Unit 9. Natural disaters

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Match Pictures and words:
4. earthquake
1. thunderstorm
2. snowstorm
3. volcano
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b
c
d
UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
Lesson 4: Read
Vocabulary:
- a hurricane :
= a cyclone
b�o l?c, giĩ xốy
- (to) collapse :
đổ sập
- (to) erupt :
phun trào
- a tidal wave :
sóng thần
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- a tornado :
- an abrupt shift:
trốt, cơn lốc xoáy
- ( to) suck up :
sự dịch chuyển đột ngột
cuốn lên
Matching:
1- a hurricane:
= a cyclone
f. b�o l?c
3- to collapse:
e. đổ sụp
5- to erupt:
c. phun
6- a tidal wave:
a. sóng thần
2- a tornado:
7- an abrupt shift:
d. trốt, lốc xoáy
4- to suck up:
b. cuốn lên
g. sự dịch chuyển đột ngột
True/ False statements:
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
T
T
F
T
F
T
Read the text and guess the meaning of words:
- an office block
- a highway
- to predict
- to warn
- funnel- shaped
- d? dốn
- tồ van phịng
- xa l?
- d?ng hình phi?u
- cảnh báo
Complete the sentences:
a.The majority of earthquakes ………………………………………………
b. During the earthquake in Kobe, many…...............................
…………………...... …………………………………………………….

c. A tidal wave can only occur when …………………………… ……………………………………………………………………
d. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as…………………………………
e. The Chinese language gave us …………………………………………………
f. A tornado is a type of storm that ………………………………………………
……………………………………
occur around the Pacific Rim
people were killed and homes, office block and highways collapsed
there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth
a cyclone
the word Typhoon
has a funnel shape passing overland below a thundertorm
Lucky Numbers :
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5
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3
7
4
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a
b
f
LN
LN
d
c
e
Discussion:
1. Tell some natural disasters you know.
2. Which disasters occur in VietNam?
Homework:
Learn by heart the vocabulary.
- Rewrite the gap fill & True / False in notebook.
Prepare the lesson 5 : write.
-> volcano, earthquake, typhoon, tornado, flood, tidal wave, thunderstorm, snowstorm, drought
-> flood, thunderstorm, typhoon, tornado, drought, earthquake