Unit 12. A vacation abroad

A VACATION ABROAD
ENGLISH 8
UNIT 12
Period :77
READ
Created by: Quach Hoang Long
Ly Tu Trong junior high school
School year : 2006 - 2007
Warm up
Postcard 1
Mrs. Quyen visited many places of interest in the USA
Pre-reading
Postcard 2
Postcard 3
Postcard 4
Postcard 5
New words
Volcano (n) : núi lửa
Lava (n) : dung nham
Pour out : phun ra
Include (v) : bao gồm
Wharf (n) : : cầu cảng
Valley (n) : thung lũng
Situate (v) : tọa lạc
Carve (v) : chạm khắc
Rock (n) : tảng đá
Souvenir (n) : vật lưu niệm
1. Write what Mrs. Quyen did and saw in each of these places.
went shopping, bought lots of souvenirs
saw Lake Michigan
saw the heads of four American presidents
visited Fisherman’s Wharf, the Napa Valley wine-growing area and the Alcatraz prison
While-reading
a) How did Mrs. Quyen go to Kilauea Volcano?

b) Where in San Francisco did Mrs. Quyen see the famous prison?

c) What is special about Mount Rushmore?


d) What is the other name of Chicago?

e) What did Mrs. Quyen do while her husband was visiting the Statue of Liberty?
2. Answer the following questions.
She went there by plane
She saw the famous prison on the island of Alcatraz
It is a mount where the heads of four American presidents are carved into the rock
It is also called “The Windy City”
She went shopping
Post-reading
Homework
Write the answers into your notebooks
Do the exercises in the Workbook
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