Thursday, March 11
th
, 2010.
Unit 9:

NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL DISASTERS
Getting
Getting started + Listen and read

1. GETTING STARTED: Match the pictures to the correct
words. Then compare your answers with a partner’s:
snowstorm earthquake volcano typhoon

2. Listen and read:
a. New words:
(to) experience:
thunderstorm (n):
(to) expect:
highlands (n):
delta (n)
(to) trust:
typhoon (n)
mong đợi, chờ đón, sẽ đón nhận
cảm thấy, trải qua
bão có sấm sét và mưa to
vùng núi, vùng cao
vùng đồng bằng
tin tưởng vào, tin là thật
bão nhiệt đới

c) Rainy
3. Central highlands will be
-
- -
a) Thunderstorm and cloudy
b) Thunderstorm and rainy
c) Thunderstorm and sunny
4. HCM city’s temperature
will be - - -
a) 23
0
C and 27
0
C
b) 25
0
C and 30
0
C
c) 27
0
C and 350 C
1 –b
.Sunny
2 – c.
Rainy
3 – a. Thunderstorm and cloudy
4 –c. 27
o
C and 35

c)
d)
20
o
C and 25
o
C
25
o
C and 27
o
C
28
o
C and 32
o
C
34
o
C and 37
o
C
Eg: a) Cao Loc town will be cloudy .
It will have temperatures between 20
o
C and 25
o
C

Cao Lộc town: cloudy Bình Phước town: cloudy and rainy