READING -11CB

The One – Pillar Pagoda
Duc Ba Church
Thien Mu Pagoda
The Pyramids
Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum
Ha Long Bay
Da Lat
READING
UNIT 6:
Saturday, October 24th 2009
EXCURSION
Vocabulary

Excursion (n):
2. Cave (n):

3. Picturesque (adj):

4. Formation (n):
rock formation:

5. Permission (n):

6. (to) persuade:

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động

đẹp như tranh

sự hình thành, sự tạo thành
sự tạo thành đá

sư cho phép

thuyết phục
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Task 1: True – False Statements
Guess Correct
1. Lan wrote the letter to tell Minh about T F
the plan for her class trip.
2. A night campfire on a three-day trip T F
will be great event in her schooldays.
3. The caves near Thay Pagoda are opened T F
until after Tet.
4. The students have changed their T F
destination as it is impossible to visit the
caves near Thay Pagoda.
5. They are visiting the caves near T F
Huong Pagoda instead.
T
F
two
F
closed
T
T
Task 2: 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’ plan for their trip to Huong Pagoda?
What is Lan anxious about? Why?
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.
2. Why are they visiting some caves?



They are visiting some caves because they want to understand their geography lessons better.
3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?



It’s only over 20 kms.
4. What are the students’ plan 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.
5.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 from home.

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Fill each blank in the summary of the letter 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.
is going to go on
some caves
want to see
have learnt
their trip
only problem
to persuade them
her classmates
Homework:
- Learn by heart vocabulary.
- Prepare Unit 6 – Speaking.
That’s enough for today!!!
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