U9(read) class 9

*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 funn

VO THI SAU SECONDARY SCHOOL

WELCOME TO ALL TEACHERS

TO OUR CLASS 9/1

Match the words to the correct pictures:

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d) tornado

a) earthquake

e) tidal wave f) typhoon

c) snowstorm b) volcano

Saturday, April 3rd,2010

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)

: cơn lốc xoáy

tornado (n)

funnel-shaped (adj) :có hình phễu

:hút lên suck up (v)

*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)

2/True or False Statements:

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 )

(volcanic eruption in more than 50 years )

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3/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.

homes, office blocks and highways collapsed

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

a cyclone.

the word “typhoon”.

passes overland below a thunderstorm and can suck up anything in its path.

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Saturday, April 3rd,2010

1/ New word:

2/ True or false statements:

3/ Complete the sentences:

4/ Lucky numbers:

5/ Homework:

-Learn by heart the new words.

-Read the text and answer the questions -Prepare: Write

Thank you very much

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?