Unit 9. Natural disaters

Lesson plan
Unit 9_natural disasters
Period 59_lesson 4 (read)
Date: saturday, March 29TH2008
School: HO� KH�NH lower secondary school
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1.earthquake
2. Tidal wave
3. tornado
4. volcano
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saturday, March 22nd2008
Unit 9: natural disasters
Lesson 4 (read)
Period 59:
I)vocabulary:
A Tidal wave :
Trận Sóng thần
ABRUPt
= SUDDEN (Adj)
= A MOVEMENT :
A SHIFT
(To) Warn :
CẢNH BÁO, BÁO TRƯỚC
Funnel - shaped (Adj):
Dạng hình phễu
(to) Suck up :
HÚT LÊN
A Tornado :
CƠN LỐC XOÁY
SỰ DỊCH CHUYỂN, THAY ĐỔI
Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)
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 disasters.
5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world`s largest ever volcanic eruption.
6. A tornado looks like a funnel.
Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)
II) PRE-readING:
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EX.a-True or false? Check ( ) the boxes. Then correct the false sentences
1. Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.


(from Alaska to California)
(in more than 50 years)
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 disasters.
5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world`s largest ever volcanic eruption.
6. A tornado looks like a funnel.
Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)
III) WHILE -readING:
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Matching:
1.(l1-78) Pacific Rim
2.(l2-78) struck
3.(l18-78) predict
4.(l19-78) erupt
5.(l2-79) baby carriage
A. TÀN PHÁ
b. XE NễI
C. VÀNH ĐAI THÁI BÌNH DƯƠNG
D. DỰ ĐOÁN
E. PHUN TRÀO
Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)
Answer the questions:
a, Where do the majority of earthquakes occur?
b, What happened during the earthquake in Kobe?
c, When can a tidal wave only occur?
d, What is another word for “a tropical storm” in Australia?
e, Which language does the word “typhoon” come from?
f, How can you describe a tornado?
Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)
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b, What happened during the earthquake in Kobe?
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Lucky number.
f, How can you describe a tornado?
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a, Where do the majority of earthquakes occur?
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Lucky number.
c, When can a tidal wave only occur?
Lucky number.
Many people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
A type of storm that passes overland below a thunderstorm.
The majority of earthquakes occurs around the Pacific Rim.
When there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth.
e, Which language does the word "typhoon" come from?
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The word typhoon comes from Chinese.
d, What is another word for "a tropical storm" in Australia?
Another word for a tropical storm in Australia is a cyclone.
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Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)
- groupworks:
Discuss a natural disaster in your home town ( flood water, typhoon . . .).

Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)
IV: post listening :Retell
III)homework
Learn by heart the new English words
Do the exercise 5b - page 79 (text book)
Do the exercise 7 - page 64 (workbook)
Unit 9: natural disasters - lesson 4 (read)