Prepared by Nguyen Thi Thanh Binh

Period : 54Week: 20

Unit 9:

desertsReading

WARM UP: Match the pictures with their names:

Camel-elephant–antelope-monkey-jackal-sheep

jackal

antelope

camel

sheep

monkey

elephant

Guessing: What is this?

It is a desert

Questions:1.What kind of these animals can live in desert?

Camel, jackal, antelope.

2. Name some of countries which have deserts?

China, Egypt, Australia,......

PRE- READING

1. Dune (n) : đụn cát

2. Spinifex (n): Cỏ lá nhọn

1. Stretch (v) :

(n) :

- stretch of sandy desert (n)2. comprise (v)

3. Aerial survey (adj) :

4. Dune (n) : 5. Aborigine (n) :

6. Hummock (n) :

7. Slope (n) :

- A steep slope (n) :

8. Crest (n) :

9. Spinifex (n) :

Trãi dài

dãi

: dãi sa mạc: bao gồm

Khảo thí trên không

Cồn cát, đụn cátThổ dân

Gò, đống

Đèo. Dốc

Dốc thẳng đứng

Đỉnh

Có lá nhọn

10. Royal Geographical Society of Australia: hiệp hội địa lý Hoàng Gia Úc

WHILE - READING

Activity 1 : True or False statements:

1. According to the passage, Australia has only three great deserts

False

2. The Simpson Desert is the largest one in Australia.

False

3. The desert was named after Simpson in 1929.

True

4. Colson and Madigan traveled across the Simpson Desert in 1936.

False

5. There are more dunes in the western part of the Simpson desert.

False.

6. Dry salt lakes are in the northern part of the desert.

True

(It has more than three great deserts)

(Colson and Australian Aborigine did)

(not mentioned)

(not mentioned)

Activity 2: Answer the questions

1. 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 Desert2. 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.

3. When did the first European entered the desert?- In 18454. 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.6. 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.7. How many kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert? What are they?- Two. They are hummock grasses and spinifex.

POST - READING

DiscussionDiscussion

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