ENGLISH 8 : UNIT 14- WRITE

We spent a week there and I didn’t want to leave Although it was summer, it was quite cool at night because the area is more than 2,000 meters above sea level.. On our first day, a park

d Statue of Liberty c Grand Canyon

e Golden Gate Bridge a Ha Long Bay f Phong Nha Cave

b Sydney Opera House

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Saturday, March 19 th, 2011 Unit 14: Wonders of the world

Period 85 : WRITE

Vocabulary :

1 Grand canyon (n) : Hẻm vực lớn

2 Park ranger (n): Người giữ công viên

3 Original (a) : Thuộc nguồn gốc

4 Inhabitant ( n ) = Resident

5 Breathtaking (a):

6 Temperate (a):

Kinh ng¹c, s÷ng sê

DÔ chÞu, «n hoµ

May 29, 2003

Dear Hoa,

How are you?(1)

My class has just returned from a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona (2)

………

……… We spent a week

there and I didn’t want to leave

Although it was summer, it was quite cool at night because the area is more than 2,000 meters above sea level.

On our first day, a park ranger led us on a guided hike along the edge of the canyon He talked about the history of the area (3)

………

(4)……… What do you plan

to do during the summer vacation? Write to me after your exams.

Your friend,

Tim

A That’s all I have time to tell you about

B The Canyon is part of Grand Canyon Park and it was

formed by the Colorado River millions of years

C I hope you’re studying hard for your exams

D He talked about the original inhabitants who lived there during the Stone Age

- Place : Cuc Phuong National Park / Ha Long Bay / Phong Nha cave / Dam Sen park

- Distance from your home : 1000kms

- How to get there : by train / bus / taxi / bike

- Sights : beautiful / wonderful / breathetaking

- Weather : cool / temperate /sunny /cool / windy

- What you see : plants / animals / flowers

- How you feel : relaxed / happy /excited

Write a letter to a friend Tell him/her about a

place you have visited recently Use the following prompts to help you.

Province)

April 21, 2008

Dear Nga,

How are you? I hope you are having a nice time with your family I and my family have just come back from a trip

to Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh Province It is

a famous park in Viet Nam It’s about 100okms from my house and we got there by train We spent a week there and I didn’t want to leave

Cuc Phuong National Park is very beautiful Although it was summer, it was very cool , temperate And the air

was pure

In the morning, the park ranger led us on a guided hike under the rainforest There are many strange animals,

plants and flowers

But I liked seeing birds best The ranger talked about the animals and plants which I didn’t know before

The trip was wonderful I was happy and relaxed

That’s all I have time to tell you about Write to me soon and tell me about your news

Your friend,

Nhi

Let’s play guessing game.

Where/ What is this?

It’s in Northern Viet Nam.

It’s called foggy city.

It’s in Southeast Asia It’s in Central Viet Nam.

It’s called Spring city.

It’s in France.

It’s in China

- Learn new words by heart.

- Write a letter to your

friends about your trip last summer vacation.

- Prepare: Language Focus