Unit 9. Natural disaters

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MATCHING
Earthquake:
Tidal wave:
Typhoon:
Volcano:
Tornado:
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Unit 9:

NATURAL DISASTERS

Lesson 4 : READ ( Page 78,79)
Week 31- Period : 62
1. Pre-READING
Pre-teach vocabulary :
Pacific Rim (n):
vành đai Thái Bình Dương
(to) collapse:
đổ, sụp
- abrupt (a) :
bất ngờ, đột ngột.
- shift (n) :
sự thay đổi
- (to) warn :
cảnh báo, báo trước
- hurricane (n) = typhoon (n):
bão nhiệt đới
- (to) erupt:

phun trào
- funnel-shaped (n):
hình cái phễu
- baby – carriage (n):

xe nôi
* VOCABULARY:
Pacific Rim (n):
(to) collapse :
shift (n) :
abrupt (a) :
hurricane (n) :
(to) erupt :
(to) warn :
funnel-shaped (n):
baby-carriage (n):
vành đai Thái Bình Dương
đổ, sụp
sự thay đổi
bất ngờ
bão
phun trào
cảnh báo trước
hình cái phễu
xe nôi
Slap the board
T/F prediction:
T
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
T
2. While-READING
Earthquakes
Typhoons
Tidal waves
Tornadoes
Volcanoes
* Activity a /p.79:T/F statements:
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* Correct the false statements:
3. The tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California.

5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years.
* Activity b/ p.79: 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 …
Answer keys:

1.The majority of earthquakes………………………………….
occur around the Pacific Rim.
2.During the earthquake in Kobe, many……………………….
……………………………………………..
people were kill when
homes, office blocks and highways collapsed
.
3.A tidal wave can only occur when…………………………..
…………………………………………………………………
there is an eruption shift in the
underwater movement of the Earth.
4.In Australia , a tropical storm is known as……
a cyclone.
5.Christopher Columbus gave us …………………………
the word “ typhoon “.
6.A Tornado is a type of storm that……………………………
…………………………………………….
passes overland below a thunderstorm
and sucks up anything that is in its path.
Answer keys:
1. … occur around the Pacific Rim.

2. …homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.

3. … there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth.

4. … a cyclone.

5. …the word “typhoon”.

6. … passes overland below a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is in its path.
3. post-READING
Answer the questions :
Why do people call the Pacific Rim “ Ring of Fire” ?


2. What will happen when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth?

3. What does “ typhoon” mean ?

Because 90% of earthquakes occur around the
Pacific Rim
Tidal waves will happen.
It means “big wind”.
HOMEWORK.
Learn vocabulary by heart.
Read the text again.
Doing exercises 5 and 6 in exercise book page 61,62.