Unit 9: Natural disasters. Lesson 6: Language Focus

Friday, April 14
th
2006
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Unit nine: NATURAL
DISASTERS
Lesson 6: Language Focus
(pages 80, 81, 82)

A
a. The city in Japan was struck by a
huge earthquake in 1995.
b. The country won the 1998 Tiger Cup.
c. The animal has 1 or 2 horns on its
snout.
d. The explorer discovered America.
e. The planet is closest to the Earth
f. The animal was chosen to be the logo
of SEA Games 2003.
g. The ASEAN country is divided into
two regions by the sea.
h. The food you can chew but you
cannot swallow and the thing you can
swallow but you cannot chew.
MATCHING TASK
B
1.Chewing
gum/ water
2.Malaysia

3.Christopher
Columbus
4.Rhinoceros
5. Kobe
6. Singapore
7. Buffalo
8. Venus

Answers:

a5, b6, c4, d3, e8, f7, g2, h1
* New words:
• chew (v)
•
swallow (v)
•
logo (n)
• horn (n)
•
snout (n)
• destroy (v)
• extensive (adj.): huge,
large
snout
horn
.

* New words:
•
chew (v)

•
swallow (v)
•
logo (n)
•
horn (n)
•
snout (n)
•
destroy (v)
•
extensive (adj.): huge,
large
snout
horn

* Relative pronouns:
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“Who” refers to people.
•
“Which” refers to things.
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“That” can refer to both people and things.
K
O
B
E
1/ p. 81: Using a suitable relative pronoun to answer
the questions
Which city in Japan was struck by

a huge earthquake in 1995?
The city which was struck by
a huge earthquake in 1995 in Japan
is Kobe.

Which…?
………

Which…?
………
Ask and answer each other similar
questions about the world and
Vietnam.

Combine these pairs of sentences, using
relative pronouns
a. The book has been lost. You gave me the
book on my birthday.
 The book which you gave me on my birthday
has been lost.
b. Vietnam exports rice. Vietnam is in the
Southeast Asia.
 Vietnam which is in the Southeast Asia
exports rice.
Defining relative clause
Non- defining relative clause

* Relative clauses:
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Defining relative clauses identify nouns

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Non- defining relative clauses give more
information about a person or thing already
identified.

2/ p. 81,82: Matching. Then use a suitable relative
pronoun to join them
Answers: 1-e (which), 2-g (which), 3-f (which),
4-a (which), 5-c (which), 6-d (which), 7-b (which)
1-e: Andrew is flying to Sacramento. Sacramento
is the capital city of California.
2-g: It’s snowed in Lang Son in the winter of 2002.
Lang Son is on Ky Cung River.
1-e (which): Andrew is flying to Sacramento which
is the capital city of California.
2-g (which): It’s snowed in Lang Son which is on Ky
Cung River in the winter of 2002.
3-f: Pompeii was completely destroyed in AD 79 by
an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii is an
ancient city of Italy
3-f (which): Pompeii which is an ancient city of Italy
was completely destroyed in AD 79 by an eruption
of Mount Vesuvius.
,
,
,
,
,

4-a: Hurricane Andrew killed 41 people and made

more than 200,000 homeless. Hurricane Andrew
swept through southern Florida in August 1992.
4-a (which): Hurricane Andrew which swept through
southern Florida in August 1992 killed 41 people
and made more than 200,000 homeless.
2/ p. 81,82:
Answers: 1-e (which), 2-g (which), 3-f (which),
4-a (which), 5-c (which), 6-d (which), 7-b (which)
5-c: The cyclone of November 1970 in Bangladesh
was one of the worst natural disasters of the 20th
century. The cyclone killed about 500,000 people.

5-c (which): The cyclone of November 1970 in
Bangladesh which killed about 500,000 people was
one of the worst natural disasters of the 20th
century.
,
,
,
,

2/ p. 81,82:
Answers: 1-e (which), 2-g (which), 3-f (which),
4-a (which), 5-c (which), 6-d (which), 7-b (which)
6-d: The most disastrous earthquake in Japanese
history damaged Tokyo and Yokohama and killed
about 150,000 people. The most disastrous
earthquake in Japan occurred in 1923.
6-d (which): The most disastrous earthquake in
Japanese history which occurred in 1923

damaged Tokyo and Yokohama and killed about
150,000 people.
7-b: The October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
caused extensive damage to older buildings in San
Francisco Bay area. The Loma Prieta earthquake
measured 7.1 on the Richter scale.
7-b (which): The October 1989 Loma Prieta
earthquake which measured 7.1 on the Richter
scale caused extensive damage to older buildings
in San Francisco Bay area.
,,
,
,
3/p.82: Recognizing defining and non- defining
relative clauses
a. Viet Nam which is in south- east Asia exports rice.
b. Kangaroos which come from Australia have long
tails.
c. Ba who lives on Trang Tien Street likes playing the
guitar.
d. The novel that you gave me on my birthday has been
lost.
e. Neil Armstrong who first walked on the moon lived in
the USA.
f. The chair that I bought yesterday is broken.
g. Miss Lien who sings very well is my English teacher.
, which is in south- east Asia,
, who lives on Trang Tien Street,
that you gave me on my birthday
, who first walked on the moon,

that I bought yesterday
, which come from Australia,
, who sings very well,




GAME:
GAME:
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
Which words are
Which words are
remembered from
remembered from
these following
these following
pictures?
pictures?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
GAME: CROSSWORD
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Do
Do
exercise 4/ p. 82
exercise 4/ p. 82 :
Rewrite the sentences in
Rewrite the sentences in
exercise 3/ p. 82, replace each underlined clause
exercise 3/ p. 82, replace each underlined clause
with your own clause.
with your own clause.
Ex
Ex
:
:


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Learn new words and grammar notes by heart.
Learn new words and grammar notes by heart.
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Prepare for unit ten: Getting Started – Listen and
Prepare for unit ten: Getting Started – Listen and
read (vocabulary).
read (vocabulary).
Homework
Homework
:
:

Viet Nam
Viet Nam
,
,
which is in south- east Asia
which is in south- east Asia
,
,
exports rice.
exports rice.


Viet Nam
Viet Nam
, which is a small country,
, which is a small country,
exports rice.
exports rice.

Join the sentences with suitable relative pronouns
a5. The city in Japan was struck by a huge earthquake in
1995 -
b6. The country -
Singapore.
c4. The animal -
Rhinoceros.
d3. The explorer –
Christopher Columbus.
e8. The planet - Venus

f7. The animal
Games 2003 - Buffalo
g2.The ASEAN country
by the sea - Malaysia.
h1. The food
and the thing you can swallow but you can’t chew -
chewing gum and water.
Kobe.
won the 1998 Tiger Cup
i
s
discovered America
is closest to the Earth
was chosen to be the logo of SEA
is divided into two regions
has 1 or 2 horns on its snout
you can chew but you can’t swallow