BINH THANH SECONDARY SCHOOL

KIM'S GAME

snowstorm

typhoon

earthquake

volcano

fire

drought

KIM'S GAME

snowstorm

typhoon

earthquake

volcano

fire

drought

Lesson 4: Read

UNIT 9 : NATURAL DISASTERS
Lesson 4: Read
MATCHING:
A

B

- collapse

phun trào

- abrupt

sự thay đổi

- funnel

sụp đổ

- suck up

cái phễu

- shift

bất ngờ

- erupt

hút lên

UNIT 9 : NATURAL DISASTERS
Lesson 5: Read
New words:
- collapse

(v) : sụp đổ

- abrupt = sudden (adj) : bất ngờ
- funnel

(n) : cái phễu

- suck up

(v) : hút lên

- shift
- erupt

(n) :sự thay đổi
(v) : phun trào

eruption (n): sự phun trào

Fill in the blanks with the suitable given words:
shift

funnel
erupted

suck up
collapse

abrupt

1.Tornadoes can………………anything that is in their path.
2.The earthquakes caused the homes, office blocks and
highways to …………………….
3. A tornado looks like a………………
4. The film has an……………….ending.
5. Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt……………..in the
underwater movement of the Earth.
6. Mount Pinatubo ………………in 1991.

Where is it ?
- It's Kobe, the city of Japan
What happened in Kobe in 1995?
- It happened a huge earthquake

Guess

Read

key

1. Most of the earthquakes in the world
occur in the Ring of Fire.

T

2. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused
severe damage.

T

3. A huge tidal wave traveled from
Alaska
California and hit Anchorage in
California
to Alaska
the 1960s.
4. Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm
are different words for the same natural
disaster.
5 . The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the
eruption
in more than
50 years
world's largest ever
volcanic
eruption.
6. A tornado looks like a funnel.

F
T
F
T

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 round the Pacific Rim
1. The majority of earthquakes…………………………………
people were killed when
2.During the earthquake in Kobe, many………………………...

……………………………………...............................................
homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
3. A tidal wave can only occur when…………………………….
there is an abrupt shift in
……………………………………………………………………….
the underwater movement of the Earth.
4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as ……………………
a cyclone.
5. The Chinese language gave us ………………………………
the word " typhoon".
6. A tornado is a type of storm that ……………………………..
looks like a funnel

Kobe- Japan

A large number of
people were killed

1995
result

Homes, office blocks,
highways collapsed

1960s
hit Anchorage
Alaska -California

Natural
Disasters

North and South America
Australia
Asia

cyclone
typhoon

Philippines
1991
Hundreds people were died
Italy
1981
Lifted a baby in carriage into the air

hurricane

Earthquake, Tidal wave in JAPAN

Sóng thần ập vào bờ biển phía đông bắc Nhật Bản ngày 11/3/2011, đây là động
đất mạnh nhất trong hơn một thế kỷ qua. Khoảng 400 người đã được xác định
thiệt mạng, nhưng con số có thể lên đến 1.000.

Hỏa hoạn tại một nhà máy lọc dầu ở
đông Tokyo sau động đất

Don't cut down the trees

Plant more green trees

Save energy

* Homework:
1. Learn new words by heart.
2. Read the text again and find
out more information about
natural disasters, especially
in Vietnam.
3. Prepare unit 9: (cont)
-Lesson: “write” (page 79-80).

Answer the following questions
a) Where do most of earthquakes happen ?
b) What will happen when there is an
abrupt shift in the underwater movement
of the earth ?
c) What does “typhoon” mean ?
d) Can we predict a volcano ?
e) What does a tornado look like?

Team A

100
30
20
40
60
80
10
50
70
90

Team B

30
20
40
80
60
100
10
50
90
70

d) Can we predict a volcano?

Yes, we can. The scientists can warn us
about the eruption

a) Where do most of earthquakes happen ?

They happen around the Pacific Rim.

c) What does “typhoon” mean ?

It means ”big wind”.

b) What will happen when there is an
abrupt shift in the underwater
movement of the earth?

Tidal waves will happen.

e) What does a tornado look like?

It looks like a funnel

e) What does a tornado look like?

It looks like a funnel

ANSWER KEY
a) Where do most of earthquakes happen?
They happen around the Pacific Rim.
b) What will happen when there is an abrupt shift in the
underwater movement of the Earth?
Tidal waves will happen.
c) What does “typhoon” mean?
It means “big wind”.
d) Can we predict a volcano?
Yes, we can. The scientists can warn us about the
eruption.
e) What does a tornado look like ?
It looks like a funnel.

Earthquake, Tidal wave in JAPAN