Unit 9. Natural disaters

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earthquak
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drought

typhoon

snowstor


Monday, March 27th
2017


NEW WORDS

- a tidal wave:

sóng thần

phun lên, phun trào
- ( to) erupt:
eruption: (Unc.N) sự phun trào

- a tornado:

lốc xoáy

- a funnel-shaped:

Có hình phễu

- (to) lift

nâng lên, nhấc lên


Monday, March 27th, 2017

Matching :
1- a tidal
wave
2- ( to) erupt

a. Có hình
phễu
b. lốc xoáy

3- eruption

c. sự phun
trào
d. sóng thần

4- a tornado
5- a funnelshaped
6- (to) lift

e. nhấc lên,
nâng
lên
f. phun lên,
phun trào


Unit 9: Natural Disasters
Lesson 4: Read
1/ What sorts of natural disasters can you know
from the text?
2/ Have you ever seen them ?



True or false? Check(

) the boxes

1. Most of the earthquakes in the

T F

world occur in the Ring of Fire.
2. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995
caused severe damage.

Alaska
3. A huge tidal wave traveled
from to
California
to Alaska and hit
California
Anchorage
in the
1960s.
4. Typhoon,
hurricane
and
tropical
storm are different words for the same
natural
disaster.of Mount Pinatubo is
5. The eruption
the world's
largesteruption
ever volcanic
volcanic
in more than 50 year
eruption.
6. A tornado looks like a funnel.


Monday, March 27th, 2017

Questions:
1. Where do the majority of earthquakes

happen?
2. What are the result of an abrupt shift in
the underwater movement of the Earth ?
3. What does “typhoon” mean ?
4. Can we predict a volcano?
5. What does a tornado look like?


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1/ Where do the majority of

earthquakes happen?

around the Pacific Rim


3/ What does “typhoon” mean ?

“big wind”


4 / Can we predict a
volcano?

Yes


2/ What are the result of an
abrupt shift in the underwater
movement of the Earth ?

Tidal waves

5. What does a tornado
look like?

a funnel




1. Where do the majority of earthquakes
happen?
 around the Pacific Rim
2. What are the result of an abrupt shift in the
underwater movement of the Earth ?
 Tidal waves
3. What does “typhoon” mean ?
 “big wind”
4. Can we predict a volcano?
Yes
5. What does a tornado look like?
 a funnel


*/Complete the sentences
1. The majority of earthquakes ...
occur around the Pacific Rim,
which is known as the “Ring of Fire”.
2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many people were
… killed 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 Chinese language gave us the
…word “typhoon”
6. A tornado is a type of storm that passes
… overland below a
thunderstorm.



This can help us prevent
some natural disasters .