Unit 9. Natural disaters

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Teacher: Tra�n Hửừu Sụn
TRƯỜNG THCS VĨNH TÂN
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Tuesday , April 7 th , 2009
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snowstorm
volcano
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earthquake
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typhoon
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Unit 9 (cont)
Lesson 4 . Read
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
NEW LESSON
UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
Can you name some natural disasters you know?
Tornado
volcano
snowstorm
earthquake
tidal wave
typhoon
*LISTEN
UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
Lesson 4 : read
I/ Vocabulary:
? the Pacific Rim (n)
? collapse (v)
? abrupt shift (n)
? hurricane (n)
= cylone
= typhoon
? erupt (v)
? eruption (n)
? funnel- shaped (adj)
? suck up (v)
? baby carried (n)
*Checking Vocabulary:
Tidal wave (n)
sóng thần
abrupt (adj)
bất ngờ, đột ngột
shift (n)
sự chuyển dịch, thay đổi
warn (v)
cảnh báo, báo trước
phun trào, sự phun
erupt (v)
eruption (n)
cơn lốc xoáy
tornado (n)
funnel-shaped (adj)
có hình phểu
hút lên
suck up (v)
? baby carried (n)
Xe nôi em bé
the Pacific Rim (n)
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* READING
? A) True or False ? Check ( ) in the boxes
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Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.
The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage.
A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disaster.
The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world`s largest ever volcanic eruption.
A tornado look like a funnel.
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( from Alaska to California )
( in more than 50 years )
II. PractiSe IN PAIR (a)

B) 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 .......
II. PractiSe IN GROUPS (B)
? B) 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
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occur around the Pacific Rim, known as a Ring of Fire.

houses, office buildings and highways collapsed .
there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth.
a cyclone.
the word "typhoon"
has a funnel shape and suck up anything in its way
FILL IN EACH BLANK WITH A SUITABLE WORD
UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
Lesson 4 : read
I/ Vocabulary:
II. Practice (a)&(b)
IIi. further Practice
1. An earthquake which happened in China in 1556 killed approximately 830.000 people
2. Volcanoes, which are not only on the earth`s face but also in the ocean, grow bigger and bigger every year.
? HOMEWORK
- Do all the exercises
- Learn new words.