Unit 9: Deserts-Reading TA12

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Do the crossword puzzle to complete this sentence.
Do you know any ….. in the world?
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1.It is illegal for Tango’s islanders to make and use ….2. He went to the post office to …. some letters.
3. My sister is good at …4. I’ll come to see you at the … of this month.5. He often … newspapers while he is having breakfast.6. You’d better ... Smoking.7. My brother isn’t so tall … you.
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( Reading )
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* Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
1. What do you know about deserts?
2. What kinds of plants and animals live in a desert?
3. Name some of the countries which have deserts?
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** Vocabulary:
1. stretch (r, n)
[stret∫] Kéo dài, dải
2. aerial (n)
['eəriəl] ở trên không
3. camel (n)
['kæməl]
4. dune (n)
[dju:n]
đụn, cồn cát
5. network (n)
['netwə:k]
mạng lưới
6. hummock (n)
['hʌmək] gò, đống
7. crest (n)
[krest] đỉnh nóc, chỏm, ngọn

8. spinifex (n)
['spainəfeks ] cỏ lá nhọn
9. slope (n)
[sləup]
dốc thoai thoải
10. Steep slope (n)

Dốc đứng
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Match the words in A with their Vietnamese equivalents in B.
A B
1. dune
2. crest
3. Australian Aborigine
4. expendition
5.Royal Geographical Society
6. aerial
a. cuộc thăm dò, thám hiểm
b. Hội Địa lý Hoàng gia Úc
c.ở trên không
d. đỉnh, nóc, chỏm
e. thổ dân Úc
f. đụn, cồn cát
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Task 1. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)?
T F
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1. According to the passage, there are three great
deserts in Australia.
2.The Simpson Desert is the largest one in Australia.
3. The desert was named after Simpson in 1929.
4. Colson and Madigan travelled across the Simpson
Desert in 1936.
5. There are more dunes in the western part of the desert.
6. Dry salt lakes are in the northern part of the desert.
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Team work
Game: Lucky stars
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Task2. Answer the following questions.
1. What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy
desert which circle the center of Australia?
2.Where is the Simpson Desert?
3. When did the first European enter the desert?
4. Who was Simpson?
They are Great Victoria Deserts, Gibbon, Great Sandy and
Tanami Deserts and Simpson Desert.
It lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Ranges in the
north, the Mulligan and the Diamantina Rivers in the east, and the
Macumba and Finke Rivers in the west.
In 1845.

He was the president of the South Australian Branch of the
Royal Geographical Society of Australia.