Unit 9. Natural disaters

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Unit 9
NATURAL DISASTERS
Thursday, April 1st 2010
typhoon
earthquake
flood
volcano
drought
snowstorm
Unit 9 : Natural Disasters
Period 56 : Read
I/New words:
- tidal wave (n):
- abrupt (adj):
- shift (n):
- erupt (v) / eruption (n):
- tornado (n):
- funnel-shaped (adj):
- (to)suck up:
- Collapse (v):
(sudden)
(change or movement)
Thursday, April 1st 2010
Unit 9 : Natural Disasters
Lesson 3 : Read
I/New words:
A
1.funnel shaped
2. tidal wave
3. tornado
4. shift
5. erupt / eruption
6. collapse
7. abrubt
8.suck up

B
a . phun trào
b. sự chuyển dịch
c. sụp đổ
d. đột ngột
e. lốc xoáy
f. hút lên
g. sóng thần
h. hình phễu
Matching
Thursday, April 1st 2010
Unit 9 : Natural Disasters
Period 56 : Read
I/New words:
A
1.funnel shaped
2. tidal wave
3. tornado
4. shift
5. erupt / eruption
6. collapse
7. abrupt
8.suck up

B
a . phun trào
b. sự chuyển dịch
c. sụp đổ
d. đột ngột
e. lốc xoáy
f. hút lên
g. sóng thần
h. hình phễu
Matching
Thursday, April 1st 2010
Unit 9 : Natural Disasters
Period 56: Read
I/New words:
- Tidal wave (n):
- Abrupt (adj):
- Shift (n):
- Erupt (v) / Eruption (n):
- Tornado (n):
- Funnel-shaped (adj):
- (to) suck up:
- Collapse (v):
II/ Read:
Thursday, April 1st 2010
1.True or False ? Check (V) 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 look like a funnel.
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( from Alaska to California )
( in more than 50 years )
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
…
occur around the Pacific Rim, known as a Ring of Fire.

homes, office blocks 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
Unit 9 : Natural Disasters
Period 56 : Read
I/New words:
II/ Read:
1.True or False
2.Complete the sentences
Discussion
a.Where do most of earthquakes happen?
b.What does “typhoon” mean ?
c.What does a tornado look like?
d. Where is Kobe?
e. What happened in Kobe in 1995?

Thursday, April 1st 2010
A:
B:
Vietnam
China
C:
D:
Malaysia
Japan
D: Japan
A:
B:
Earthquake
Typhoon
C:
D:
Volcano
Snowstorm
A: Earthquake
A:
B:
- It means "big wind"
- It means "big rain"
C:
D:
- It means " wind"
- It means "volcano"
A. - It means “big wind”
A:
B:
Atlantic
Pacific Rim
C:
D:
American
Asia
B. Pacific Rim
A:
B:
typhoon
tidal waves
C:
D:
volcano
tornado
D. tornado
A:
B:
Indonesia
Philippines
C:
D:
Malaysia
Thailand
B. Philippines
A:
B:
Australia
USA
C:
D:
China
Vietnam
C. China
A:
B:
earthquake
Tidal wave
C:
D:
typhoon
volcano
B. Tidal wave
A:
B:
suck up
erupt
C:
D:
suck
eruption
A. suck up
Great Job!!!!
Thank you for playing!
Learn the new words by heart
Write the complete sentences
Do exercise 7 / P.64(workbook)
Prepare for : Write / P.79,80
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