Unit 9: Nature Disasters

Friday, March 18 th 2011 Week 29 - Period 54 Week 29 - Period 54 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I/- Brainstorming I/- Brainstorming The ring of fire 1. To strike – struck: 2. to collapse: 3. to suck: 4. abrupt: 5. Shift (n): 6. hurricane: 7. cyclone: 8. to erupt: 9. funnel – shaped (adj) 10. carriage (n): đánh phá sập, đổ sập hút, mút bất ngờ sự chuyển dịch bão lớn phun trào có hình phễu xe nôi 1. A huge tsunami …………… the city of Sendai in Japan a week ago. 2. Many facilities …………… after the tsunami. 3. The Mount of Vesuvius……………in 79 AD and destroyed Pompeii. 4. Scientists can predict the volcanic……………… 5. Babies like being taken out in the ……………… struck collapsed erupted eruption carriage 1- Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire. 2- The earthquakes in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage. 4- Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disaster. 6. A tornado looks like a funnel.       3. A huge tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California and hit Anchorage in the 1960s. 3- A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s. 5- The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philipine is the world’s largest ever volcanic eruption in more than 50 years. 5- The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philipine is the world’s largest ever volcanic eruption. 1. The majority of earthquakes………………………………… 2. During the earthquakes in Kobe, many………………………… 3. A tidal wave can only occur when………………………………… 4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as……………………. 5. The Chinese language gave us…………….……………………. 6. A tornado is a type of storm that…………….……………………. occur around the Pacific Rim and lots of houses, office blocks ang highways collapsed. people died underwater movement of the Earth. there’s an abrupt shift in the the meaning of the word “Typhoon” a cyclone passes overland below a thunderstorm. has a shape like a funnel and 1. Earthquake / occur / Pacific Rim 2. Typhoon / tropical storm / accompanied / rain and wind 3. Tornado / funnel-shaped storm / over / land / under / thunderstorm.