Unit 9. Read

1/NEW WORDS:Tidal wave n sóng thần abrupt adj bất ngờ, đột ngột shift n sự chuyển dịch, thay đổi warn v cảnh báo, báo trước phun trào erupt v eruption n cơn lốc xoáy tornado n funnel-s

PHUOC VINH SECONDARY SCHOOL

WELCOME TO CLASS 9A1

Match the words to the correct pictures

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d) tornado

a) earthquake

e) tidal wave f) typhoon

c) snowstorm b) volcano

1/NEW WORDS:

Tidal wave (n) sóng thần

abrupt (adj) bất ngờ, đột ngột shift (n) sự chuyển dịch, thay đổi warn (v) cảnh báo, báo trước

phun trào erupt (v)

eruption (n)

cơn lốc xoáy tornado (n)

funnel-shaped (adj) có hình phễu

hút lên suck up (v)

Sự phun trào

*Checking Vocabulary:

Tidal wave (n) sóng thần

abrupt (adj) bất ngờ, đột ngột

shift (n) sự chuyển dịch, thay đổi

warn (v) cảnh báo, báo trước

phun trào

erupt (v)

cơn lốc xoáy

tornado (n)

funnel-shaped (adj) có hình phễu

hút lên

suck up (v)

*/True or False Statements Predictions 

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 disaster.

5 The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s

largest ever volcanic eruption.

6 A tornado look like a funnel.

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( from Alaska to California )

( in more than 50 years )

*/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 …

5 The Chinese language gave us …

6 A tornado is a type of storm that …

occur around the Pacific Rim, known as a Ring of Fire.

houses, office

buildings and highways collapsed

there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth

a cyclone.

the word “typhoon”

has a funnel shape and suck

up anything in its way

1 2 3

Around the Pacific Rim

1 Where do most of

earthquakes happen ?

It means “big wind”.

3.What does “typhoon”

mean ?

Yes The scientists can warn us about the eruption.

4 Can we predict a volcano?

- Tidal waves will happen.

5 What will happen

when there is an abrupt

shift in the underwater

movement of the earth?

Lucky number

It looks like a funnel

6 What does a

tornado look

like?

-Learn by heart new words -Reread the text.

-Prepare: Write

Thank you very much