Unit 9. Natural disaters

Match the names with the pictures they represent .
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typhoon volcano
fire flood
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- Pacific Rim (n)

- abrupt (adj)
- shift (n)
- hurricane (n)

- cyclone (n)


Tonado (n)
- majority (n) : đa số
I - NEW WORDS
: vùng lòng chảo T.B.D,
vành đaiT.B.D

= sudden (adj) : bất ngờ, đột ngột


: sự chuyển dịch, sự thay đổi vị trí.

: trận cuồng phong, bão
(gió cấp 8)

: gió cuốn, cơn bão có sức
tàn phá, cơn lốc xóay
 minority (n) : thiểu số

= hurricane (n)

Decide if the statements are true ( T ) or false ( F ) :
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 looks like a funnel .
II_ EXERCISES
_ Read the text and check their
prediction .
ANSWER KEY: 1_T , 2_T , 3_F
4_T , 5_F , 6_T
_Correct the false statements.
3) from Alaska to California .
5) The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the
world’s largest volcanic eruption in
more than 50 years.
Read the text again and complete the sentences .
Choose a number of 9 numbers on the table. There are 6 numbers containing questions and 3 lucky numbers . Each right answer brings you 1 mark . When choosing a lucky number , you have to answer and , of course , you also get 1 mark . The group which has more marks wins.

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TIME
Answer key :
1_ The majority of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim .
2_ During the earthquake in Kobe , many people were killed when homes , office blocks and highways collapsed .
3_ A tidal wave can only occur when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth .
4_ In Australia , a tropical storm is known a cyclone .
5_ The Chinese language 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 .
_ Discuss on the following problems .
1. What natural disasters often occur in Viet Nam ?
2. When do typhoons often occur ?
3. How often do tornadoes occur in Viet Nam ?
4. Have earthquakes ever occurred in Viet Nam?
5. What can you do when natural disasters cause many damages to others ?
_ Fill in each blank with
the missing word
( hurricane , tornado , erupt , tidal wave )
1. Scientists can predict when a volcano will .......................................
2. A ..................................... is a great ocean wave caused by an earthquake .
3. A .................................is a violent tropical storm occurring in the Western Pacific.
4. A. .................................... is a violent and destructive storm over a small area .

III- Homework :
_ Learn the new words
by heart.
_ Translate the text
into Vietnamese .
_ Prepare WRITE