DISASTERS
Uni 9 NATURAL
ETHNIC GROUPS
OF VIET NAM
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LESSON
CLOSER LOOK 2
LESSON3:4:ACOMMUNICATION

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HOBBIES

LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION
WARM-UP

Answering the questions.

EVERYDAY
ENGLISH

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.
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?

KNOWLEDGE OF
NATURAL DISASTERS

CONSOLIDATION

Wrap-up
Homework

WARM-UP

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

I. Vocabulary.

shake (v)
 /ʃeɪk/
rung, lắc

I. Vocabulary.

fahrenheit (n)
 /ˈfærənhaɪt/
độ F (đo nhiệt độ)

I. Vocabulary.

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

I. Vocabulary.
New words

1. shake (v)
2. fahrenheit (n)
3. richter scale (n)

Pronunciation

 /ʃeɪk/

Meaning

rung, lắc

/ˈfærənhaɪt/ độ F (đo nhiệt độ)
/ˈrɪktə skeɪl/

độ rích te (đo độ mạnh
của động đất)

Rub out and remember

shake

Fahrenheit
Richter
scale

II. Act 1 / P96

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.

III. Act 2 / P96

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.

IV. Act 3 / P96:
the short passages below. Decide which natural disaster each person
3 Read
below is talking about.

landslide
tornado
earthquake

V. Act 4 / P97

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.

V. Act 4 / P97

4

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

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.

VI. Act 5 / P97
Work
in
pairs.
Compare
your
answers.
Then
check
your
answers
5 with the key below. How many points did each of you get?

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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