1. Module 4 Sandstorms in Asia
Introduction & Vocabulary

2. What can you see in both the pictures?
Desert.
How do you feel about the scenery in the pictures?

3. What is it?
A sandstorm.
What does it look like?

4. How do you feel about a huge sandstorm?

5. What has happened to the house? buried
It is ________ by the moving sand.
dig
So the people have to ________ it out.

6. frightening, sandstorm
When a sandstorm occurs in a city, what is it like? What bad effects does it cause?
blow, bury, last (v.)
frightening, sandstorm
There has been a __________. It __________ for ten hours and was very __________. The wind __________ the sand high around the houses, and some cars were almost completely __________ by the sand.
sandstorm
lasted
frightening
blew
buried

7. dust
The air is full of sand and ________. And everything becomes ________.
dark

8. It is difficult even ____________ to drive
It is difficult even ____________ to drive. The cars in the street are traveling very ________.
dangerous
slowly

9. The wind is ________ heavily. Some people ________ a mask
The wind is ________ heavily. Some people ________ a mask. And some even couldn't keep ________ on a bicycle.
blowing
wear
balance

10. What bad influences does a sandstorm bring to a city
What bad influences does a sandstorm bring to a city? (air, traffic, people’s life)

11. Look at the videos of some natural disasters and try to describe one of them in your own words.
Which do you think is most terrifying, an earthquake, a tornado or a sandstorm? The reason?

12. Discussion
Where do sandstorms form?
What do sandstorms bring people in cities? (pollution, traffic, health, tourism)
What should you do in a sandstorm to protect yourself?
How can we reduce the bad effects?

13. Homework Read the new words in vocabulary on page 114 repeatedly.
2. Read the text on page 32 and finish exercise 2 on page 33 as a preview.
3. Write a short passage about a sandstorm (its forming, effects and measures against it)