Unit 9 natural disaters (1)

LESSON 1: - GETTING STARTED
- LISTEN AND READ


I. NEW WORDS
Snowstorm ['snou'stɔ:m] (n): Bão tuyết

Earthquake ['ə:θkweik] (n): Động đất
Volcano [vɔl'keinou] : (n): Núi lửa
Typhoon [tai'fu:n] (n): Bão nhiệt đới
Thunderstorm ['θʌndəstɔ:m] (n): Bão có sấm sét và mưa to
Delta ['deltə] (n):Vùng châu thổ
Highlands ['hailəndz] (n): Vùng núi, vùng cao
Natural disaster ['næt∫rəl di'zɑ:stə] (n) Thiên tai


2. volcano
5. delta

1. earthquake
4. snowstorm

a

d

3. thunderstorm
6. typhoon

b

e

c

f


Thuy’s
grandma

Thuy


II. THE TEXT
1.Listen and read

Thuy is talking to her grandmother.
Thuy: Grandma, it’s the weather forecast on TV
Grandma: Can you turn up the volume, Thuy?
Thuy: Yes, Grandma.
Weatherman: Here is tomorrow’s weather forecast. Ha Noi and areas to the north will be
sunny. Ha Noi will have temperatures between 230C and 270C. It will be raining along the
coast of Thanh Hoa. The south- central coast can expect thunderstorms. Hue will experience
temperatures between 250C and 300C. There will also be thunderstorms over the central
highlands. Areas around the Cuu Long Delta can expect clouds during the day. Ho Chi Minh
City’s temperatures will be between 270C and 350C
Thuy: That’s all, Grandma
Grandma : Thank you, dear. What are you doing?
Thuy: I’m preparing for a picnic with some old friends of mine.

We haven’t met since we left school. We’re going to a park on the other side of the river.
Grandma: Don’t forget to bring along a raincoat
Thuy: But Grandma , the forecast says it’ll be sunny
Grandma: I never trust weather forecasts
Thuy: You don’t miss a single one on TV, do you?
Grandma : But I like watching them, dear.
Thuy: Alright Grandma , I’ll bring a raincoat just in case. I hope my friends won’t laugh at me


Practice the dialogue in a group of three
Thuy is talking to her grandmother.
Thuy: Grandma, it’s the weather forecast on TV
Grandma: Can you turn up the volume, Thuy?
Thuy: Yes, Grandma.
Weatherman: Here is tomorrow’s weather forecast. Ha Noi and areas to the north will be
sunny. Ha Noi will have temperatures between 230C and 270C. It will be raining along the
coast of Thanh Hoa. The south- central coast can expect thunderstorms. Hue will experience
temperatures between 250C and 300C. There will also be thunderstorms over the central
highlands. Areas around the Cuu Long Delta can expect clouds during the day. Ho Chi Minh
City’s temperatures will be between 270C and 350C
Thuy: That’s all, Grandma
Grandma : Thank you, dear. What are you doing?
Thuy: I’m preparing for a picnic with some old friends of mine.
We haven’t met since we left school. We’re going to a park on the other side of the river.
Grandma: Don’t forget to bring along a raincoat
Thuy: But Grandma , the forecast says it’ll be sunny
Grandma: I never trust weather forecasts
Thuy: You don’t miss a single one on TV, do you?
Grandma : But I like watching them, dear.
Thuy: Alright Grandma , I’ll bring a raincoat just in case. I hope my friends won’t laugh at me.

2. Fill in each blank with one word or phrase from the dialogue.
turn up the volume
1. Thuy's grandmother wants her to ………….…
weather forecast.
on TV because she wants to listen to the ……..……………
raining along the[iks'piəriəns]
2. It will be ………..……….
coast of (V)
Thanh Hoa.
Chịu ảnh hưởng

central
highlands… … will experience thunderstorms.
3. The …
… ………………
have temperatures
4. Ho Chi Minh city will ………………………………

between 27o C and 35oC.

[trʌst](v)
Tin tưởng

5.Although Thuy's grandmother doesn't trust
watching…them.
weather forecasts
……………..……………….
, she likes …………….

… .… … .


3. Answer the questions:

HA NOI
230C – 270C

Ha Noi
will
beweather
sunny. Itbe
willlike
have
What
will
the
in Ha Noi?
0
temperatures between 23 C and 270C

will
the weather
like of
inThanh
ThanhHoa
Hoa?
ItWhat
will be
raining

along thebecoast
HUE

THANH HOA

250C – 300C Hue will experience temperatures between 250C
What will the weather be like in Hue?

and 300C. There will be thunderstorms

What
willMinh
the weather
like in Ho Chi Minh City?
Ho Chi
City’sbetemperatures
TP HO CHI
MINH

270C – 350C

will be between 270C and 350 C


What’s the weather like in Trai Cau ?

TRAI CAU
160C – 250C

Answer the question:

What should/shouldn’t we do
to stop natural disasters?

Collect
Notpapers,
pollute bottles
the air

Grow
trees
Not cut
down
the forests

Save
energy
Not
throw
trash


Homework
- Learn by heart all new words
- Translate the dialogue into Viet Namese
- Prepare Unit 9 - Lesson 2: Speak + Listen

True or False statements
Thuy’s grandmother is watching the weather
forecast on TV.

T

2 Ha Noi and areas to the north will be rainy.
sunny

F

1

3
4
5

Ha Noi will have temperatures between
0
0
0
0
15
C and
and 27
20 C
C.
23 C
Hue will experience temperatures between
0

0
25 C and 30 C.
Her grandmother wants her to
bring along an
a umbrella.
raincoat

F
T
F