UNIT 9:

NATURAL
DISASTERS

Teacher: Trần Lê Minh Anh

 LET’S WATCH A VIDEO

What are the natural disasters

in the video ?
typhoon forest fire earthquake

avalanche flood tornado

 READING

1.Earthquake 2.Tidal wave

3.Volcano 4.Typhoon 5.Tornado

Pacific Rim = Vành đai Thái Bình Dương
 collapse (v)
 The building collapsed due to the earthquake.
 cause (v)
damage (n)

 Cause severe damage

= gây ra thiệt hại nặng nề
move (v)  movement (n)

Ex: A tidal wave is caused by the

underwater movement.
erupt (v)
eruption (n)

 volcanic eruption
 tornado funnel
funnel-shaped (adj)
 Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storm.
 suck (v)
suck up

Example:
Tornado can
suck up
everything.
1.Pacific Rim A. Phun trào
B. Hút
2.movement (n)
C. Vành đai Thái
3.collapse (v) Bình Dương
4.cause (v) D. Sự chuyển động

5.damage (n) E. Có hình dáng

cái phễu
6.suck (v)
F. Đổ sập
7.erupt (v) G. Thiệt hại
8.funnel-shaped (adj) H. Gây ra
 Vocabulary
1.Pacific Rim 6.suck (v)
suck up
2.movement (n)
move (v) 7.erupt (v)
eruption (n)
3.collapse (v)  Volcanic eruption
4.cause (v) 8.funnel-shaped (adj)

5.damage (n)
cause severe damage
 RELATIVE PRONOUNS
*S + V + O + Relative pronouns +V+O
*S Who  human
Which  object
That  human or object

Tornadoes are storms which pass overland below a

thuderstorm.

A tornado sucked up a baby who was asleep.

The chair I bought yesterday is

that
broken.
 TASK A
1.Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in
the Ring of Fire.
Earthquake

2.The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe

damage.
Earthquake

3.A huge tidal wave traveled from California to

Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
Tidal wave
4.Typhoons, hurricane and tropical storm are
different words for the same natural disaster.
Typhoon

5.The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s

largest ever volcanic eruption.
Volcano

6.A tornado looks like a funnel.

 Tornado
1. Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.
 TRUE

2.The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage.  TRUE

3.A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit
Anchorage in the 1960s.  FALSE
*from Alaska to California

4.Typhoons, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for

the same natural disaster.  TRUE

5.The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest ever

volcanic eruption.  FALSE
*was
6.A tornado looks like a funnel. TRUE
 TASK B
1. The majority of earthquakes …occurs
+ V + around
O the Pacific Rim.

+S+V+O
2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many …

3. A tidal wave can only occur when …+ S + V + O

+N
4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as …

5. The Chinese language gave us …+N

+S+V+O
6. A tornado is a type of storm that …
1. The majority of earthquakes occur around the Pacific
Rim.

2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many people were killed.

3. A tidal wave can only occur when there is an underwater

movement of the Earth.

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

5. The Chinese language gave us the word “typhoon”.

6. A tornado is a type of storm that passes overland below

a thunderstorm.
 SURVIVAL GAME
You are in a typhoon but your house collapsed!
Pick 3 objects to survie and give reasons
 canned food
and fresh water a tent a boat

a cellphone a first aid kit warm clothes

 HOMEWORK
Learn by heart new vocabulary
Prepare writing section Unit 9