UNIT 9: NATUARAL DISASTERS
Lesson 4: Communication

Trịnh Thị Mai Dung
Quang Trung secondary school

DISASTERS
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LESSON
CLOSER LOOK 2
LESSON3:4:ACOMMUNICATION

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HOBBIES

WARM-UP

1. What do you see in the picture?
2. How do you feel?

LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION
Answering the questions.

WARM-UP

VOCABULARY

New words related to natural disasters.

Aims of the stage:
 To introduce the new words related to
natural disasters.
 To help Ss understand more clearly the
meaning of some words.
 To help Ss use the words in specific
contexts.

VOCABULARY

Shake (v)
 /ʃeɪk/
Rung, lắc

VOCABULARY

Fahrenheit (n)
 /ˈfærənhaɪt/
Độ F (đo nhiệt độ)

VOCABULARY

Richter scale (n)
/ˈrɪktə skeɪl/
Độ rích te (đo độ mạnh của
động đất)

VOCABULARY
New words

1. Shake (v)

Pronunciation

 /ʃeɪk/

Meaning

Rung, lắc

2. Fahrenheit (n)

/ˈfærənhaɪt/

Độ F (đo nhiệt độ)

3. Richter scale (n)

/ˈrɪktə skeɪl/

Độ rích te (đo độ mạnh của động
đất)

VOCABULARY

Shake

Fahrenheit

Richter
scale

LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION

Answering the questions.

WARM-UP
VOCABULARY

PRACTICE

New words related to natural disasters.
Task 1: Listen and read the dialogue below. Pay attention to
the highlighted sentences.
Task 2: Work in pairs. Practise giving and responding to bad
news in the following situations.
Task 3: Read the short passages below. Decide which
natural disaster each person below is talking about.

PRACTICE

1 Listen and read the dialogue below. Pay attention to the highlighted sentences.
Mark: Phong, why are you so sad?
Phong: My grandparents called this morning.
A flood destroyed their house.
Mark: I'm sorry to hear that.
Phong: It also damaged all of their crops.
Mark: That's awful. I hope your grandparents
are safe.

PRACTICE
Responding to bad news:
- I'm sorry to hear that
- That's awful

PRACTICE

2

Work in pairs. Practise giving and responding to bad news in the
following situations.

- You have a friend in a mountainous area. A
landslide destroyed his family's garden
yesterday. You share this news with your
classmate.
- You hear that a big earthquake hit a city. You
share this news with your classmate.

PRACTICE

3

Read the short passages below. Decide which natural disaster each
person below is talking about.

=> Nam: landslide
=> Ann: tornado
=> Tom: earthquake

LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION
Answering the questions.

WARM-UP
VOCABULARY

New words related to natural disasters.
Task 1: Listen and read the dialogue below. Pay attention to
the highlighted sentences.
Task 2: Work in pairs. Practise giving and responding to bad
news in the following situations.
Task 3: Read the short passages below. Decide which
natural disaster each person below is talking about.

PRACTICE

FURTHER
PRACTICE

Task 4: Choose the correct answer to each question to see
how much you know about natural disasters.
Task 5: Work in pairs. Compare your answers. Then check
your answers with the key on page 101. How many points
did each of you get?

FURTHER PRACTICE

4

Choose the correct answer to each question to see how much you
know about natural disasters.

Question 1: Which of these may cause landslides?
A. Heavy rain.
B. Wind.
C. Lightning.
Question 2: Which of these activities may cause landslides?
A. Littering.
B. Cutting down trees. C. Polluting the air.
Question 3: What scale is used for measuring earthquakes?
A. Fahrenheit scale. B. Celsius scale.
C. Richter scale.
Question 4: What natural disaster can an earthquake cause?
A. A flood.
B. A landslide.
C. A tornado.
Question 5: What do tornadoes form from?
A. An earthquake. B. A flood.
C. A thunderstorm.
Question 6: Where do tornadoes mostly happen?
A. In the USA.
B. In the UK.
C. In Viet Nam

FURTHER PRACTICE

5

Work in pairs. Compare your answers. Then check your answers with the key
below. How many points did each of you get?

Question 1: Which of these may cause landslides?
A. Heavy rain.
B. Wind.
C. Lightning.
Question 2: Which of these activities may cause landslides?
A. Littering.
B. Cutting down trees. C. Polluting the air.
Question 3: What scale is used for measuring earthquakes?
A. Fahrenheit scale. B. Celsius scale.
C. Richter scale.
Question 4: What natural disaster can an earthquake cause?
A. A flood.
B. A landslide.
C. A tornado.
Question 5: What do tornadoes form from?
A. An earthquake. B. A flood.
C. A thunderstorm.
Question 6: Where do tornadoes mostly happen?
A. In the USA.
B. In the UK.
C. In Viet Nam

LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION
Answering the questions.

WARM-UP
VOCABULARY

Task 1: Listen and read the dialogue below. Pay attention to
the highlighted sentences.
Task 2: Work in pairs. Practise giving and responding to bad
news in the following situations.
Task 3: Read the short passages below. Decide which
natural disaster each person below is talking about.

PRACTICE

FURTHER
PRACTICE

CONSOLIDATION

New words related to natural disasters.

Task 4: Choose the correct answer to each question to see
how much you know about natural disasters.
Task 5: Work in pairs. Compare your answers. Then check
your answers with the key on page 101. How many points
did each of you get?
• Wrap-up
• Homework

CONSOLIDATION

1

WRAP-UP

In this lesson, you have:
 learnt new words related to natural disasters.
 learnt how to give and respond to bad news.

CONSOLIDATION

2

HOMEWORK

Learn by heart all the words.
Do exercises in the workbook.
Prepare for Lesson 5 – Skills 1.

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