Unit 6. An excursion

-Name some famous places in Vietnam - Do you usually visit one of them? Lesson 1: Reading (page 62-65) Period: 30 I Before you read A) Look at the pictures give the names for each picture and match them with the informations THIEN MU PAGODA ONE – PILLAR PAGODA HA LONG BAY DA LAT a Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus b Picturesque site, wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi c Mountain resort (altitude: 1,500m) with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests, waterfalls d On the left bank of the Huong River,6 kilometres from Hue City -If you are going on a trip, which one in these places you want to visit? B) Vocabulary Day-off /'dei'ɔf:/ (n) ngày nghỉ A) Vocabulary 2.Cave /keiv/ (n): Hang, động B) Vocabulary 3.Rock / rɔk /(n): đá B) Vocabulary day-off /'dei'ɔf: / (n) : cave /keiv/ (n): rock / rɔk /(n): ngày nghỉ hang động đá campfire / 'kæmp,faiə/ (n): lửa permission /pə'mi∫n/ (n): persuade /pə'sweid/ (v): trại cho phép thuyết phục Check the Vocabulary ngày nghỉ hang động đá lửa trại cho phép thuyết phục Check the Vocabulary day-off /'dei'ɔf: / (n) : cave /keiv/ (n): rock / rɔk /(n): ngày nghỉ hang động đá campfire / 'kæmp,faiə/ (n): lửa permission /pə'mi∫n/ (n): persuade /pə'sweid/ (v): trại cho phép thuyết phục II) WHILE YOU READ: The way to Huong Pagoda Read the letter then the tasks that follow Dear Minh, I’m writing to tell you a piece of news The first term is coming to an end soon and my school is going to have some days off On this occasion, my class is visiting some caves near Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formations Besides, many of us have never been inside a cave, so I suppose the trip will be very interesting At first, we wanted to travel to Thay Pagoda because it is only 20 kilometers away, and we could go on a day excursion However, only today have we learnt that the caves near Thay Pagoda are closed until after Tet So we are visiting the ones near Huong Pagoda instead A night campfire on a two-day trip will be a great event in our schooldays! To make the trip cheap, we are bringing our own food and sharing buses with some other classes It is much warmer now I believe we’re going to enjoy good weather with lots of sunshine The only problem I seem to have is getting my parents’ permission They may not want to let me stay the night away from home I’ll try to persuade them That’s all for now Give my love to your parents and sister Yours, Lan a) Task (page 64-65): Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the sentences Lan wrote the letter to A inform Minh of her days off B complain about her parents C tell Minh about the plan for her class trip C D talk about what she and her classmates will at Huong Pagoda 2.The students decided to go on an excursion because they wanted To A understand their geography lessons better B relax after work D C have a campfire D A and B 3.The students have changed their destination as _Thay Pagoda A A it is impossible to visit the caves near B it costs them a lot to visit C they prefer Huong Pagoda to D many of them have been to b) Task (page 65): Answer the questions When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip? Why are they visiting some caves? How far is Thay Pagoda from their school? What are the students’ plans for their trip to Huong Pagoda? What is Lan anxious about? Why? Dear Minh, I’m writing to tell you a piece of news The first term is coming to an end soon and my school is going to have some days off On this occasion, my class is visiting some caves near Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formation Besides, many of us have never been inside a cave, so I suppose the trip will be very interesting 1.When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip? They are going on a trip when they have some days off after the first term Dear Minh, I’m writing to tell you a piece of news The first term is coming to an end soon and my school is going to have some days off On this occasion, my class is visiting some caves near Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formation Besides, many of us have never been inside a cave, so I suppose the trip will be very interesting 2.Why are they visiting some caves? Because they want to understand their geography lesson better and many of them have never been inside a cave At first, we wanted to travel to Thay Pagoda because it is only over 20 kilometers away, and we could go on a day excursion 3.How far is Thay Pagoda from their school? It’s only over 20 km What are the students’ plans for their trip to Huong Pagoda? However, only today have we learnt that the caves near Thay Pagoda are closed until after Tet So we are visitting the ones near Huong Pagoda instead A night campfire on a two-day trip will be a great event in our schooldays! To make the trip cheap, we are bringing our own food and sharing buses with some other classes They are going to make a two-day trip and have a night campfire They are bringing their own food and sharing buses with some other classes to make the trip cheap What is Lan anxious about? Why? Lan is anxious about her parents’ permission They may not want to let her stay the night away from home The only problem I seem to have is getting my parents’ permission They may not want to let me stay the night away from home I’ll try to persuade them III/ AFTER YOU READ: Fill each blank with a suitable group of words from the box below her classmates want to see their trip is going to go on have learnt to persuade them some caves only problem Lan’s class (1) a two-day excursion to visit (2) _ near Huong Pagoda They (3) _ with their own eyes what they (4) _ in their geography lessons recently and relax after their hard work as well They have planned (5) carefully For Lan, the (6) _ is getting her parents’ permission She will try (7) so that she will be able to join ( 8) _ on the excursion IV) Homework : Talk about your plan for an excursion What are Who When are Where are you going you want you going you going to prepare to go on a trip? to visit? for with? your trip? See you again ... students decided to go on an excursion because they wanted To A understand their geography lessons better B relax after work D C have a campfire D A and B 3.The students have changed their destination... they want to understand their geography lesson better and many of them have never been inside a cave At first, we wanted to travel to Thay Pagoda because it is only over 20 kilometers away, and... the students’ plans for their trip to Huong Pagoda? What is Lan anxious about? Why? Dear Minh, I’m writing to tell you a piece of news The first term is coming to an end soon and my school is