Unit 9 lesson 4 Read

I.NEW WORDS: Pacific Rim n:vành đai Thái Bình Dương tidal wave n: sóng thần abrupt adj: bất ngờ, đột ngột shift n: sự chuyển dịch, thay đổi erupt v; eruption n: phun trào tornado n: cơn [r]

d) tornado

b) earthquake

e) tidal wave c) typhoon a) volcano

*WARM UP: Match the pictures to the correct words

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I.NEW WORDS:

tidal wave (n): sóng thần

abrupt (adj): bất ngờ, đột ngột

shift (n): sự chuyển dịch, thay đổi

erupt (v); eruption (n): phun trào

tornado (n): cơn lốc xoáy

funnel-shaped (adj): có hình phễu

suck up (v): hút lên

Hurricane = cyclone = typhoon

Pacific Rim (n): vành đai Thái Bình Dương

II.True or False Statements Predictions

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.

( from Alaska to California )

( in more than 50 years )

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III/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.

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.

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Around the Pacific

Rim

1 Where do most of earthquakes occur ?

2 What does “typhoon” mean ?

It means “big wind”.

3 What does a tornado look like?

It looks like a

funnel

-Don’t destroy the forests.

- Plan trees.

- Save the environment.

- Discuss the questions:

a)Which disasters sometimes occur in your home? b) Do they damage any things?

c) What do you usually do to reduce them?

* Prepare: Write.

* Redo the exercises again.

* Learn by heart new words.

Thank you very much