E10-UNIT 6-A.READING

WHAT AND WHERE IS THIS? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE? UNIT 6: Lesson 1: Reading WARM UP Game- WHO IS the Look at the famous places and match each place with its name quickest ? NHA TRANG BEACH HA LONG BAY DA LAT CITY HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN HUONG PAGODA PHONG NHA CAVE A B C D E F BEFORE YOU READ Pair work Match the photos with the information, and then tell each other which of the places you would like to visit and give the reasons a Built in 1049, in shape of a lotus b Picturesque site, wonder of the word, 165 kilometres from Ha Noi c Mountain resort (altitude:1,500m) with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine forest, waterfalls d On the left bank of the Huong River, kilometres from Hue City lotus /'loutəs/ (n) hoa sen Picturesque / ,pikt∫ə'resk/ (adj) attractive in appearance đẹp tranh resort / ri'zɔ:t:t/ (n) a place where many people go for rest khu nghỉ m¸t bank/bỉŋk/ (n) bờ sơng 1.Thien Mu Pagoda d It’s on the left bank of the Huong River, kilometres from Hue City One-Pillar Pagoda a It was built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus Ha Long Bay b It’s a picturesque site, a wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi Da Lat City c It’s a mountain resort (altitude: 1,500 m) with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests, waterfalls * Pre-teach vocabulary days off (n.p) day’s holiday campfire (n) fire in a camping permission (n): = persuade (v) try to get agreement formation (n) E.g rock formation as (conj): = because allowance Fill in the blank with a suitable word or phrase from above We will have a night…………………….in the forest I will …………………………him to go camping with us Tet is coming soon so we are going to have some………………………… I want to go on an excursion with you but I have to get my parents’……………………… They have studied clouds……………………………………in their geograghy lesson While you read Set the scene You are going to read a letter from Lan to her friend Minh about her recent fantastic excursion to a cave near Ha noi Read the letter and the tasks that follow Read the letter and then the task 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 Beside, 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 over 20 kilometres 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 Task1: 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 The students decided to go on an excursion because they wanted to …… A understand their geography B relax after work C have a campfire D D A and B The students have changed their destination as Thay Pagoda A A it is impossible to visit the caves near B it cost them a lot to visit C they prefer Huong Pagoda to D many of them have been to Task 2: Answer the questions: 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 Why are they visiting some caves? - Because they have recently studied rock formations and many of them have never been inside a cave 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? -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? - She is anxious about her parents’ permission Because they may not want to let her stay the night away from home After you read Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable group words from the box below her classmates want to see have learnt to persuade them Lan’s their trip is going to go on some caves only problem class (1)………………………a two days 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 homework - Learn new words by heart - Imagine your class is going on a trip to Khoang Xanh Write a letter to a pen pal telling him or her about your plan of the trip - Prepare for the next period: SPEAKING