unit 9 - Lesson 4 ( hay,dep)

T/F prediction: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 Al

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Unit 9:

NATURAL DISASTERS Lesson 4 : READ ( Page 78,79)

Week 31- Period : 62

Pre-teach vocabulary :

Pacific Rim (n): vành đai Thái Bình Dương

(to) collapse : đổ, sụp

- abrupt (a) : bất ngờ, đột ngột.

- shift (n) : sự thay đổi

- (to) warn : cảnh báo, báo trước - (to) warn :

- hurricane (n) = typhoon (n):

bão nhiệt đới

- (to) erupt: phun trào

- funnel-shaped (n): hình cái phễu

- baby – carriage (n): xe nôi

bão phun trào cảnh báo trước hình cái phễu

xe nôi

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T/F prediction:

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 looks like a funnel

T

T T T T

F F F F F F T

Earthquakes Typhoons

Tornadoes Volcanoes

* Activity a /p.79:T/F statements :

T F

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

* Correct the false statements:

3 The tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California.

5 The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest volcanic eruption in

more than 50 years.

* Activity b/ p.79: 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 …

Answer keys:

2.During the earthquake in Kobe, many……….

6.A Tornado is a type of storm that………

……….

passes overland below a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is in its path.

• Answer keys:

collapsed.

underwater movement of the earth

thunderstorm and sucks up anything

 Answer the questions :

1.Why do people call the Pacific Rim “ Ring of Fire” ?

shift in the underwater movement of the earth?

 Because 90% of earthquakes occur around the

Pacific Rim

 Tidal waves will happen.

• Learn vocabulary by heart.

• Read the text again.

• Doing exercises 5 and 6 in exercise book page 61,62.