Unit 9 Deserts A Reading

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<b>What do you </b>

<b>know about </b>

<b>deserts?</b>

<b>What kinds of </b>

<b>plants and </b>

<b>animals live in </b>

<b>a desert?</b>

<b>Name some of </b>

<b>the countries </b>

<b>which have </b>

<b>deserts?</b>

<b>-large areas of sand</b>

<b>-very hot during the day</b>

<b>-very cold during the night</b>

<b>-very little rainfall</b>

<b>-very few people and animals </b>

<b>live there </b>

<b>-only cacti and a kind of spinifex can</b>

<b> grow. </b>

<b>- no kind of animals can live there.</b>

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<b>Task:1 Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words or phrases.</b>

<b>1. Stretch : </b>

<b>kÐo dµi</b>

<b>2. Sandy : </b>

<b>cã cát</b>

<b>3. Aerial survey : </b>

<b>trắc l ợng trên không</b>

<b>4. Royal Geographical Society of Australia : </b>

<b>Hội địa lý Hoàng </b>

<b>gia ụxtrõylia</b>

<b>5. Australian Aborigine : </b>

<b>thổ dân ôxtrâylia</b>

<b>6. Dune : </b>

<b>n cát</b>

<b>7. Sloping : </b>

<b>dèc thoai tho¶i</b>

<b>8. Steep : </b>

<b>dốc đứng, dốc ng ợc</b>

<b>9. Hummock : </b>

<b>gò, đống</b>

<b>10.Crest : </b>

<b>đỉnh (gò, đống)</b>

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<b>* Vocabulary:</b>

<b>1. Comprise (v) : </b>

<b>[kəm'praiz]</b>

<b>2. Enormous (adj) : </b>

<b>[i'nɔ:məs]</b>

<b>3. Remain (v) : </b>

<b>[i'nɔ:məs]</b>

<b>4. Camel (n) : </b>

<b>['kæməl]</b>

<b>5. Border (n) : </b>

<b>['bɔ:də]</b>

<b>6. Expedition (n) : </b>

<b>[,ekspi'di∫n]</b>

<b>7. Northerly (adj) : </b>

<b>['nɔ:đəli]</b>

<b>8. Route (n) : </b>

<b>[ru:t]</b>

<b>9. Eastward (n) : </b>

<b>['i:stwəd]</b>

<b>10.Corridor (n) : </b>

<b>['kɔridɔ:]</b>

<b>11.Stable (adj) : </b>

<b>['steibl]</b>

<b>12.Slope (n) : </b>

<b>[sloup]</b>

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Task: 2 Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)

T F

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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<b>Task 3: Answer the following questions:</b>

<b>7. How many kinds of grass grow in the </b>
<b>Simpson Desert? What are they?</b>

<b>6. What are the dunes like in the western northern </b>
<b>parts of the desert?</b>

<b>5. How did E. A. Colson and an Australian Aborigine</b>
<b>travel across the desert?</b>

<b>4. Who was Simpson?</b>

<b>3. When did the first European enter the desert?</b>
<b>2. Where is the Simpson Desert?</b>

<b>1. What are the names of the </b>
<b>three great stretches of sandy desert </b>

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