Unit 9: Natural disasters. Lesson 4

A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.. Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disasters.. The erupt

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Teacher:Le Thi Da Thao

2 Tidal wave

3 tornado

4 volcano

Thursday , April 10th ,2008

Unit 9: natural disasters

Period 59 : Lesson 4 (read)

I Pre- reading

1 Vocabulary

a tidal wave : TrËn sãng thÇn

= sudden (Adj)

* Checking vocabulary

= sudden (Adj)

Funnel – shaped

(Adj):

D¹ng h×nh phÔu

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a Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.

b The earthquake in Kobe in 1995

caused severe damage

c A huge tidal wave traveled from California

to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s

d Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are

different words for the same natural disasters

e The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the

world's largest ever volcanic eruption

f A tornado looks like a funnel

II) WHILE -readING:

* Checking 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 disasters

5 The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the

world's largest ever volcanic eruption

6 A tornado looks like a funnel

T F

Alaska to California

volcanic eruption in more than 50 years

* Matching:

1.(l1-78) Pacific Rim

2.(l2-78) struck

3.(l18-78) predict

4.(l19-78) erupt

5.(l2-79) baby carriage

A TÀN PHÁ

b XE NÔI

C VÀNH ĐAI THÁI BÌNH DƯƠNG

D DỰ ĐOÁN

E PHUN TRÀO

Unit 9: natural disasters – lesson 4 (read)

Complete the sentences

occur around the Pacific Rim

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 Chineese language gave us

6 A tornado is a type of storm that

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”

has a funnel shape

passing overland below a thunderstorm

III) post -readING: Answer the question

Lucky number

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Lucky number

2 What happened during the earthquake in Kobe?2.Many people were killed when homes , office 3.The majority of earthquakes occur around the 3 Where do the majority of earthquakes occur ?

pacific Rim Lucky number

5 Which language does the word “typhoon” come from?5 It comes from ChineeseLucky number

7 What is another word for “tropical storm” in

Australia ?

7 Another word for “tropical storm” in Australia is

a cyclone

The answer

2 Many people were killed when homes,office blocks and highways collapsed

3 The majority of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim

Australia is a cyclone

Learn by heart the new English words

Do the exercise 5b – page 79 (text

book)

BE READY (WRITE) uNIT 9

Unit 9: natural disasters – lesson 4 (read)

Lesson plan

Unit 9_natural disasters

Period 59_lesson 4 (read)

School: CHU VAN AN lower secondary school