DISASTERS
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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.
Task 2: Practise giving and responding to bad news.

Task 3: Read. Decide which natural disaster each person
below is talking about.
Task 4: Choose the correct answer to each question..
Task 5: Work in pairs. Compare your answers. Then check
your answers.

KNOWLEDGE OF
NATURAL DISASTERS

CONSOLIDATION

Wrap-up
Homework

WARM-UP

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

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

shake (v)
 /ʃeɪk/
rung, lắc

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

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

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

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

EVERYDAY ENGLISH
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)

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

shake

Fahrenheit
Richter
scale

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

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.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

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.

KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL DISASTERS
the short passages below. Decide which natural disaster each person
3 Read
below is talking about.

landslide
tornado
earthquake

KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL DISASTERS

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.

KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL DISASTERS

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.

KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL DISASTERS

5

Work in pairs. Compare your answers. Then check your answers 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 the new words by heart .
 Do exercises in the workbook.
 Prepare for Lesson 5 – Skills 1.

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