Unit 9: Natural disasters
A CLOSER LOOK 1
Vocabulary
1. Fill each blank with a suitable verb in the correct form from the box below. Then listen, check and repeat.
Erupt (v) /ɪˈrʌpt/
Rage /reɪdʒ/
Collapse /kəˈlæps/
Strike /straɪk/
Bury /ˈberi/
Shake /ʃeɪk/
Phun, nổ
Cơn thịnh nộ, sự cuồng phong
Sụp đổ
Đánh đập
Chôn vùi, vùi lấp
Lung, lắc, làm rung
Yesterday a terrible storm…………………….the rural area of Ha Giang Province.
Villagers rushed into public shelters as soon as the volcano…………………
Hundreds of buildings were completely destroyed when the earthquake………………….the city.
The mudslide…………………the whole village while people were still sleeping in their houses.
The forest fire……………………for eight hours and some animals were badly injured or killed.
We managed to run out of the house into the street before the walls.
2. Match the verb in column A to the nouns in column B. Then listen, check and repeat
3. Now use the phrases in the correct form to complete the sentences
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…………..
3. When the storm started, they……in a cave
4. As the tornado moved through the town, high winds………………..across the streets.
5. The police had to……………to public, 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 biology geography
Photography apology
Ecology biography psychology
REMEMBER!
For words ending in -logy and –graphy place the stress on the third syllable from the end
Example
Biology
Photography
5. Listen and mark the stress on the correct syllable in the words below. Pay attention to –logy and -graphy
6. Read the following sentences and mark(‘) the stresses syllable in the underlined words. Then listen and repeat the sentences
1. We are studying the geography of Asia
2.I had a biology lesson this afternoon.
3.They share a common interest in photography.
4. A biography is a book that tells the story of someone’s life, written by someone else.
5.Zoology is the scientific study of animals and their behaviour.
As a gift for Jame.