1.The names of three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the centre of Australia are……….. Great Victoria Deserts, Gibbon,.[r]
(1)Well come to our
lesson
(2)Tuesday, January 05th 2010
Unit 9:
DESERTS
(3)I Before you read
Look at the pictures and answer the following questions:
1 Where are these pictures?
2 What people often see in the desert?
3 How many main deserts are there in the world?
4 Do you know one of them? - Have you ever
(4)* Where you know?
(5)1 Task Match the words and phrases in the first column with their Vietnamese equivalents in the second column.
English Vietnamese
1 stretch a Khảo sát không
2 sandy b Dốc thoai thoải
3 aerial survey c Kéo dài, căng ra 4.Royal Geographical Society
of Australia d Hội Địa lí Hồng gia Ơxtraylia 5 Australian Aborigine
e gò, đống
6 dune f Cỏ nhọn sống
vùng sa
7 sloping g Cát, có cát
8 steep h Đụn cát
9 hummock i Thổ dân Ôxtraylia
10 crest j Dốc đứng, dốc ngược
11 spinifex k Đỉnh (gò/đống)
(6)2 Task Read the passage again and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
1 According to the passage, there
are
three great deserts
in
Australia.
2 The Simpson Desert is
the
largest
one in Australia.
2 The Simpson Desert is
the
largest
one in Australia.
T T
.
.
.
4 Colson and Madigan travelled
(7)5 There are
more dunes
in
the western part of the
desert.
6 Dry salt lakes are in the
northern part of the desert.
.
(8)3 Task 3
Choose the best answer A, B or C to complete the following sentences1.The names of three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the centre of Australia are………
A Great Victoria Deserts, Gibbon,
Great Sandy and Tanami Deserts and Simpson Desert
B Great Victoria Deserts, Lake Eyre, The Macdonnel Ranges and Simpson Deserts
(9)2 The first European entered the Simpson Desert in …
A 1929 B 1845 C 1854
3……… was the President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia
A Madigan B Colson C Simpson
4 In 1936, Colson and an Australian Aborigine took……… Across the desert
(10)5 In the western part of the desert, there is a network of short dunes, mostly less than ……… metres high
A 10 B 15 C 20
6 There are … kinds of grasses grow in the Simpson Desert, they are hummock and spinifex
(11)Scan the reading and write down the location of
the Simpson Desert.
1.The Macdonnel Ranges
4.The Macumba river
The Finke river
2.The Mulligan river The Diamantina
3 Lake Eyre
Simpson Desert
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