Unit 9. Natural disaters

Teacher: Nguyen Phu Duc
Lo Giang secondary school
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Can you name some natural disasters you know?
-snow storm (n)
-earthquake (n)
-volcano (n)
-typhoon (n)
-tidal wave (n)
-tornado (n)
Can you match the natural disaters with the definition ?
1 - Earthquake (n)
2 - Volcano (n)
3 - Typhoon (n)
4 - Tidal wave (n)
5. - Tornado (n)
a. Mountain or hill with opening through which ashes and gases ejected
b. Violent storm especially in East Asian seas
c. Violent storm over a small area
d. Another word for tsunami waves cased by the tidal
e. Sudden and violent movements of the Earth`s surface
1. e
2. a
3. b
5.c
1. e
2. a
3. b
4. d
5.c
I/ Vocabulary:
- the Pacific Rim (n)
- collapse (v)
- abrupt shift (n)
hurricane (n)
= cylone
= typhoon
erupt (v)
eruption (n)
- funnel- shaped (adj)
- suck up (v)
- baby carried (n)
the
Pacific Rim
collapse
abrupt
shift
hurricane
erupt
funnel
shaped
suck up
baby
carried
1. How many natural disasters are mentioned in the text ?
 There are five.
2. What are they?
 They are : earthquake, tidal wave, typhoon, volcano, tornado.
I/ Vocabulary:
II. Practice
3. Does the word "typhoon" mean "big wind" in Chinese ?
? Yes, it does
4. What is an amazement with a baby in Italy in 1981 ?
? A tornado lifted a baby, who was asleep in its baby carriage,
into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
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 Califonia 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.
I/ Vocabulary:
II. Practice
a ) True or false ? Check  the boxes.
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F
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3. A huge tidal wave travled from Alaska to Califonia and
hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world`s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years
b, Complete the sentences.
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 ......................
6. A tornado is a type of storm that ...................................
occur around the Pacifice Rim.
houses, office blocks, and highways collapsed.
there is an abrupt shift in the
underwater movement of the earth.
passes over land below thunderstorm
and suck up anything that is in its path
I/ Vocabulary:
II. Practice
5. The Chinese language gave us .....................................
a cyclone.
the word " typhoon "
I/ Vocabulary:
II. Practice
IIi. further Practice
1. An earthquake which happened in China in 1556 killed approximately 830.000 people
2. Volcanoes, which are not only on the earth`s face but also in the ocean, grow bigger and bigger every year.
I/ Vocabulary:
II. Practice
IIi. further Practice
1. An earthquake killed approximately 830.000 people
2. Volcanoes,
grow bigger and bigger every year.
which happened in China in 1556
, which are not only on the earth`s face but also in the
ocean,
, which are not only on the earth`s face but also in the
ocean,
I/ Vocabulary:
II. Practice
IIi. further Practice
IV. homework
1/ Learn the new words by heart
Read and translate the "Reading" at home.
2/ Find out more information about natural disasters,
especially in Vietnam
3/ Prepare "Write": using the pictures and the given words
to write a story
See You again !
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