Bài giảng môn Anh văn - Unit 9: Natural disasters (cont.)

Unit 9 NATURAL DISASTERS. (cont.) Period 59  Section : READPacific Rim(Ring of fire)* Vocabulary:- collapse (v):* Vocabulary:- collapse (v):* Vocabulary:- collapse (v):This is the tidal wave which occurred in 2005* Vocabulary:- collapse (v):big wind, hurricane, cyclone* Vocabulary:- collapse (v):The volcano is erupting.* Vocabulary:- collapse (v):- erupt (v):- eruption (n):* Vocabulary:- collapse (v):- erupt (v):- eruption (n):It looks like a funnel.- funnel (n):* Vocabulary:- collapse (v):- erupt (v):- eruption (n):- funnel (n):Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is know as the ‘Ring of Fire’. In 1995, a huge earthquake struck the city of Kobe in Japan. A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed. Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska. The tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California!* Vocabulary:- collapse (v):- erupt (v):- eruption (n):- funnel (n):- abrupt (adj):sudden- shift (n):* Vocabulary:- collapse (v):- erupt (v):- eruption (n):- funnel (n):- abrupt (adj):sudden- shift (n):Typhoons: When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia. The word ‘typhoon’ comes from Chinese: tai means ‘big’ and feng means ‘wind’, so the word ‘typhoon’ means ‘big wind’* Vocabulary:- collapse (v):- erupt (v):- eruption (n):- funnel (n):- abrupt (adj):sudden- shift (n):Volcanoes: We can usually predict when a volcano will erupt. Mount Pinatubo, Which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years. Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved because scientists had warned them about the eruption.* Vocabulary:- collapse (v):- erupt (v):- eruption (n):- funnel (n):- abrupt (adj):sudden- shift (n):Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm. They can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy in 1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was asleep in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!- suck up (v):1. Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the  Ring of Fire.2. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage. 3. A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and  hit Anchorage in the 1960s.4.Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disaster.5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest ever volcanic eruption.6. A tornado looks like a funnel.TFa) True or False ? Check () the boxes .b) Complete the sentences:  1.The majority of earthquakes . 2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many . 3. A tidal wave can only occur when . 4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as . 5. The Chinese language gave us . 6. A tornado is a type of storm that.b) Complete the sentences:  1.The majority of earthquakes . 2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many . 3. A tidal wave can only occur when . 4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as . 5. The Chinese language gave us . 6. A tornado is a type of storm that. occur around the Pacific Rim. homes, office blocks and highways collapsed. there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. a cyclone. the meaning of typhoon. passes overland below a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is in its path. Discussion:What should we do to reduce the damage of natural disasters ? HOMEWORK:- Learn the new words by heart.Do the exercise ( b ) in the notebooks.- Prepare Unit 9 	 section: Write. (page 79,80)