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friend-Minh about her recent fantastic excursion to a cave near HanoiB. You read the letter and do the tasks followed..[r]

Welcome

to

Tam Thanh Pagoda

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

Hoan Kiem Lake

Ben Thanh Market

A

B C

Unit 6: An excursion

I Before you read

d On the left bank of the Huong River,

6 kilometres from Hue City b Picturesque site, wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi

c Mountain resort with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine

forests, waterfalls …

a Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus

Thien Mu Pagoda

The One – Pillar Pagoda

II. While you read

You are going to read a letter from Lan to her

New words.

• term (n): học kì

• come to an end: chấm dứt, kết thúc • cave (n): hang, động

• day off (n): ngày nghỉ

• formation (n): hình thành • campfire (n): lửa trại

Task 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences

1 Lan wrote the letter to A. inform Minh of her day off

B. complain about her parent

C. tell Minh about the plan for her class trip

D. talk about what she and her classmate 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

C. have a campfire D. A and B

3 The student have changed their destination as A. it is impossible to visit the caves near

Task 2: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D

1 When are Lan and her classmate going on a trip?

A In the days-off after the first term B In the summer holiday

C In the Tet holiday D In the weekend

2 Why are they visiting some caves?

A Because they want to understand their geography lesson better B Because many of them have never been inside a cave

C A and B

D Because they want to have a campfire

3 How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?

A 10 kilometres B 20 kilometres C 30 kilometres D 40 kilometres

4 What are the student’s plans for their trip to Huong Pagoda?

A They are going to make a two-day trip and have a night campfire B They are bringing their own food

C They are sharing buses with some other classes to make the trip cheap D A, B and C

5 What is Lan anxious about? Why? A She is anxious about the money

B She is anxious about her parents’ permission

C Because Lan’s parents may not want to let her stay the night away from home

III After you read

Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable group of words from the box below.

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

her classmates want to see their trip is going to go on have learnt to persuade them some caves only problem

is going to go on

some caves want to see

have learnt their trip

only problem

Homework