Welcome you to our Welcome you to our lesson! lesson! 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 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 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh ( Reading ) 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh * Work in pairs Ask and answer the following questions What you know about deserts? What kinds of plants and animals live in a desert? Name some of the countries which have deserts? 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh ** 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) ['spainəfeks ] cỏ nhọn slope (n) [sləup] dốc thoai thoải 10 Steep slope (n) 16 Jun 2013 Dốc đứng Hoàng Linh Match the words in A with their Vietnamese equivalents in B A B dune crest Australian Aborigine expendition 5.Royal Geographical Society aerial 16 Jun 2013 Hồng Linh a thăm dị, thám hiểm b Hội Địa lý Hồng gia Úc c.ở khơng d đỉnh, nóc, chỏm e thổ dân Úc f đụn, cồn cát Task Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)? According to the passage, there are three great deserts in Australia T F   2.The Simpson Desert is the largest one in Australia  The desert was named after Simpson in 1929 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 Team work Game: Lucky stars 16 Jun 2013 a b c Hoàng Linh d e f g h Task2 Answer the following questions What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the center of Australia? They are Great Victoria Deserts, Gibbon, Great Sandy and Tanami Deserts and Simpson Desert 2.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 When did the first European enter the desert? In 1845 Who was Simpson? He was the president of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh Task2 Answer the following questions How did E A Colson and an Australian Aborigine travel across the desert? They took camels across the desert What are the dunes like in the western and northern part 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 How many kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert? What are they? Two They are hummock grass and spinifex 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh *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… 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh *Read the story and answer the questions ( on page 99 in the textbook.) ** Learn by heart all the new words *** Prepare the speaking lesson 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh 16 Jun 2013 Hoàng Linh