What are the dunes like in the western northern parts of the desert?. Colson and an Australian Aborigine travel across the desert5[r]
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)What you
know about
deserts?
What kinds of
plants and
animals live in
a desert?
Name some of
the countries
which have
deserts?
-large areas of sand
-very hot during the day
-very cold during the night
-very little rainfall
-very few people and animals
live there
-only cacti and a kind of spinifex can
grow
- no kind of animals can live there.
(15)Task:1 Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words or phrases.
1 Stretch :
kÐo dµi
2 Sandy :
cã c¸t
3 Aerial survey :
trắc l ợng không
4 Royal Geographical Society of Australia :
Hội địa lý Hoàng
gia ụxtrõylia
5 Australian Aborigine :
thổ dân ôxtrâylia
6 Dune :
đụn cát
7 Sloping :
dèc thoai tho¶i
8 Steep :
dốc đứng, dốc ng ợc
9 Hummock :
gò, đống
10.Crest :
đỉnh (gò, đống)
(16)(17)* Vocabulary:
1 Comprise (v) :
[kəm'praiz]
2 Enormous (adj) :
[i'nɔ:məs]
3 Remain (v) :
[i'nɔ:məs]
4 Camel (n) :
['kæməl]
5 Border (n) :
['bɔ:də]
6 Expedition (n) :
[,ekspi'di∫n]
7 Northerly (adj) :
['nɔ:đəli]
8 Route (n) :
[ru:t]
9 Eastward (n) :
['i:stwəd]
10.Corridor (n) :
['kɔridɔ:]
11.Stable (adj) :
['steibl]
12.Slope (n) :
[sloup]
(18)Task: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
T F
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.
(19)(20)Task 3: Answer the following questions:
7 How many kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert? What are they?
6 What are the dunes like in the western northern parts of the desert?
5 How did E A Colson and an Australian Aborigine travel across the desert?
4 Who was Simpson?
3 When did the first European enter the desert? 2 Where is the Simpson Desert?
1 What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy desert
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