Unit 9. Natural disaters

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GV : TRẦN VĂN TÙNG
Jumbled words
eavyh
lobkc 
nisdei
aethrqukea 
odrowya 
heavy
block
inside
earthquake
doorway
snowstorm
earthquake
volcano
typhoon
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Period 58 : Lesson 4 : READ (a)
UNIT 9 : NATURAL DISASTERS
Vocabulary :
- a tidal wave :
sóng thần
- a tornado :
cơn lốc xoáy
- funnel – shaped (adj):
có hình phễu
- (to) suck up :
hút lên
- a shift :
sự chuyển dịch, sự thay đổi
- (to) warn :
báo trước, cảnh báo
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Period 58 : Lesson 4 : READ (a)
UNIT 9 : NATURAL DISASTERS
earthquake
volcano
tornado
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Period 58 : Lesson 4 : READ (a)
UNIT 9 : NATURAL DISASTERS
Pre- questions :
What happened in the city of Kobe in Japan in 1995 ?
Is typhoon “big wind” ?
Can we predict a volcano?

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Period 58 : Lesson 4 : READ (a)
UNIT 9 : NATURAL DISASTERS
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.
True (T) or False (F) ?
T
T
F
T
F
T
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Period 58 : Lesson 4 : READ (a)
UNIT 9 : NATURAL DISASTERS
3. ………. A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.



5. ………The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest ever volcanic eruption.



Correct the false sentences.
F
F
 A huge tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California in the 1960s.
 The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest ever volcanic eruption in more than 50 years.
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Period 58 : Lesson 4 : READ (a)
UNIT 9 : NATURAL DISASTERS
Complete the sentences, using the words in the box.
predict
earthquakes
funnel-shaped


were
North
shift
Ninety percent of ……………………… occur around the Pacific Rim.
A large number of people ………………….. killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt ………………. in the underwater movement of the Earth.
When a tropical storm reaches 120 km per hour, it is called a hurricane in ………………….. and south America.
We can usually ………………… when a volcano will erupt.
Tornadoes are …………………………… storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm.
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Period 58 : Lesson 4 : READ (a)
UNIT 9 : NATURAL DISASTERS
1. What do we study today?
2. What is the text about?
3. Are natural disasters dangerous?
- Learn vocabulary by heart.
- Prepare : Lesson 5 : Write on page 79 – 80.( behave, shelter, suddenly, scared).