Lesson 1. Reading
Lesson 1. Reading

* Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
1. What do you know about deserts?
2. What kinds of plants and animals live in a desert?
3. Name some of the countries which have deserts?
They are the large area of sand without tree and water,
but with severe climates, very hot during the day and very
cold at night. There is very little rainfall there; very few
people and animals except for in oases.
Only cacti and a kind of spinifex can grow
Australia, Mongolia, the USA and North Africa
Before you read.

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1. stretch (r, n)
[stret∫] Kéo dài, dải
2. aerial (n)
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3. camel (n) : Con l
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4. dune (n)
[dju:n]
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5. network (n)
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6. hummock (n)

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1. 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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While you read.

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Task2. Answer the following questions.
1. What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy
desert which circle the center of Australia?
2.Where is the Simpson Desert? – It is between…..
3. When did the first European enter the desert?
4. Who was Simpson?
A. Great Victoria Deserts.
B. Gibbon, Great Sandy and Tanami Deserts .
C. Simpson Desert.
D. Both A, B and C.
A. Lake Eyre in the south.
B. The Macdonnel Ranges in the north.

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D. five.
C. four.
B. Three