Unit 9: DESERTS period 54 :READING * Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions. 1. What do you know about deserts? 2. What kinds of plants and animals live in a desert? 3. Name some of the countries which have 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. Plants: cacti, date palm, grass, etc. Animals: Camels, snake, lizard, etc. Australia, Mongolia, the USA and North Africa Before you read ** Vocabulary: 1. stretch (r, n) [stret∫] Kéo dài, dải 2. aerial (n) ['eəriəl] ở trên không 3. camel (n) : Con lạc đà ['kæməl] 4. dune (n) [dju:n] đụn, cồn cát 5. network (n) ['netwə:k] mạng lưới 6. hummock (n) ['hʌmək] gò, đống 7. crest (n) [krest] đỉnh nóc, chỏm, ngọn 8. spinifex (n) ['spinifeks ] cỏ lá nhọn 9. slope (n) [sləup] dốc thoai thoải 10. Steep slope (n) Dốc dựng đứng Task 1 Task 1 Match the words in A with their Vietnamese equivalents in B. A B 1. dune 2. crest 3. Australian Aborigine 4. expendition 5.Royal Geographical Society 6. aerial a. cuộc thăm dò, thám hiểm b. Hội Địa lý Hoàng gia Úc c.ở trên không d. đỉnh, nóc, chỏm e. thổ dân Úc f. đụn, cồn cát While you read. Aerial survey Australian aborigines dunes Spinifex TASK 2 Decide whether the statements are True ( T), False ( F) or No Information ( N.I) No Statements 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.         Paragraph 1 Three great stretches of sandy desert almost circle the centre of Australia. To the north of Nullabor Plain stretches the Great Victoria Desert. In the west, the Gibbon, Great Sandy, and Tanami Deserts comprise an enormous sandy area. North of Lake Eyre lies the Simpson Desert, the last part of Australia to be explored [...]... A.hummock grass and spinifex B.hummock grass and cacti C.cacti and spinifex Homework • Learn the new words and phrase • Read the funny story in textbook page 99 • Prepare for the next lesson : Unit 9 Deserts - Speaking Thank you . Unit 9: DESERTS period 54 :READING * Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.