Saturday October 30th, 2020

Flash Flood
Running Dictation
 New words
▪ a flash flood (n): A flash flood is very dangerous.
▪ cover (v): Heavy rains can cover low-lying land.
▪ low-lying land (n): Many houses are in low-lying land.
▪ pool up (v): The rain pools up quickly the swimming pool.
▪ saturated (adj): Peppa pigs like to jump in saturated ground.
▪ levee (n): Levees are smaller than dams.
▪ dam (n):
▪ severe (adj): Floods can be severe (very serious).
▪ rescue team (n): Rescue teams make people happy.
▪ trap (v): A mouse was trapped.
▪ power lines (n): A power line is dangerous when flooding.
▪ prepare (v): My teacher prepares my tests/ homework.
Listen and filling the missing
words
 What is a flash flood?
Have you ever heard about……..a flash
flood (1)….?
covers
A flood happens when water …………………
(2) land. A flash flood happens very quickly
low-lying land
in …………………………………..(3). And it's
usually caused by very heavy rains.
 What causes floods?
The heavy rains lead to flooding. During
these storms' heavy rains, water
pools up
………………………..(4) quickly and has
nowhere to go. The ground becomes
saturated
……………………………...(5), or full of water
and must rise. Floods can happen when
levees
………………………(6) and dams
………………..(7)
break.
 Problems from floods
Sometimes, floods can be so
severe
……………..…….(8). They cover entire houses
Rescue team
and buildings. …………………………..(9) have
trapped
to save people …………………….(10) on their
roofs. Many people die due to floods.
Floods can also knock out
power lines
……………………………(11). People can’t stay
prepare
warm and ………………………(12) food to eat.
Listen and answer the questions
a. Fill in the gap: A flood happens when
water covers land.
…………………………..
b. What happens very quickly in low-lying land?
…………………………………………………………………………
A flash flood happens very quickly in low-lying land.
c. What causes a flash flood?
Heavy rains cause flash floods.
……………………………………………………………………………
d. What happens with the ground when it’s
flooding?
……………………………………………………………………………
The ground becomes saturated or full of water.
e. What does a flash flood cover?
A flash flood covers entire houses and buildings.
………………………………………………………………
f. Who save people trapped on their roofs?
Rescue teams save people trapped on their roofs.
………………………………………………………………
g. What happen with people due to flash
floods?
Many people die due to flash floods.
…………………………………………………………………
People can’t stay warm and prepare food to eat.
Let’s interview!
Let’s talk about the floods!
LUCKY NUMBER

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10
 Question 1
What happens very quickly in
low – lying lands?
 Question 2

What causes a flash flood?

 Question 3
What happens with the ground
when it’s flooding?
 Question 4

What does a flash flood

cover?
 Question 5

Who save people trapped on

their roofs?
 Question 6

What happen with people

due to flash floods?
 Question 7

Put the words in order

flood /water /happens /A
/when /land/ covers
 Question 8

happen /Floods/ can/ when/

levees/ and /break /dams
 Homework
1. Talk about flashfloods.
2. Write a paragraph (from 8-10 sentences)
about flash floods which just happened in
in the central provinces of Vietnam.