1.iwfooedr => 2.olocyn => 3.mcileta => 4.aintnuom => 5.htowrg => Rearrange letters into meaningful words firewood colony climate mountain growth GAME Unit 9: Deserts Period 57: L e sson 3: Listening Before you listen Before you listen What is a desert? How is a desert formed? Can human beings make a desert? Why/Why not? Work in pairs: ask and answer the following questions * Listen and repeat Frightening speed (n) Australia (prop.) [ s'treiljə]ɔ Sahara (prop.) firewood (n) ['faiəwud] petroleum (n) [pə'trouliəm] Mauritania (prop.) partly (adv.) ['p :tli]ɑ rabbit (n) ['rỉbit] Nhanh như chớp Nước Úc Sa mạc Sahara Củi Dầu mỏ Nước Mauritania Một phần nào đó Con thỏ canal (adj.) [kə'nỉl] Kênh đào While you listen While you listen Task 1 Task 1 You will hear an expert talking You will hear an expert talking about deserts, what they are about deserts, what they are and how they are formed. Listen and how they are formed. Listen to his talk and decide whether to his talk and decide whether the statement are true (T) or the statement are true (T) or false (F) false (F)  1. In a desert, everything is hard. 2. Only trees with hard needles can grow in a desert. 3. Space seems to have no limit in the desert. 4. Nature causes the change in the size and location of the world’s desert. 5. Rabbits are one of the agents that help make desert in Australia. T F     Task 1: Listen and decide whether the statements are true (T) or False (F). Sc 1 1. What central theme does the talk examine? A. It examines deserts, what they are and how they are formed. A. It examines deserts, what they are and how they are formed. B. It examines plants and animals. B. It examines plants and animals. C. It examines sand in deserts. C. It examines sand in deserts. D. B & C are correct. D. B & C are correct. 2. What is a desert? A. It is a hot, dry, sandy place. B B. It is also a beautiful land of silence and space. C C. The sun shines, the wind blows, and time and space seem endless. D D. A, B, and C are correct. 3. What causes the growing of the world’s deserts? A. Sand B. Nature. C. Nature and humans. C. Nature and humans. D. Humans. D. Humans. 4. In what way do rabbits contribute to the growing of deserts in Australia? A. They contribute by cutting every plant they can find. A. They contribute by cutting every plant they can find. B. They contribute by eating every plant they can find. This makes the land They contribute by eating every plant they can find. This makes the land become desert. become desert. C. They contribute by planting every plant they can find. C. They contribute by planting every plant they can find. D. They destroy every plant they can find D. They destroy every plant they can find Task 2: Listen again and answer the following questions Sc 1 [...]...Task3: Listen again and fill in each blank with one of the words in the box below: Protect Canals Larger plants Bridge 90 percent Spreading Capital 19 percent Smaller plants 90 percent In the developing countries, (1) ……………… of the people use wood for cooking and heat They cut down trees for firewood But trees are important They cool the land under . meaningful words firewood colony climate mountain growth GAME Unit 9: Deserts Period 57: L e sson 3: Listening Before you listen Before you listen What is. each blank with one of the words in the box below: Protect Larger plants 90 percent 19 percent Canals Bridge Spreading Capital Smaller plants After you listen