Unit 9 Unit 9 NATURAL DISASTERS. NATURAL DISASTERS. (cont.) (cont.) Period 59 Period 59 Section : Section : READ READ Pacific Rim Pacific Rim (Ring of fire) (Ring of fire) * * Vocabulary: Vocabulary: - collapse (v):   * * Vocabulary: Vocabulary: - collapse (v):   * * Vocabulary: Vocabulary: - collapse (v): This is the tidal wave which occurred in 2005   * * Vocabulary: Vocabulary: - collapse (v): big wind, hurricane, cyclone   * * Vocabulary: Vocabulary: - collapse (v):   The volcano is erupting. * * Vocabulary: Vocabulary: - collapse (v): - erupt (v): - eruption (n):   [...]... path In Italy in 198 1, a tornado lifted a baby, who was asleep in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away! a) True or False ? Check ( ) the boxes 1 Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire 2 The earthquake in Kobe in 199 5 caused severe damage T   3 A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 196 0s 4.Typhoon, hurricane... which is know as the ‘Ring of Fire’ In 199 5, a huge earthquake struck the city of Kobe in Japan A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed * Vocabulary: - collapse (v): Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt - erupt (v): shift in the underwater - eruption (n): movement of the Earth In - funnel (n): the 196 0s, a huge tidal wave - abrupt (adj):... that is in its path Discussion : What should we do to reduce the damage of natural disasters ? HOMEWORK: - Learn the new words by heart - Do the exercise ( b ) in the notebooks - Prepare Unit 9 section: Write (page 79, 80) ... usually - collapse (v): - erupt (v): - eruption (n): - funnel (n): - abrupt (adj): sudden - shift (n):  predict when a volcano will erupt Mount Pinatubo, Which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 199 1 It was the world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved because scientists had warned them about the eruption * Vocabulary: - collapse . Unit 9 Unit 9 NATURAL DISASTERS. NATURAL DISASTERS. (cont.) (cont.) Period 59 Period 59 Section : Section : READ READ . the Pacific Rim, which is know as the ‘Ring of Fire’. In 199 5, a as the ‘Ring of Fire’. In 199 5, a huge earthquake struck the city huge earthquake struck