UNIT9- Read-Bai giang dien tu

New words:Pacific Rim =Ring of Fire: collapse v: tidal wave n: abrupt adj: shift n: tornado n: funnel- shaped adj: suck up v: eruption n: vành đai lửaThái Bình Dương sụp đổ sóng thần bất

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A.Tidal wave E Volcano

B Typhoon F.Flood

C.Earthquake G Snowstorm

D Tornado

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Volcano

Tidal wave

3

Typhoon

earthquake

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Tornado

Tuesday, April 6 th 2013

UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS

LESSON 3: READ

1 New words:

Pacific Rim =Ring of Fire:

collapse (v):

tidal wave (n):

abrupt (adj):

shift (n):

tornado (n):

funnel- shaped (adj):

suck up (v):

eruption (n):

vành đai (lửa)Thái Bình Dương sụp đổ

sóng thần bất ngờ, đột ngột

sự chuyển dịch

có hình phễu hút lên

lốc xoáy

sự phun trào

1 Pacific Rim =Ring of

Bình Dương)

7 funnel- shaped (adj): g cơn lốc xoáy

UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS - LESSON 3: READ

Complete the table with the passage numbers:

a It is called hurricane or cyclone when

it reaches 120 kilometers per hour.

b It is a funnel- shaped storm and it can

suck up anything that is in its path.

c It was the world’s largest volcanic

eruption in more than 50 years.

d It is the result of an abrupt shift in the

underwater movement of the earth.

e It caused severe damage in Kobe in

1995.

3 Typhoons

5 Tornadoes

4 Volcanoes

2 Tidal waves

1 Earthquakes

U NIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS - LESSON 3: READ

a True or False?

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

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

6 A tornado looks like a funnel.

California to Alaska

Alaska to California

largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years.

T T F T F

is the world’s largest ever volcanic eruption.

was the world’s

T

UNIT 9 (cont): LESSON 3: READ

b 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

people were killed when 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 sucks up anything that is in its path.

Complete each sentence with a correct name of natural disaster:

1 The ……….of January 2010 in Haiti

killed over 300.000 people.

2 In 2001, a huge ……… hit Bali in Indonesia and caused severe damage.

3 Most of disastrous……… occur in

North America.

earthquake

tidal wave

tornadoes

- Learn new words by heart

- Do again all the exercises

- Be ready for the next lesson 4: Write

Thank y ou for