NATURAL DISASTERS Homestay Việt Nam

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 Lesson Objectives
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Lesson: Natural Disasters

At the end of today’s lesson, you will:

• Be able to talk about natural disasters

• Be able to pronounce the vowel sounds /æ/ and /e/ correctly

• Be aware of some vocabulary relating to today’s topic

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 Warm up
Watch the video and answer the following questions Homestay Việt Nam

1. What does the video talk about?

2. Has any of these ever occurred in your country before?

Source: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x42v5fp

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 Free talk
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Choose one role and act it out with your partner in 2 minutes.

Student A: Ask your friend what he/she knows about natural disasters.
Student B: You are student A’s friend. Talk with him/her.

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 Dialogue
Learn how to talk about natural disasters
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A B

Did you watch the documentary Yes, it was very good. It helped me
about natural disasters last night? I understand more about natural
missed it. disasters.

There were earthquakes,

Really? What types of nature tornadoes, tsunamis, floods,
disaster were in it?
droughts and volcanic eruptions.

So, what’s the worst natural disaster

Earthquakes I think. They're truly
in your opinion?
terrible. Thankfully I've never
experienced one before.
Yes, I've seen them on TV before.
They can have such serious
experiencedThat’s
one before.
right.
consequences.

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 Vocabulary
Learn how to talk about natural disasters Homestay Việt Nam

Earthquake Tornado Flood

Drought Volcanic eruption Tsunami

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 Speak Out Loud
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Learn how to pronounce the vowel sounds /æ/ and /e/ correctly

Read all the words below

NATURAL DISASTER TERRIBLE VOLCANIC

NEVER CONSEQUENCE UNDERSTAND HAPPEN

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 Pronunciation Homestay Việt Nam

Learn how to pronounce the vowel sounds /æ/ and /e/

correctly

1. Common mistakes:

/æ/ : Natural, Disaster, Terrible, Volcanic, Never, Consequence, Understand,

Happen

2. Correct pronunciation:

/e/ • Terrible, Never, Consequence

/æ/
• Understand, Natural, Disaster, Happen, Volcanic

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 Conversation
Pair work: Choose a role and act it out with your teacher in 2
minutes. Homestay Việt Nam

Suggestions:
Student: Talk with your teacher about
- What’s the worst natural disaster in your
natural disasters opinion?
- … I think. They are truly terrible.
- I've seen them on TV before.
- They can have such serious consequences.

You only know about A tsunami has struck your

natural disasters through Floods and droughts often country before - There
the media - You've never occur in your area - They were serious
experienced one. badly affect people's lives consequences.

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 Assessments
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Pronunciation

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 Homework
Complete your assignment and find more in Related Lessons. Homestay Việt Nam

Pronunciation

 Pronunciation: Vowel sounds /æ/ &

Your /e/
homework  Vocabulary: Natural disasters

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