Unit 12. A vacation abroad

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Teacher: Dau Thi Thanh

Class: 8A1



Unit 12 : A broad vacation
Lesson 4 : Read
Cities in America
Chicago
San Francisco
New York
Washington
Boston
Los Angeles
San Diego
-volcano [vɔl`keinou](n):

- pour out [pɔ:](v):
- lava [`lɑ:və](n):
- wharf [wɔ:f](n):
- prison [`prizn] (n):
- carve [kɑ:v] (v):
- valley [`væli] (n):
I. New words
- overhead [`ouvəhed](adv):
Rub out and remember
lava
prison
pour out
valley
carve
overhead
Wharf
volcano
-volcano [vɔl`keinou](n):

núi lửa
- pour out [pɔ:](v):
tuôn ra, phun trào
- lava [`lɑ:və](n):
dung nham
- wharf [wɔ:f](n):
cầu cảng
- prison [`prizn] (n):
nhà tù
- carve [kɑ:v] (v):
chạm, khắc, đục
- valley [`væli] (n):
thung lũng
I. New words
- overhead [`ouvəhed](adv):
ở trên đầu của mình,
trên bầu trời
A VACATION ABROAD
Unit 12
Lesson 4: Read
Read the postcards and check the prediction.
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.
Unit 12 : A VACATION ABROAD

Lesson 4 : Read
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.
SEA LIONS
ALCATRAZ PRISON
This is a picture of Mount Rushmore where the heads of fourAmerican presidents are carved into the rock. Mount Rushmore can be seen from more than 100 kilometers away.
Chicago is often called “The Windy City”. It’s situated right on the shore of Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes.
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.
II. Grammar
* Past Continuous
S + WAS / WERE + V–ing…
Diễn tả một hành động đang xảy ra ở
quá khứ, có xác định thời gian cụ thể.
I was watching TV at 7 o’clock yesterday.
quá khứ tiếp diễn
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.
Went swimming, visited Kilauea Volcano.
Went shopping, bought lots of souvenirs.
Saw Lake Michigan.
Saw the heads of four American presidents.
Visited Fisherman`s Wharf, the Napa Valley growing area and the Alcatraz prison.
1. Write what Mrs. Quyen did and saw in each of these places.
1. Answer these questions
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 State of Liberty?
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?

It is a mount where the heads of four American presidents are carved into the rock. (and it can be seen from more than 100 kilometers away.)
d, What is the other name of Chicago?

It is also called “The Windy City”.
e, What did Mrs. Quyen do while her husband was visiting the State of Liberty?

She went shopping.
1
…………is often called
“ The Windy City”.
Chicago
San Francisco
New York
2
San Francisco Bay is in ………
America
Australia
Africa
3
Which place?
Mount Rushmore
Empire State Building
The Statue of Liberty
4
The heads of 4 American presidents are carved into the rock on………..
Alcatraz prison
Mount Rushmore
Empire State Building
5
………… is in New York.
Alcatraz island
Napa Valley
Empire State Building
6
Which place?
Petronas Twin Towers
Empire State Building
Big Ben Clock
7
………..is a mountain with a hole in the top where fire, gas and lave sometimes come out.
Valley
Mount
Volcano
8
What is the capital of the USA?
San Francisco
New York
Washington, D.C.
Homework
Learn new words and grammar
by heart.
Translate the postcards into Vietnamese.
Do exercises 1,2 / p 117-118
Prepare Unit 12 lesson 5 : Write
Thank You!