English 9 Unit 9 Lesson 1

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lesson

Getting started: Match the pictures to the correct words:
snowstorm volcano earthquake typhoon
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Unit 9: Natural Disasters

Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS.
Lesson 1 : GETTING STARTED – LISTEN and READ.
- forecast (n) Chương trình dự báo
- (to) expect:
chờ đón, sẽ đón nhận.
- temperature:
nhiệt độ.
- thunderstorm (n) :
Bão có sấm sét, mưa to.
- highlands (n): vùng núi, vùng cao.
- coast: (n) Bờ biển.
- Celsius (n):
độ C.
Newwords:
Ex: 27
0
C: Twenty-seven degrees celsius
c
c

27
0
C

Complete the table
Places Weather Temperatures
(between …and…)
Ha Noi (1)……… (6) ……….
Thanh Hoa (2) ……
Hue (7) ………….
South-central
coast
3) …………
Central highlands (4) ………….
Cuu Long Delta (5) …………
Ho Chi Minh
City
(8) …………
sunny 23
0
C- 27
0
C
rainy
25
0
C- 30
0
C
thunderstorms

thunderstorms
clouds
27
0
C- 35
0
C

Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS.
Period: 56 : GETTING STARTED – LISTEN and READ
1. Thuy’s grandmother wants her to _______ the volume
on TV because she wants to listen to the _____________
2. It will be ____________ along the coast of Thanh Hoa.
3. The ______________ will experience thunderstorms.
4. Ho Chi Minh city will _______________ between 27
0
C
and 35
0
C.
5. Although Thuy’s grandmother doesn’t trust
______________,she likes ____________
turn up
weather forecast.
raining/rainy
central highlands
have temperatures
weather forecast
watching them.
V. Fill in the blank with one word or phrase from the

dialogue:

-
Ha Noi will be sunny and will have/
experience temperatures between
24
0
C and 28
0
C.
-
Hue can expect thunderstorms.

- It will be sunny in Ho Chi Minh
City and the temperatures will be
between 28
0
C and 33
0
C.

Talk about the weather:
-
Ha Noi will be sunny.
adj
-
It will be sunny in/along/over …
-
There will be thunderstorms in/ …
n

-
Ha Noi can expect clouds.
n
Talk about temperature:
-
Ha Noi will have/experience temperatures
between 23
0
C and 27
0
C.
-
Hanoi’s temperatures will be between … and

Language focus exercise 1
a. Which city in Japan was struck
by a huge earthquake in 1995?
- Kobe.
b. Which country won the 1998 Tiger Cup?
c. Which animal has one or two horns on its snout?
d. Which explorer discovered America?
e. Which planet is closest to the Earth?
f. Which animal in Viet Nam was chosen to
be the logo of SEA Games 2003?
g. Which ASEAN country is divided into
two region by the sea?
h. Which food you can chew but you can
not swallow and which one you can
swallow but you can not chew?
Rhinoceros

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

Lucky number
2 3
4 5
6
1

b. The country which won the 1998 Tiger Cup
is Singapore.
d. The explorer who discovered America is
Christopher Columbus.
c. The animal which has one or two horns on its
snout is rhinoceros.
e. The planet which is closest
to the Earth is Venus.
f. The animal which was chosen to be the logo of
SEA Games 2003 is the buffalo.
g. The ASEAN country which is divided into two
regions by the sea is Malaysia.
h. The food which you can chew but you can not swallow is the
chewing gum; and the thing which you can swallow but you
cannot chew is water.

Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS.
Period: 56 : GETTING STARTED – LISTEN and READ
* Homework:
-

Learn the new words by heart.
- Practice the dialogue again, then redo all the
exercises.
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Prepare for: Speak.
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