her to do ?
She wants to listen to the weather forecast
Ho Chi Minh city
She is going to a park on the other side of the river
She wants her to bring along a raincoat
Areas to the north
25oC - 30oC
Ha Noi
24oC - 28oC
Hue
The central highlands
Ho Chi Minh City
28oC - 33oC
Hanoi and areas to the north will be sunny.Hanoi will have temperatures between 24oC – 28oC
There will be thunderstorms and raining in Hue
5. Home work
Learn by heart new words
Repractice the “ Listen and Read”
Prepare the “ Speak, Listen, Read”
GOODBYE EVERYBODY