UNIT 09: DESERTS
LESSON 01: READING
Find the animals hiding in the sentences.
1.That will be a real help.
2.She came late everyday.
3.He came to America today.
4.If Roger comes, we’ll begin.
5.In April I only came once.
6.I’ll sing ; you hum on key.
7.At last, I, Gerald, had won
bear
camel
cat
frog
lion
monkey.
tiger
1.That will be a real help.
2.She came late everyday.
3.He came to America today.
4.If Roger comes, we’ll begin.
5.In April I only came once.
6.I’ll sing ; you hum on key.
7.At last, I, Gerald, had won
 Which kind of these animals can live in deserts ?
 Name some other kinds of plants and animals live in deserts.
 Name some countries which have desrets.
Task 01: Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words or phrases.
1. Aerial (adj):
trên không
2. Dune (n) : 
đụn cát
3. Stretch (n):
dải đất
4. Australian Aborigine : 
thổ dân Úc
5. Hummock (n) : 
gò, đống
6. Slope (n) : 
dốc
7. Steep (adj) : 
dốc đứng
8. Crest (n) : 
đỉnh
9. Spinifex (n) : 
cỏ lá nhọn
10. Royal Geographical Society of Australia : Hội địa lý hoàng gia Úc
Bingo
Steep
Crest
Spifinex
Slope
Aborigine
Stretch
Hummock
Aerial
Dune
Spifinex
Slope
Aborigine
Task 01: Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words or phrases.
Task 02 : Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).
1.According to the passage, there are three great deserts in Australia.
2. The Simpson Desert is the largest one in Australia.
3. The desert was named after Simpson in 1929.
4. Colson and Madigan travelled across the Simpson Desert in 1963
5. There are more dunes in the western part of the desert.
6. Dry salt lakes are in the northern part or the desert.
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Task 03 : Answer the following questions
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1 . What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the centre of Australia?
They are Great Victoria Deserts , Gibbon, great Sandy and Tanami Desert and Simpson Desert
2. Where is the Simpson Desert ?
It lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Ranges in the north, the Mulligan and the Diamantina Rives in the east, and the Macumba and Finke Rivers in the west.
3. When did the first European enter the desert?
In 1845
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4. Who was Simpson?
He was the President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia
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5. How did E. A. Colson and an Australian Aborigine travel across the desert ?
They took camels across the desert.
6. What are the dunes like in the western and northern parts of the desert?
In the western part, they are short, mostly less than 10 meters high, and in the northern part, they are parallel and are up to 20 meters high.
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7. How many kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert ? What are they?
Two. They are hummock grasses and spinifex.
Task 03 : Answer the following questions
2. Where is the Simpson Desert ?
3. When did the first European enter the desert?
In 1845
It lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Ranges in the north, the Mulligan and the Diamantina Rives in the east, and the Macumba and Finke Rivers in the west.
1. What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the centre of Australia?
They are Great Victoria Deserts , Gibbon, great Sandy and Tanami Desert and Simpson Desert
4. Who was Simpson?
He was the President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia
5. How did E. A. Colson and an Australian Aborigine travel across the desert ?
They took camels across the desert.
6. What are the dunes like in the western and northern parts of the desert?
In the western part, they are short, mostly less than 10 meters high, and in the northern part, they are parallel and are up to 20 meters high.
Read this story and answer the questions that follow.
At a restauant, a Vietnamese interpreter was having dinner with an American businessman. It was a delicious dinner and both of them enjoyed it enormously. Before the dinner was over, the interpreter asked the American businessman: “What would you like for your desert?” After a pause, the American businessman answered: “Trees and water”.
Is the story funny?
Where is the fun?
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