Lesson Reading Before you read * Work in pairs Ask and answer the following questions What you know about deserts? They are the large area of sand without tree and water, but with severe climates, very hot during the day and very cold at night There is very little rainfall there; very few people and animals except for in oases What kinds of plants and animals live in a desert? Only cacti and a kind of spinifex can grow Name some of the countries which have deserts? Australia, Mongolia, the USA and North Africa ** Vocabulary: stretch (r, n) [stret∫] aerial (n) ['eəriəl] Kéo dài, dải khơng camel (n) ['kỉməl] dune (n) [dju:n] đụn, cồn cát network (n) ['netwə:k] hummock (n) ['hʌmək] mạng lưới gò, đống crest (n) [krest] đỉnh nóc, chỏm, ngọn spinifex (n) ['spinifeks ] cỏ nhọn 9 slope (n) [sləup] dốc thoai thoải 10 Steep slope (n) Dốc đứng While you read Task Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)? According to the passage, there are three great deserts in Australia T   2.The Simpson Desert is the largest one in Australia The desert was named after Simpson in 1929 F  Colson and Madigan travelled across the Simpson Desert in 1936  There are more dunes in the western part of the desert  Dry salt lakes are in the northern part of the desert  Task2 Answer the following questions What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the center of Australia? A Great Victoria Deserts B Gibbon, Great Sandy and Tanami Deserts C Simpson Desert D Both A, B and C 2.Where is the Simpson Desert? – It is between… A Lake Eyre in the south B The Macdonnel Ranges in the north C The Mulligan and the Diamantina Rivers in the east D The Macumba and Finke Rivers in the west E Both of them When did the first European enter the desert? A In 1845 B In 1854 1845 C In 1929 D 1992 Who was Simpson? He was the of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia A worker B explorer C president D Queen Task2 Answer the following questions How did E A Colson and an Australian Aborigine travel across the desert? They took across the desert A dog B camel C horse D lorry What are the dunes like in the western and northern part of the desert? In the western part, they are -, mostly less than 10 metres high, and in the northern part, they are and are up to 20 metres high B parallel/high A parallel/short C parallel/short D short/parallel How many kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert? What are they? A Two B Three C four D five They are hummock grass and spinifex After you read *Work in groups Discuss the question: “What you think about weather, plants, people, animals, water … in deserts?” Example: I think it’s very hot and dry in I think it’s very hot and dry in deserts There is little water deserts There is little water There are few trees, animals There are few trees, animals and people living there People and people living there People use camels to travel across use camels to travel across deserts… deserts… *Read the story and answer the questions ( on page 99 in the textbook.) ** Learn by heart all the new words *** Prepare the speaking lesson Do the crossword puzzle to complete this sentence Do you know any … in the world? d r u s e n d i s t o e n d r e a o p h s t a g r y d s s My often tofor post at the to ….thismake and use … You’d better Tango’s islanders some letters He went …the you tall …… of to having breakfast I’ll come to see Smoking you is month is illegalis good so office sister isn’t at … 1.It brother newspapers while he While you read Task Match the words in A with their Vietnamese equivalents in B A dune crest Australian Aborigine expendition 5.Royal Geographical Society aerial B a thăm dò, thám hiểm b Hội Địa lý Hoàng gia Úc c.ở khơng d đỉnh, nóc, chỏm e thổ dân Úc f đụn, cồn cát ... E Both of them When did the first European enter the desert? A In 1845 B In 1854 1845 C In 192 9 D 199 2 Who was Simpson? He was the of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical... largest one in Australia The desert was named after Simpson in 192 9 F  Colson and Madigan travelled across the Simpson Desert in 193 6  There are more dunes in the western part of the desert ... use camels to travel across deserts… deserts… *Read the story and answer the questions ( on page 99 in the textbook.) ** Learn by heart all the new words *** Prepare the speaking lesson Do