Welcome to our class
Binh Khanh Junior High School
Teacher: Chau Huynh Thanh Truc
WARM- UP
1. Earthquake
2. Tidal wave
3. Tornado
4. Volcano
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Matching:
10 terrible natural disasters in 2010
Earthquake, Tidal wave in JAPAN
UNIT 9 : NATURAL DISASTERS
Period 58. Lesson 4:
(P.78-P.79 )
Friday, April 1st, 2011
READ
PRE- READING
Vocabulary:
- (To) strike
- struck- struck:
va chạm
- shift ( Unc. N)
= movement:
sự dịch chuyển
- ( to) erupt
- eruption:
phun trào
- a funnel:
cái phễu, quặng
 funnel- shaped ( adj):
có hình phễu
- ( to) suck up:
hút lên
- severe ( adj):
nghiêm trọng
PRE- QUESTIONS:
Friday, April 1st, 2011
1/ What sorts of natural disasters can you know from the text?
2/ What will human beings suffer from them?
While- reading
1. Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.

2. The earthquake in Kobe in1995 caused severe damage.
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 natural disaster.
5.The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world`s largest ever volcanic eruption.
6. A tornado looks like a funnel.
True/ False statements prediction:
T F
True or False? Check (√) the boxes.
Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.
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True
False
2.The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage.
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 natural disaster.
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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in more than
50 years.
Alaska
California
Fiday, April 1st , 2011
Unit 9: Natural disasters
Lesson 4: Read (p. 78, 79)
Answer the questions:
a/ Where do ninety percent of earthquakes occur?
b/ When did a huge tidal wave heat Anchorage, Alaska?
c/ Is a tropical storm in Australia called a cyclone?
d/ How many people were saved in Philippines volcano?
e/ What lifted a baby into the air?
S.E.C
.Lucky Numbers!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Suggested answers:
a/ Where do ninety percent of earthquakes occur?
 Around the Pacific Rim
b/ When did a huge tidal wave heat Anchorage, Alaska?
In the 1960s
c/ Is a tropical storm in Australia called a cyclone?
 Yes, it is.
d/ How many people were saved in Philippines volcano?
 Thousands of people
e/ What lifted a baby into the air?
A tornado
Check PRE- QUESTIONS:
Friday, April 1st, 2011
1/ What sorts of natural disasters can you know from the text?
2/ What will human beings suffer from them?
 Earthquakes, Tidal waves, Typhoons, Volcanoes, Tornadoes
Hurt - Injure - Die
lose houses/ accomodation/ relatives/ furniture/ animals/ crops.....everything
be poor/hungry/ thirsty/ starving
Post- reading
Multiple choice:
1/ Why do people call the Pacific Rim “ Ring of Fire”?
Because 80% of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim.
B. Because 90% of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim.
Because 90% of earthquakes occur in America
D. Because 90% of earthquakes occur in Japan.
2/ What will happen when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth?
Earthquake B. Tornado C. Typhoon D. Tidal wave
3/ What does “ Typhoon” mean?
A. Big wind B. Small wind C. Big rain D. Large fire
4/ Can we predict a volcano?
A. Yes. Everybody can predict a volcano.
B. No. We can’t predict a volcano.
C. Yes. The scientists can warn us about the eruption.
D. No. The scientists can’t warn us about the eruption.
5/ What can a tornado suck up?
A. People B. Houses C. Offices D. (A), ( B), ( C) are right



Work in groups
The earth`s in your hands
      
NAM NHI                                    
What should we
do to prevent
natural disasters?
Let’s watch the weather forecast

Clean up the streets
Plant more green trees
Don’t cut down the trees
Save energy:
SHOULDN’T:
SHOULD:
- Learn vocabulary by heart ( names of natural disasters).
Do exercise 1, 2 page 79 in your notebooks
Prepare : Unit 9 Lesson 5:Write p. 79,80
Vocab: to behave, shelter, scared, all of sudden, strangely.
Homework:
Thanks for your joining in my lesson
Goodbye!
d/ How many people were
saved in Philippines volcano?
 Thousands of people
2. b/ When did a huge tidal wave heat Anchorage, Alaska?
 In the 1960s
3.Lucky number.
5. a/ Where do ninety percent of earthquakes occur?
Around the Pacific Rim
Lucky number
4
7. c/
Yes, it is.
Is a tropical storm in Australia called a cyclone?
8.e/

What lifted a baby
into the air?
A tornado
6
Lucky number