WELCOME TO
OUR
CLASS !
* Matching
a.Snowstorm

b.Earthquake

c. Volcano

d.Typhoon

e. Tornado

f. Tidal wave
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Natural disasters
Wednesday, March 25th,2009
Period: UNIT 9 NATURAL DISASTERS
Lesson 3: READ
I. New words
- tornado (n)
- tidal wave (n)
= funnel- shaped storm (n)
= tsunami (n)
- typhoon (n)
= cyclone = hurricane (n)
- erupt (v)
 eruption (n)
- collapse (v)
- abrupt (a )
= quick and sudden (a )
- warn (v)
- suck up ( v)
- Pacific Rim
: The Ring of Fire
- thunderstorm (n)
* Fill in each gap with suitable word(s)
1. In the last earthquake, many people were killed when houses, buildings………………….
2. A huge …………………hit Thailand and destroyed
coastal cities.
3. ……………………….is a funnel- shaped storm that can
s…………… up anything in their path.
4. A volcano woke up and --------------------last week. However, there were no serious damage because scientists had w………………… people about the e……………………
collapsed
tidal wave
tornado
uck
erupted
arned
ruption
* Choose True or False. Check the boxes:
1. Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.
2. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage.
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3. A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
4. Typhoon, hurricane, and tropical storm are different words for the same disasters
5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest ever volcanic eruption
6. A tornado looks like a funnel
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from Alaska to California and hit Anchorage
The world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years
* Complete the sentences:
The majority of earthquakes …………………………………………........................
During the earthquake in Kobe, many …..………………………………..........................
A tidal wave can only occur when ……………………………………
In Australia, a tropical storm is known as …………………………..
The Chinese language gave us ………………………………………
A tornado is a type of storm that ……………………………………..
occur around the Pacific Rim .
people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.
There is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth
a cyclone.
the meaning of the word” typhoon”
passes over and below a thunderstorm and can suck up anything that is in its path.
Du phong
* Questions
Why do many people call the Pacific Rim “ the Ring of Fire’?
…………………………………………………………..

What will happen when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth?
…………………………………………………………..
What does “ typhoon” mean?
…………………………………………………………..
Can we predict a volcano?
…………………………………………………………..
Because 90 percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim.
Tidal waves will happen/ occur.
It means “ big wind “.
Yes, we can.
Complete exercises a, b into notebook
 Review” simple past tense”
 Prepare “ Writing”
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