- Largest desert in the world - In Northern of Africa - Extends from the Atlantic Ocean eastward past the Red Sea to Iraq.. General information Unit 9: Deserts – Writing – task 1: Study
Trang 1LUONG TAI 2 upper secondary SCHOOL
English 11C1
CLASS 12A5
Trang 2Part D : Writing
Taught by : Lê Hồ Hải
Friday 9th January 2009
Trang 3Pre- Writing
Trang 4What is this ?
It is a desert in Africa.
It is the largest desert
in the world
What do you know more about the Sahara desert ?
Trang 5Vocabulary
Extend (v) / iks'tend / tr¶i dµi
Arid(adj) / 'ærid / kh« c»n
Moisture (n) / 'mɔist∫ə / h¬i Èm
Trang 6Africa / 'æfrikə/
The Atlantic ocean / ət'læntik 'əʊ∫n / Iraq / i'rɑ:k /
Morocco / mə'rɔkəu /
Algeria/ æl'dʒiəriə /
Tunisia / tju:'niziə /
Libya / 'libiə/
Egypt / i'dʒipt/
Mauritania/ mɔri’teiniə /
Mali / 'ma:li / Mali
Niger /'ni:ʒeə/
Sudan /su 'da:n/
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Trang 8- Largest desert in the world
- In Northern of Africa
- Extends from the Atlantic
Ocean eastward past the Red Sea to Iraq.
-Lies largely in Morocco,
Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Niger and Sudan
Area
-Total area: more than 9,065,000
sq km
- 1,610 km wide and about 5,150
km long from east to west
General information
Unit 9: Deserts – Writing – task 1: Studying the table
- It is the largest desert …
- It is situated/ located in ……… and
extends/ stretches from …
to ……
-It lies largely in ……… (10% of Africa)
- It covers ….
- Its total area is …
- … has a total area of ….
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features
- arid land, dry climate (moisture is almost totally absent).very hot in summer and very cold in winter
- Few oases exist.
- Sandy land and large dunes of sand.
- Tableland with an average elevation
from 400 to 500 m
Trees and
animals
- Few forms of animals and vegetable
life
- Main trees: cactus, the date palm,
and s form of acacia.
- Main animals: gazelle, antelope, fox,
jackal, camel.
General information
Unit 9: Deserts – Writing – task 1: Studying the table
- The moisture is almost totally absent ,so it is …
- It is …… with ……
- We can find ……
-There is/ are …
- Sahara is on a tableland with …
-The main trees are…….
-The main animals can be seen
are …….
Trang 10Post- Writing
Trang 11in the world
China and southern Mongolia
Mountains and the grasslands of Mongolia on the north and by the Tibetan Plateau to the southwest, and by the North China Plain to
the southeast
Area
km
long from east to west.
General information : The Gobi desert
Unit 9: Deserts – Writing – task 2: Studying the table
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features
- Known as a cold desert
-Reach extremes of temperature
ranging from –40°C in winter to +40°C in summer
- Has an average annual rainfall of a
little over 194 millimeters
Trees and
animals
- Few forms of animals and vegetable
life
- Main trees: cactus, the date palm.
- Main animals: bactrian camel,
mountain goat, snow leopard.
General information : The Gobi desert
Unit 9: Deserts – Writing – task 2: Studying the table
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