Unit 9. Natural disaters

Week: 28
Period: 56
Monday, March 15th, 2009
Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
LISTEN AND READ
DIVISION OF LESSONS:
1. Getting started – listen & read
2. Speak - Listen
3. Read
4. Write
5. Language focus
Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
Chatting:
a) What’s the weather like today?
b) Do you like hot / cold weather?
c) Have you ever listened to the weather
forecast on the radio or on the TV?
d) Do you think weather forecast
is useful for us? How is it useful?
snowstorm
earthquake
volcano
Typhoon
snowstorm
earthquake
volcano
typhoon
2. Listen and read:
a) Vocabulary:
Turn up/down (v)
Chỉnh to lên/nhỏ
Expect (v)
Mong đợi, chờ đón
Thunderstorm (n)
Bão có sấm sét, mưa to
Delta (n)
Vùng châu thổ
Just in case
Phòng khi, lỡ khi
Trust (v)
Tin tưởng, tin là thật
Set the scene: Thuy is talking
to her grandmother while they
both are watching TV.
What are they watching?
They are watching the weather
forecast on TV.
a) Practice the dialogue in a group of three.
b) Fill in each blank with one word or phrase
from the dialogue.
Thuy’s grandmother wants her to ……………….
the volume on TV because she wants to listen
to the …………………….
2. It will be …………..along the coast of Thanh Hoa.
3. The ..………………….. will experience thunderstorm.
turn up
weather forecast
raining
central highlands
4. Ho Chi Minh City will……………………
between 270C and 350C
5. Although Thuy’s grandmother doesn’t trust
……………….., she likes …………………….
have temperature
weather forecast
watching them
Comprehension questions:
1. Why does Thuy’s grandmother ask her to turn up the volume?
Because she wants to listen to the weather forecast.
4. What does Thuy’s grandmother want her to do?
She wants her to bring along a raincoat.
3. Where is Thuy going?
She is going to a park on the other side of Thang Long Bridge
with her old friends (she’s going on a picnic).
2. Which City is the hottest today?
Ho Chi Minh City is the hottest.
Phrases:
will have temperature between ……....…….
and ………….
will experience temperature between .………….
and ………….
HCM City’s temperature will be between …….…..
and……………..
can expect clouds / thunderstorm.
Look at the map and play the role of
the weatherman to present the weather
forecast, based on the information given.
HOMEWORK:
Learn by heart new words
Read the test and answer the questions again.
Write a weather forecast.