Unit 9. Natural disaters

Unit 9: Natural disasters
1.New words
1. Pacific Rim (n)
2. Collapse (v)
3. Strike – struck (v)
4. Abrupt (n)
5. Shift (n)
6. Hurricane (n)
7. Erupt (v)
eruption (n)
8. Funnel (n)
= Cyclone (n)
9. Suck up (v)
Vành đai TBD
Sụp đổ, đổ sập
Bất ngờ, đột ngột
Sự chuyển dịch
Phun trào, phun
Bão
Đánh
Cái phễu
Hút, cuốn đi
= typhoon (n)
Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is known as the " Ring of Fire". In 1995, a huge earthquake struck the city of Kobe in Japan. A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska. The tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California.
Unit 9: Natural disasters
Typhoons: When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia. The word " typhoon" come from Chinese : tai means " big" and feng means " wind", so the word typhoon" means " big wind"
Volcanoes: We can usually predict when a volcano will erupt. Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the world`s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years. Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved because scientists had warned them about the eruption.
Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel - shaped storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm. They can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy in 1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was asleep in its carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is known as the “ Ring of Fire”. In 1995, a huge earthquake struck the city of Kobe in Japan. A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska. The tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California.
Typhoons: When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia. The word “ typhoon” come from Chinese : tai means “ big” and feng means “ wind”, so the word typhoon” means “ big wind”
Volcanoes: We can usually predict when a volcano will erupt. Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years. Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved because scientists had warned them about the eruption.
Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel – shaped storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm. They can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy in 1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was asleep in its carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
True or false? Check (V) the boxes.
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.

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the world`s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years.
from Alaska to California
2. True or False ?

3. Answer the questions:
1. Where do the most of the earthquakes occur?
2. What happens when there is an earthquake?
3. When can a tidal wave occur?
4. What is a typhoon called in Australia?
5. What does a tornado look like?
Most of the earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim
A tidal wave occurs when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth
It is called a cyclone
It looks like a funnel
Many homes, office blocks and highways collapse
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……………………………………………
occur around the Pacific Rim
Homes, office blocks and
highways collapsed.
can only occur when there is
an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth.
a cyclone
the word “ typhoon”
passes overland below
a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is in its path.
4.Complete the sentences
5.Matching
- Learn new words by heart
- Prepare Write