Unit 9: Natural disasters. Lesson 4

WELCOME
TO
OUR
CLASS !
Teacher:Le Thi Da Thao


1.earthquake

A

2. Tidal wave

b

3. tornado
4. volcano

c

d


Thursday , April 10th ,2008
Unit 9: natural disasters
Period 59 :

Lesson 4 (read)

I. Pre- reading

1. Vocabulary
a tidal wave : TrËn sãng thÇn
a shift = a movement : Sự dịch chuyển , thay đổi
abrupt

= sudden (Adj) Bất ngờ , đột ngột

a tornado :

Cơn lốc xoáy

Funnel shaped
(to) suck up :
(to) warn :

(Adj):

Dạng hình phễu

Hút lên
Cảnh b¸o , b¸o tríc


* Checking vocabulary
1 a tidal wave :

TrËn sãng thÇn

2 a shift = a movement : Sù dÞch chun , thay ®æi

3 abrupt

= sudden (Adj) BÊt ngê , ®ét ngét

4 a tornado :

Cơn lốc xoáy
Dạng hình phễu

5 Funnel shaped
(Adj):

6 (to) suck up :
7

(to) warn :

Hút lên
Cảnh báo , báo trớc


2) T/F statement prediction
a. Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.

T

b. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995
caused severe damage.
c. A huge tidal wave traveled from California
to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.

d. Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are
different words for the same natural disasters.
e . The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the
world's largest ever volcanic eruption.
f. A tornado looks like a funnel.

F


II) WHILE -readING:

* Checking T/F prediction

T

F

1. Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.

2. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995
caused severe damage.
Alaska to
3. A huge tidal wave traveled from California
to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
California
4. Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are
different words for the same natural disasters.
5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the
world's largest ever
volcanic

eruption.
volcanic
eruption
in more than 50 years
6. A tornado looks like a funnel.


Unit 9: natural disasters – lesson 4 (read)
* Matching:
1.(l1-78) Pacific Rim

A. TÀN PHÁ

2.(l2-78) struck

b. XE NƠI

3.(l18-78) predict

C. VÀNH ĐAI THÁI
BÌNH DƯƠNG

4.(l19-78) erupt

D. DỰ ĐOÁN

5.(l2-79) baby carriage

E. PHUN TRÀO

Complete the sentences
occur around the Pacific Rim
1.The majority of earthquakes ...............

people were killed
2. During the earthquake in Kobe,many .......
when homes,office blocks and highways collapsed
3. A tidal wave can only occur when ..........
there is an abrupt
shift in the underwater movement of the Earth
4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as .....
a cyclone
5. The Chineese language gave us .............
the word “typhoon”
has a funnel shape
6. A tornado is a type of storm that .............
passing overland below a thunderstorm


III) post -readING:

Answer the question

Lucky number

2

3

7

1
6

4
5

7.
What
islanguage
another
word
for word
“tropical
storm”
in is
5.
7.
Which
Another
word
for
does
“tropical
the
storm”
“typhoon”
in
Australia

come
3.The
majority
of
earthquakes
occur
around
the
5.
It
comes
from
Chineese
2.Many
people
were
killed
when
homes ,inoffice
2.
3.
What
Where
happened
do
the
Lucky
majority
during
number

the
of
earthquakes
earthquake
occur
Kobe?
?
Lucky
number
Lucky
number
Australia
?
from?
apacific
cyclone
Rim
blocks and highways collapsed


The answer
2. Many people were killed when homes,office
blocks and highways collapsed
3. The majority of earthquakes occur around
the Pacific Rim
5. The word “typhoon” comes from Chineese
7. Another word for “a tropical storm” in
Australia is a cyclone

Unit 9: natural disasters – lesson 4 (read)

IV)homework
Learn by heart the new English words
Do the exercise 5b – page 79 (text
book)
BE READY (WRITE) uNIT 9



School: CHU VAN AN lower secondary school

Lesson plan

Unit 9_natural disasters
Period 59_lesson 4 (read)