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The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage.. A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.. Typhoon , hurricane and tropical storm are d

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typhoon volcano

fire flood

I - NEW WORDS

1 hurricane / cyclone

2 tidal wave

3 tornado

4 erupt

5 strike

6 collapse

7 shift

8 hit

B

a phun trào

b sự chuyển dịch

c sụp đổ

d bão nhiệt đới

e lốc xoáy

f ập vào

g sóng thần

h làm rung chuyển

Decide if the statements are true ( T )

or false ( 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

6 A tornado looks like a funnel

II_ EXERCISES

_ Read the text and check their prediction

ANSWER KEY: 1 _ T , 2 _ T , 3 _ F

4 _ T , 5 _ F , 6 _T

_Correct the false statements.

3) from Alaska to California

5) The eruption of Mount Pinatubo

is the world ’ s largest volcanic

eruption in more than 50 years.

Read the text again and complete the

sentences

_ Choose a number of 9 numbers

on the table There are 6 numbers containing questions and 3 lucky numbers Each right answer brings you 1 mark When choosing a lucky number , you don’t have to answer and , of course , you also get 1 mark The group which has more marks wins

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TIME

TIME

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Answer key :

1_ The majority of earthquakes occur around the Pacific

Rim

2_ During the earthquake in Kobe , many people were

killed when homes , office blocks and highways collapsed

3_ A tidal wave can only occur when there is an abrupt

shift in the underwater movement of the Earth

4_ In Australia , a tropical storm is known a cyclone

5_ The Chinese language gave us the word “ typhoon “ 6_ A tornado is a type of storm that passes overland

below a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is

in its path

Answer the following questions :

Nam ?

Nam?

cause many damages to others ?

( hurricane , tornado , erupt , tidal wave )

1 Scientists can predict when a volcano

will

2 A is a great ocean

wave caused by an earthquake

3 A .is a violent tropical

storm occurring in the Western Pacific.

4 A is a violent and

destructive storm over a small area .

Fill in each blank with the missing word

VI- Homework :

by heart.

_ To translate the text into Vietnamese

_ Prepare WRITE