UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
VOCABULARY
1. accommodation (n) /əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃn/: chỗ ở
2. bury (v) /ˈberi/: chôn vùi, vùi lấp
3. collapse (v) /kəˈlæps/: đổ, sập, sụp, đổ sập
4. damage (n) /ˈdæmɪdʒ/: sự thiệt hại, sự hư hại
5. disaster (n) /dɪˈzɑːstə/: tai họa, thảm họa
6. drought (n) /draʊt/: hạn hán
7. earthquake (n) /ˈɜːθkweɪk/: trận động đất
8. erupt (v) /ɪˈrʌpt/: phun (núi lửa)
9. eruption (n) ɪˈrʌpʃn/: sự phun (núi lửa)
10. evacuate (v) /ɪˈvækjueɪt/: sơ tán
11. forest fire (n) /ˈfɒrɪst faɪər/: cháy rừng
12. homeless (adj) /ˈhəʊmləs/: không có nhà cửa, vô gia cư
13. mudslide (n) /ˈmʌdslaɪd/: lũ bùn
14. put out (v) /pʊt aʊt/: dập tắt (lửa..)
15. rage (v) /reɪdʒ/: diễn ra ác liệt, hung dữ
16. rescue worker (n) /ˈreskjuː ˈwɜːkə/: nhân viên cứu hộ
17. scatter (v) /ˈskætə/: tung, rải, rắc
18. shake (v) /ʃeɪk/: rung, lắc, làm rung, lúc lắc
19. tornado (n) /tɔːˈneɪdəʊ/: lốc xoáy
20. trap (v) /træp/: làm cho mắc kẹt
21. tsunami (n) /tsuːˈnɑːmi/: sóng thần
22. typhoon (n) /taɪˈfuːn/: bão nhiệt đới
23. victim (n) /ˈvɪktɪm/: nạn nhân
24. volcanic (adj) /vɒlˈkænɪk/: thuộc núi lửa
25. volcano (n) /vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ/: núi lửa
- PHONETICS
- Mark the stress on the correct syllable for the following words
1. biography | 6. physiology | 11. photography | 16. meteorology |
2. biology | 7. ethnography | 12. sociology | 17. astrology |
3. radiography | 8. ethnology | 13. apology | 18. zoology |
4. radiology | 9. geography | 14. bibliography | 19. demography |
5. physiography | 10. geology | 15. climatology | 20. psychology |
- Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others.
- VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1. A. technology | B. disaster | C. available | D. temporary |
2. A. accommodation | B. evacuation | C. oceanography | D. environmentalist |
3. A. tsunami | B. evacuee | C. ecology | D. volcanic |
4. A. volunteer | B. scientific | C. sociology | D. property |
5. A. electronic | B. biology | C. photography | D. astrology |
Write the names of the disasters on the line, then match them to the pictures.
- A sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surface.
- Hot lava, ash and gases come up suddenly from below the earth’s surface through an opening of a mountain.
- A mass of snow, ice, and rock that falls down the side of a mountain.
- A large amount of wet earth that suddenly falls down a hill.
- A series of large ocean waves, usually caused by an underwater earthquake or a volcanic explosion.
- A violent tropical storm with very strong winds.
- A long period of time when there is little or no rain.
- A very strong wind that goes quickly round in a circle or funnel.
- A fire that starts in an area of countryside and spreads very quickly.
- A large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry.
- Choose the correct answers.
- The wavesof the were so huge that it destroyed everything on the beach.