Unit 12. A vacation abroad

Wednesday, March 15th 2006
Which countries are you visiting ?
Chicago
Mount of Rushmore
Waikiki Beach
Empire State Building
Fisherman’s Wharf
Statue of Liberty
NEW WORDS
VOLCANO
LAVA

Wine-growing area
Napa Valley

 Pour out [v] :
tràn ra, đổ ra
ở trên đầu
 Overhead [adv] :
 Wharf [n] :
 Carve [v] :
 Be situated [v] :
cầu cảng
bao gồm
nhà tù
Chạm, khắc
toạ lạc
 Include [v] :
 Prison [n] :
GRAMMAR
1. Past progressive :
S + WAS / WERE + V–ing…
Ex : I’m learning English now, but I was learning history at this time yesterday.
2. Past progressive with WHILE and WHEN:
Example :
The lava was pouring out when we flew overhead.
Example :
While Dad was visiting the Statue of liberty and Empire State building, I went shopping.
We went swimming at Waikiki Beach as soon as we arrived on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. We took a small plane to Kilauea Volcano this afternoon. The lava was pouring out when we flew overhead. It was very exciting.
READ
How did Mrs. Quyen go to
Kilauea Volcano ?
Today we went on an eight-hour tour which included Fisherman’s Wharf, the Napa valley wine-growing area, and the famous prison on the island of Alcatraz in the middle of San Francisco Bay.
Where in San
Francisco did
Mrs. Quyen see the
famous prison ?
This is a picture of Mount Rushmore where the heads of four American presidents are carved into the rock . Mount Rushmore can be seen from more than 100 kilometers away.
What is special
about
Mount Rushmore?
Chicago is often called “ The Windy City ”. It’s situated right on the shore of Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes.
What is the other name of Chicago?
Yesterday, while Dad was visiting the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building, I went shopping. I bought lots of souvenirs of our trip .
What did Mrs. Quyen do while her husband was visiting the Statue of Liberty ?
PRACTICE 2: Answer the following questions :
a) How did Mrs. Quyen go to Kilauea Volcano ?
 She went there by plane .
b) Where in San Francisco did Mrs. Quyen see the famous prison ?
 She saw the famous prison on the island of Alcatraz .
c) What is special about Mount Rushmore ?
 Mount Rushmore can be seen from more than 100 kilometers away .
 It is the mount where the heads of four American Presidents are caved into the rock .
OR
e) What did Mrs. Quyen do while her husband was visiting the statue of Liberty ?
 She went shopping.
d) What is the other name of Chicago ?
 It’s also called “The Windy City”.
PRACTICE 1: Write what Mrs. Quyen did and saw in each of these places :
4.Mount Rushmore
b. Went swimming, visited Kilauea Volcano.
c. Went shopping, bought lots of souvenirs
a. Saw Lake Michigan
e. Saw the heads of four
American Presidents
d. visited Fisherman’s Wharf, the Napa Valley wine-growing area and the Alcatraz Prison
Hawaii
2.New York
3.Chicago
5. San Francisco
National memorial in western South Dakota ( 1707 m high ).
Four American Presidents : George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Rooselvelt .
More than 93m tall.
Stand on Liberty Island in New York harbor.
Designed by Frodoric Bartholdi, the French sculptor.
HOMEWORK
Learn by heart vocabulary.
Rewrite the answer into your notebook.
Do exercises 1, 2 in the Workbook, pape 70.
Prepare for the next period, section Write.
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION
GOODBYE, SEE YOU AGAIN.