Unit 9. Natural disaters

Teacher : Luong Quynh Hoa
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Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occurs 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 erupt 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`.
Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the result of an erupt 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!
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 baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
erupt (v)
eruption (n)
strike – struck – struck (v)
In 1995, a huge earthquake struck the city of Kobe in Japan.
hurricane (n)
cyclone (n)
funnel - shaped (adj)
NEW WORDS
Pacific Rim = Ring of Fire (n)
strike – struck – struck (v)
erupt (v)
eruption (n)
abrupt shift (n)
hurricane (n)
cyclone (n)


NEW WORDS
predict (v)
funnel - shaped (adj)
baby carriage (n)
Read and match:
1.The 1st paragraph
2.The 2nd paragraph
3.The 3rd paragraph
4.The 4th paragraph
5.The 5th paragraph
a Tornadoes

b. Tidal waves

c. Earthquakes

d. Volcanoes

e. Typhoons

True or False? Check () the boxes
Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.
A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage.
Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disaster.
The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest ever volcanic eruption.
A tornado looks like a funnel.


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Complete the sentences:
The majority of earthquakes ……………………
………………………
2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many…………… ……………………………………………………………….
3. A tidal way only occurs when…………………………
…………………………………………………………………….
4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as ……………………….
5. The Chinese language gave us ………………………
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A tornado is type of a storm that……………….
Pacific Rim .
occur around
people were
killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
there is an abrupt
shift in the underwater movement of the earth
cyclone
the meaning of the
word “typhoon”.
looks like the funnel
LUCKY STAR
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Question1: Where do most of the earthquakes in the world occur?
Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire (Pacific Rim).
Question 2: Is the eruption of Mount Pinatubo the world’s largest ever volcanic eruption?
No, it isn’t. It was the world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years
Question 3: What does a tornado look like?
It looks like a funnel.
Question 4: When and where did a huge tidal wave traveled?
It traveled from Alaska to California in the 1960s.
Question 6: Did the earthquake in Kobe in 1995 cause severe damage?
Yes, it did.
Question 7: What are different words for the same natural disaster?
Typhoon, hurricane, tropical storm.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
1/ WHICH DISASTER HAPPENED IN 2004? WHERE?
2/ HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED?
3/ WERE MANY HOMES, OFFICE
BLOCKS, HOTELS COLAPPSED?
4/ HOW DID YOU DO TO HELP THE VICTIMS?

HOMEWORK
LEARN THE NEW WORDS BY HEART.
WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH (40 WORDS) ABOUT “STUNAMI”
Here are some ideas for making your class speaking oriented
The more you talk, the less chance they have to talk
----so you need to talk less and let them talk more