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Sự Phun trào: eruption

Sóng thần: tsunami

Giản đồ: diagram

decade Thập niên:

Catastrophe, disaster Thảm họa:

Natural disasters

Unit 8_E: Disaster!

(cont)

1) Complete the text about Cumbre Vieja Use

the nouns in the box.

Revision: Student’s Book page 78.

Directions Future Tonnes tsunami volcano

Cumbre Vieja is an enormous, active 1 _ in the Canary Islands Scientists know that at some time in the

2 _ , it will erupt They are worried that the side

of the volcano will collapse and 3 of rock will fall into the sea This would cause a huge 4 _ that would travel very fast in all 5 _ away from the Canary Islands.

volcano

future

tonnes

tsunami directions

Catastrophe damage energy equipment eruption

The wave would have enough 6 _ to cross the Atlantic and cause terrible 7

to the east coast of America This would be a

8 _ Although the scientists can’t

predict exactly when the volcano will erupt, they are going to put some 9 on Cumbre Vieja which will give them an early warning of an

10 _

energy

equipment eruption

damage catastrophe

1) Complete the text about Cumbre Vieja Use the nouns in the box.

(Cont)

A m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2) Look at the pictures and the information below them Answer the questions.

2) Look at the pictures and the information below them Answer the questions.

What do pictures show???

A m e _ _ _ _ _ _ _

A m e t _ _ _ _ _ _

A m e t e _ _ _ _ _

A m e t e o _ _ _ _

A m e t e o r _ _ _

A m e t e o r i _ _

A m e t e o r i t _

A m e t e o r i t e

A c_ _ _ _ _

A c r _ _ _ _

A c r a _ _ _

A c r a t_ _ A c r a t e _ A c r a t e r

Most meteorites start to burn when they reach the Earth’s atmosphere They get much smaller or disappear

 This crater is from a meteorite that hit the earth Until 1903, scientists thought it was the crater of an old volcano

 This crater is from a meteorite that hit the earth Until 1903, scientists thought it was the crater of an old volcano

3) Complete the text with the verbs in the box.

Cause devastate fall happen hit predict protect reach travel

A BIG HIT?

Every year, thousands of rocks from space 1 to Earth

These are called meteorites Most of these are very small – less than a metre across They start to burn when they 2 the Earth’s atmosphere and usually disappear before they 3 the ground (see picture 1) A few meteorites are too large to

disappear when they burn They 4 _at very high speed – about 60,000 km/h when they hit the ground – and can cause

enormous damage This happened in Arizona about 50,000

years ago and you can still see the crater today It’s called

“Meteor Crater” (See picture 2.) If another large meteorite hit the Earth today, what would 5 ? The explosion would

be huge The meteorite would 6 everything around

it If it fell into the sea, it would 7 an enormous

tsunami It would be a catastrophe

fall

reach

hit travel

happen devastate cause

next

But the good news is that large meteorites don’t hit the Earth

very often Also, scientists know about the danger, and can

8 _ which meteorites might hit the Earth It might also

be possible to 9 the Earth by firing a rocket at a

meteorite as it came near to the Earth This would change its

direction and save the world

3) Complete the text with the verbs in the box

Cause devastate fall happen hit predict protect reach

travel

A BIG HIT? (cont)

predict

protect

back

4) Choose the correct answer.

1 Most meteorites don’t hit the Earth because

a) They burn in the Earth’s atmosphere b) They’ re too large

a)

4) Choose the correct answer.

2) “Meteor Crater” appeared when

a) A very large meteorite disappeared b) A very large meteorite hit the Earth.b

4) Choose the correct answer.

3)If a large meteorite hit the Earth today

a) It would fall into the sea

b

b) It would be a catastrophe

b)

4) Choose the correct answer.

4) The good news is that

a) Scientists can’t predict when the next meteorite will come

b) Large meteorites don’t come very often.b

4) Choose the correct answer.

5)We could change the direction of a meteorite

a) If we knew that it was coming nearer

b) If we fired a rocket at it.b

How can we help protect the environment???

save energy

Plant a lot of trees

Clean the environment

Let’s protect the environment

And So on…

Home works

• Read the text again

• prepare for next lesson