Unit 9. Natural disaters

Week: 29
Period: 59
Monday, March 15th, 2009
Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
LESSON 3: READ
snowstorm
earthquake
volcano
Typhoon
snowstorm
earthquake
volcano
typhoon
a) How do you know it is a snowstorm
/ an earthquake / a volcano / a typhoon?
b) Have you ever experienced any of these
natural disasters? What happened?
How did you feel?
a) Vocabulary:
Tidal way (n)
Sóng thần
Abrupt (a)
Bất ngờ, đột ngột
Shift (n)
Sự chuyển dịch, thay đổi
Warn (v)
Cảnh báo, báo trước
Funnel-shaped (a)
Có hình phểu
Suck up (v)
Hút lên
Tornado (n)
Cơn lốc xoáy
Majority (n)
Đa số, phần lớn
b) True – false statements predictions.
Set the scene: there are six statements about
the information of some natural disasters.
Guess whether they are true or false.
Correction:
3 – F: A huge tidal waves traveled from Alaska to California.
5 – F: the eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest
volcanic eruption in more than 50 years.
T
T
F
T
F
T
b) Complete the sentences.
1. The majority of earthquakes……………………
2. During the earthquake in Cobe, 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 the Pacific Rim
people were
killed when homes office blocks and highways collapsed
there is an abrupt
shift in the underwater movement of the earth.
a cyclone
the word “typhoon”
passed overland
below a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is
in its path.
b) Questions:.
1. 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?
4. Can we predict a volcano?
Because 90% of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim.
Tidal waves will happen.
It means “big wind”
Yes. The scientists can warn us about the eruption.
HOMEWORK:
Learn by heart new words.
Read the text again and answer
the questions about natural disasters.