Unit 9. Natural disaters

Welcome to our lesson
Teacher: Phạm Kim Thoa
School year 2006 - 2007
Nguyen trai lower secondary school
Lesson plan English 9
Period 59:
Thursday, March 15th 2007
- Tidal wave (n):
sóng thần
I. Vocabulary:
Unit 9: Lesson 4: Reading/ p. 78 - 79
- Tornado (n):
cơn lốc xoáy
- funnel-shaped (adj)
có hình phễu
- (to) suck up:
hút lên
I. Vocabulary:
Unit 9: Lesson 4: Reading/ p. 78 - 79
Unit 9: Lesson 4: Reading/ p. 78 - 79
I. Vocabulary:
Tidal wave (n):
sóng thần
abrupt (adj):
bất ngờ, đột ngột
shift (n):
sự chuyển dịch, thay đổi
funnel-shaped (adj):
có hình phễu
(to) suck up:
hút lên
Tornado (n):
cơn lốc xoáy
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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 Achorage in the 1960s.
4. Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are
different words for the same natural disasters.
5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the
world`s largest ever volcano eruption.
6. A Tornado looks like a funnel.
II. True - False Statements:
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Unit 9: Lesson 4: Reading/ p. 78 - 79
Unit 9: Lesson 4: Reading/ p. 78 - 79
III. Reading:
Read the text: :
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.
Unit 9: Lesson 4: Reading/ p. 78 - 79
III. Reading:
Read the text: :
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 a hurricane
in North and South
America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia. The word "typhoon" comes from Chinese: tai
means "big" and feng means "wind", so the word "typhoon" means "big wind".
Unit 9: Lesson 4: Reading/ p. 78 - 79
III. Reading:
Read the text: :
Unit 9: Lesson 4: Reading/ p. 78 - 79
III. Reading:
2. Read the text: :
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.
Unit 9: Lesson 4: Reading/ p. 78 - 79
III. Reading:
2. Read the text: :
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 baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
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- Yes. The scientists can warn us about the eruption
4. Answer the questions:
III. Reading:
a - Why do people call the Pacific Rim "Ring of Fire"?
- Because 90% of earthquakes occur around
the Pacific Rim.
b - What will happen when there is an abrupt shift in the
underwater movement of the earth?
- Tidal waves will happen.
c - What does "typhoon" mean?
- It means "big wind"
d - Can we predict a volcano?
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passes overland
below a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is in its path.
there is an abrupt
shift in the underwater movement of the Earth.
people were
killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
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 ...

Unit 9: Lesson 4: Reading/ p. 78 - 79
3. Complete the sentences:
III. Reading:
occur around the Pacific Rim.
a cyclone
the word "typhoon"
Unit 9: Lesson 4: Reading/ p. 78 - 79
-Learn vocabulary by making sentences with them.
- Write exercise 5b P.79 in your notebooks.
Homework