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Prepared by Nguyen Thi Thanh Binh Period : 54 Week: 20 Unit 9: deserts Reading WARM UP: Match the pictures with their names: Camel-elephant–antelope-monkey-jackalsheep antelope jackal camel monkey sheep elephant Guessing: What is this? It is a desert Questions: 1.What kind of these animals can live in desert? Camel, jackal, antelope Name some of countries which have deserts? China, Egypt, Australia, PRE- READING Dune (n) : đụn cát Spinifex (n): Cỏ nhọn Stretch (v) : Trãi dài (n) : dãi - stretch of sandy desert (n) : dãi sa mạc : bao gồm comprise (v) Aerial survey (adj) : Dune (n) : Khảo thí không Aborigine (n) Cồn cát, đụn cát : Thổ dân Hummock (n) : Gò, đống Slope (n) : Đèo Dốc - A steep slope (n) : Dốc thẳng đứng Crest (n) Spinifex (n) : : Đỉnh Có nhọn 10 Royal Geographical Society of Australia: hiệp hội địa lý Hoàng Gia Úc WHILE - READING Activity : True or False statements: According to the passage, Australia has only three great deserts False (It has more than three great deserts) The Simpson Desert is the largest one in Australia False (not mentioned) The desert was named after Simpson in 1929 True Colson and Madigan traveled across the Simpson Desert in 1936 False (Colson and Australian Aborigine did) There are more dunes in the western part of the Simpson desert False (not mentioned) Dry salt lakes are in the northern part of the desert True Activity 2: Answer the questions What are the three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the centre of Australia? - They are Great Victoria Desert, Gibbon, Great Sandy and Tanami Deserts and Simpson Desert Where is the Simpson Desert? - It lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Ranges in the north, the Mulligan and the Diamantina Rivers in the east, and the Macumba and Finke Rivers in the west When did the first European entered the desert? - In 1845 Who was Simpson? - He was the President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia 5 How did E A Colson and an Australian Aborigine travel across the desert? - They took camels across the desert What are the dunes like in the western and northern parts of the desert? - In the western part, they are short, mostly less than 10 metres high , and in the northern part, they are parallel and are up to 20 metres high How many kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert? What are they? - Two They are hummock grasses and spinifex POST - READING Discussion Discussion Which method should people use to stop desert expansion? Suggested ideas: - Ban people from cutting trees for fuel and farmland because when people cut down trees, the climate and soil are affected and forests are turned into deserts - Plant a wall of trees across the edge of a desert to stop desert sand from the spreading - Build long canals or pipelines to carry water to desert areas 1.Learn by heart the new words 2.Do all the tasks in the exercise notebooks 3.Prepare the lesson 2: Speaking Discussion [...]... desert? - In the western part, they are short, mostly less than 10 metres high , and in the northern part, they are parallel and are up to 20 metres high 7 How many kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert? What are they? - Two They are hummock grasses and spinifex POST - READING Discussion Discussion Which method should people use to stop desert expansion? Suggested ideas: - Ban people from cutting trees... and farmland because when people cut down trees, the climate and soil are affected and forests are turned into deserts - Plant a wall of trees across the edge of a desert to stop desert sand from the spreading - Build long canals or pipelines to carry water to desert areas 1.Learn by heart the new words 2.Do all the tasks in the exercise notebooks 3.Prepare the lesson 2: Speaking Discussion ...Period : 54 Week: 20 Unit 9: deserts Reading WARM UP: Match the pictures with their names: Camel-elephant–antelope-monkey-jackalsheep... they are parallel and are up to 20 metres high How many kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert? What are they? - Two They are hummock grasses and spinifex POST - READING Discussion Discussion... : Đỉnh Có nhọn 10 Royal Geographical Society of Australia: hiệp hội địa lý Hoàng Gia Úc WHILE - READING Activity : True or False statements: According to the passage, Australia has only three