Sandstorms in Asia
Module 4
Reading and Vocabulary
Mission: Impossible
Ghost Protocol
Dubai Tower
Tom Cruise is caught in a _________when he
is chasing his enemy.
What’s going on?
sandstorm
What should he do when being caught in a
sandstorm?
glasses
mask
cell phone
yellow dust
strong wind
orange sky
move slowly
wear a mask
Words Study
citizen cycle v
dust expert
forecast v/n. process
forecast-forecast
forecasted-forecasted
situation survive
1. Nobody can ______ the future.
2. It takes me 10 minutes to ______to
school.
3. Last week, an ______came to give a
lecture in our school.
4. Though Yao Ming is Chinese, his
daughter is an American _______.
5. Get rid of the drug is a long and
painful ______.
forecast
cycle
expert
citizen
process
6. The little baby ______ the earthquake
because his mother protected him
with her own body.
7. All his furniture is covered with ____
because he is too busy to clean his
house.
8. The_______ in Afghanistan became
worse because an American solider
killed 16 villagers.
survived
dust
situation
Fast Reading
Match main ideas with paragraphs.
n Para.1( ) a. the description of sandstorms
n Para.2( ) b. the effects of sandstorms
n Para.3( ) c. the forecast and suggestions
n Para.4( ) d. the causes of sandstorms
n Para.5( ) e. the government’s measures
n Para.6( ) f. a major disaster in Asia
f
a
d
b
c
e
Careful Reading
a major disaster description
suggestions effects causes
measures
sandstorms terrible; frightening; dangerous
desertification
climate changes
cut down trees
dig up grass
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Discussion
What can we do to stop the sandstorm?
Protect our environment
recycle and sort garbage
save water
plant more trees
cut down less trees
develop new ways
Sandstorms have been __ _____ ______for many Asian
countries and sandstorms in China _____ _ have increased
__ _ ___ __ desertification, which happens when land
becomes desert ______ __ climate changes and because
people___ ____ trees and ___ ___ grass.
Citizens ___ __ __ an orange sky and strong winds that
_____ the city in a thick, brown-yellow ____. In that
situation, traffic _____ ___ ____because the thick dust
______ __ ___to see. Weather experts ______ people ___ __
go out when a sandstorm arrives. If you want to go out,
you’d better ____ __ ____ .
Scientists have tried many ways to ____ the problem and
a ___ _________ has been started. To _______ the desert
_______ nearer, the government is planting trees.
cut down dig up
as a result of
a major disaster
appear to
because of
wake up to
cover dust
move very slowly
make it difficult advise not to
wear a mask
solve
mass campaign prevent
coming
Homework
n Workbook
n P.86-88
n 6-11