Unit 9. Natural disaters

Reading.
Unit 9:
Natural disasters
Natural disasters
Unit 9:
Natural disasters
Reading
Natural disasters
earthquake
typhoon
snowstorm
volcano
Games
earthquake
typhoon
volcano
snowstorm
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Unit 9
Natural disasters
Reading
New words:
What is this?
Tidal wave (n):
Sóng thần
What is this?
funnel:
Cái phểu

Abrupt
= sudden
Đột ngột
Shift:
Sự dịch chuyển
The volcano is erupting.
Erupt (v):
Phun trào
Tidal wave (n): sóng thần
Funnel (n): cái phểu
Abrupt (a.): đột ngột
Shift (n): sự chuyển dịch
Erupt (v): phun trào
Vocabulary
Tidal wave:
Đột ngột:
Shift:
Sóng thần
abrupt
Sự di chuyển

Grammar:
Ex: Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano
relative pronoun
in the Philippines, erupted in 1991.
* Some relative pronouns: who, whom, which, whose, where, when.
Relative clause:
Choose the correct relative pronoun to fill in the blank:
1. I like the girl is very beautiful. (who/ whom/ which)
2. I hate the boy I met yesterday.
( who/ whom)
3. I know the girl house is near my house. ( whose/ whom/ which)


Guess whether these sentences are 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 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.
Work individually
Work individually
T F
Task 1
Work individually
True (T ), or False ( F). 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 world’s largest ever volcanic eruption.
6. A tornado looks like a funnel.

T F
√
√
√
√
√
√
Task 2
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………………………..

Work in groups:
occur around the Pacific Rim.
people were killed when homes, office blocks, and high ways 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 it path.
What does ” typhoon” mean?

Can we predict a volcano?


3. Tell some natural disasters happened in Viet Nam recently.


4. What do you do to prepare for a typhoon for school, class or your home when you hear the weather forecast on TV?
Questions:
It means ” Big wind”.
Yes, we can.The scientist had warned us about the eruption.
A typhoon happened in central coast in Da Nang
. Buying some canned food. . Buying candles.. . Buying matches. . Buying ladder.
. Filling all buckets with water.
. Fixing the leak in the roof.
. Tying the roof to the ground with pegs and ropes.
. Checking all the window and door latches.
- Learn new words by heart.
Translate the text into Vietnamese.
Prepare: Unit 9- Write for the next period.
Homework:
Thank you for your attention!