Unit 9

NATURAL DISASTERS
A CLOSER LOOK 1

Stick the words with the suitable pictures.
Earthquake

Volcano

Earthquake

Typhoon

Snowstorm

Volcano

Typhoon

Snowstorm

3. Now use the phrase in 2 in the correct form to complete
the sentences.
provide aid
1. The rescue workers set up a camp to ____________
for the flood victims.
2. On the second day, there was a rainstorm which helped
to ____________________
put out the forest fire .
took shelter in a
3. When the storm started, they _____________
cave.
4. As the tornado moved through the town, high winds
scattered debris across the streets.
_________________
evacuate the village to public
5. The police had to _________________
shelters before the volcano started to erupt.

PRONUNCIATION

Stress in words ending in – logy and - graphy
4. Listen and repeat these words. Pay attention to the
stressed syllables.

technology
photography
ecology

biology
aplogy
biography

geography
psychology

REMEMBER!
For words ending in – logy and – graphy, place
the stress on the third syllable from the end.
Ex: biology

photography

5. Listen and mark the stress on the correct syllable in the
words below. Pay attention to –logy and –graphy.

1. sociology

4. climatology

2. zoology

5. astrology

3. biliography

6. demography

6. Read the following sentences and mark the stressed
syllables in the underlined words.
Then listen and repeat the sentences.

1.geography
2.biology
3.photography
4.biography
5.zoology

HOMEWORK
- Learn by heart new words.
- Do all these tasks on
workbook.
- Prepare “ A closer look 2”.