Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
Unit 9:
Teacher: Bui Thi Chin
Severe: (adj) :
Tropical storm (n):
Property (n) :
destroy (v) :
Trap (v) :
debris (n) :
Rescue (v,n) :
Accomodation (n) :
Extensive (adj) :
1. vocabulary
Tropical storm is very Severe
an object or objects that belong to someone means Property
khắc nghiệt
= typhoon: bão nhiệt đới
tài sản
phá hủy
kẹt lại
đống đổ nát,
cứu hộ
Chỗ ở
cường độ lớn, phạm vi rộng
to damage something so badly that it cannot be used means destroy:
Many people were trapped in flooded homes in Quang Binh
Her knowledge of music is extensive (= she knows a lot about music).
1. Nam Dinh Province was hit by a severe …………..
2. Only a few people were …………..
3. The storm caused extensive ……………... to property.
4. Rescue workers have freed those who were ……………. in flooded homes.
5. The government has sent rescue equipment, food, and ………… .
6. People without homes will be provided with ……….
tropical storm
injured
damage
trapped
medical supplies.
temporary accommodation.
Ex1a. Read the text & fill in the gaps with no more than 3 words
Ex1b. Responsing to news.
Oh no! 2. That’s a relief! 3. That’s awful!
3. That`s a relief!
7. That`s shocking!
4. Wonderful!
10. That`s great!
8. That`s awesome!
9. Wow!
6. Oh no!
5. How terrible!
2. That`s awful!
1. Oh dear!
2. Match the sentences (1- 6) to the responses (a-f).
1 – b
2 – d
3 – f
4 – c
5 – a
6 – e
tsunami
tornado
mudslide
volcanic eruption
drought
earthquake
typhoon
flood
forest fire
5. 6. 7. 8.
1. 2. 3. 4.
10.
3. Match the natural disasters with the disacter
A: Which are the most common natural disasters in South of Vietnam?
B: Droughts are pretty popular.
A: How often do they happen there?
B: Droughts happens about one or two times a year in the summer.
A: What damages do they bring?
B: They cause crops to die and the farmers cannot harvest so they might end up with unemployment and hunger.
Homework
Learn by heart the new words and expressions.
Do the exercises A in workbook.
Do the exercises in A closer look 1.