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NHON AN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Match the pictures to the correct words.
typhoon
earthquake
snowstorm
volcano
Natural disasters
Snowstorm
Typhoon
Volcano
Earthquake
Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
Period 56th
Lesson 3: Read
Tuesday,March 16th, 2010

Period 56th
* New words:
strike (v)
collapse (v)
Pacific Rim (n)
tidal waves (C- n)
abrupt shift
hurricane (n)
erupt (v) – eruption (n)
tornadoes (n)
funnel shape
suck up (v)
Unit 9: NATURAL DISATERS
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Where do earthquakes often occur ?
In Pacific Rim
2. Where did the 1995 earthquake strike?
The city of Kobe
3. What are the results of tidal waves ?
An abrupt shift in the underwater movement
4. Where did a tidal wave hit in the 1960s?
A huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska
5. Can we predict when a volcano will erupt?
Yes, we can
6. What happened in 1991?
Mount Pinatubo in Philippines erupted
7. What does a tornado look like ?
A funnel
8. What can they do with things in their
path?
They can suck up anything in their path
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*Exercises:
a) True or False ? Check ( ? ) the boxes
Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.
2. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused served 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 worlds
for the same natural 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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Alaska
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largest volcano eruption in more than 50 years
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b) Complete the sentences:
The majority of earthquakes ...

2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many ...


3. A tidal wave traveled can only occur when ...

4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as ...

5. The Chinese language gave us ...

6. A tornado is a type of storm that...
occurred around Pacific Rim
people were killed, many houses, offices and highways collapsed
there is an abrupt shift in the
underwater movement
a cyclone
the word “ typhoon”
passes over land and sucks up
any thing in their path
* Put the words or numbers in the box in to the right column
Homework
Learn the old lesson
Write a paragraph about 1 natural disaster.
Prepare Unit 9: Write
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