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12 B7
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I.WARMER
Where are you going?
I’m travelling to…
America
Japan
China
paris
australia
vietnam
Which country has deserts?
AMERICA ,CHINA and AUSTRALIA
Let’s go on...
Unit 9: DESERTS
Lesson: Reading
II.before you read
What do you know about deserts?
What kinds of plants and animals live in a desert?
Name some of the countries which have deserts?
-large areas of sand
-very hot during the day
very cold during the night
very little rainfall
very few people and animals
live there
-plants: cactus, date palm,eucalyptus
- animals:camel,sheep,lizard,jackal,…
Australia, Mongolia, the
USA,and in the North
Africa have deserts.
*Vocabulary
Sandy(adj):có cát
Aerial survey(n) /`e∂ri∂l/ cuộc trắc lượng trên không


Royal Geographical Society of Australia: hội địa lý hoàng gia Uc
Stretch(n):dải
dân Uc
Australia Aborigine (n): thổ dân Uc
Dune/dju:n/ :đụn cát,cồn cát
Sloping(adj):dốc thoai thoải
Steep(adj): dốc đứng
Hummock(n):gò,đống
Crest(n):đỉnh(gò,đống)
Spinifex(n):/`spainif∂ks/ cỏ lá nhọn
Task 1:Rewrite the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words or phrases.
1.stretch (n):
2.sandy (adj):
3.aerial survey (n):
4.Royal Geographical Society of Australia (n):
5.Australian Aborigine(n):
6.dune (n):
7.sloping (adj):
8.steep (adj):
9.hummock (n):
10.Crest (n):
11.Spinifex (n):
dải (sa mạc,cát…)
có cát
cuộc trắc lượng trên không
Hội địa lý hoàng gia Uc
thổ dân Uc
đụn cát
dốc thoai thoải
dốc đứng
gò,đống
đỉnh(gò,đống)
cỏ lá nhọn
Task: 2 Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
T F
According to the passage, there are three great deserts in Australia
2.The Simpson Desert is the largest one in Australia.
3. The desert was named after Simpson in 1929.
4.Colson and Madigan travelled across the Simpson Desert in 1936.
5.There are more dunes in the western part of the desert.
6.Dry salt lakes are in the northern part of the desert.
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III.WHILE YOU READ
circle the centre of Australia(p1,L1)
one of the largest ones (p1,L1& the news)
(p2,L5,6,7)
in 1939(three years later-P3,L1-3-4-5)
there is a network of short dunes(P4,L2)
(p 5,L1&5-6)
Task 3: Answer the following questions:
7. How many kinds of grass grow in the
Simpson Desert? What are they?
6.What are the dunes like in the western northern
parts of the desert?
5. How did E. A. Colson and an Australian Aborigine
travel across the desert?
4. Who was Simpson?
3. When did the first European enter the desert?
2. Where is the Simpson Desert?
1.What are the names of the
three great stretches of sandy desert
which circle the centre of Australia?
ANSWERS
1.They’re Great Victoria Deserts,Gibbon,Great Sandy and Tanami Deserts and Simpson Desert.
2.It lies between Lake Eyre in the south,the MacDonald Ranges in the north,the Mulligan and the Diamanita Rivers in the east, and the Macuba and Finke Rivers in the west.
3.In 1845.
4.He was the President of the South Australia Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia.
5.They took camels across the desert.
6.In the western part,they are short,mostly less than 10 metres high,and in the northern part,they are parallel and are up to 20 metres high.
7.Two. They are hummock grasses and spinifex.
P.1
P.2,L 1,2,3.
P2,L4.
P2,L6,7.
P3,L1
P4,L1-2 -3&P5,L1-6
P4,L3-4.
Iv.after you read
Read the story, please.
Is the story funny?
Where is the fun?
Desert (n) /`diz∂t/:sa mạc
(v)/di`z∂:t/ bỏ trống
Dessert (n) /di`z∂:t/: món ăn tráng miệng
v.homework
1. Learn vocabulary by heart.
2. Do exercises in the workbook.
3. Prepare the next lesson : B. Speaking
Thanks for attending!
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