Unit 6. An excursion

Welcome to our class
Name some famous places in Vietnam
Warming up
Unit 6: An excursion
A- READING
THIEN MU PAGODA
HA LONG BAY
ONE – PILLAR PAGODA
DA LAT
a. Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus.
b. Picturesque site, wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi
c. Mountain resort (altitude: 1,500m) with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests, waterfalls...
d. On the left bank of the Huong
River,6 kilometres from Hue City.
1
2
3
4
If you are going on a trip, which one in these 4 places do you want to visit?
The way to Huong Pagoda
I/ Vocabulary
1
Campfire
Rock

2
cave
3
4
Persuade
Day-off
4
Permission
5
Checking vocabulary
(n) ngày nghỉ
- day-off :
(n) hang động
- cave :
(n) đá
- rock :
(n) lửa trại
- campfire :
(n) sự cho phép
- permission :
(v) thuyết phục
- persuade :

Dear Minh,
I’m writing to tell you a piece of news. The first term is coming to an end soon and my school is going to have some days off. On this occasion, my class is visiting some caves near Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formations. Besides, many of us have never been inside a cave, so I suppose the trip will be very interesting.
At first, we wanted to travel to Thay Pagoda because it is only 20 kilometers away, and we could go on a day excursion.
However, only today have we learnt that the caves near Thay Pagoda are closed until after Tet. So we are visiting the ones near Huong Pagoda instead. A night campfire on a two-day trip will be a great event in our schooldays! To make the trip cheap, we are bringing our own food and sharing buses with some other classes.
It is much warmer now. I believe we’re going to enjoy good weather with lots of sunshine.
The only problem I seem to have is getting my parents’ permission. They may not want to let me stay the night away from home. I’ll try to persuade them.
That’s all for now. Give my love to your parents and sister.
Yours,
Lan
II/ Reading practice
Task 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the sentences.
Lan wrote the letter to __________________.

inform Minh of her days off

B. complain about her parents


D. talk about what she and her classmates will do at Huong Pagoda
C. tell Minh about the plan for her class trip
=> inform sb of sth: báo tin cho ai về việc gì
=> complain about sb/ sth: phàn nàn về ai/ điều gì
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 & B
=> decide to do sth: quyết định làm gì
3. The students have changed their destination as______________Thay Pagoda.






B. it costs them a lot to visit
C. they prefer Huong Pagoda to

D. many of them have been to
A. it is impossible to visit the caves near
=> It is possible/ impossible to do sth: có thể/ không thể làm điều gì
=> Prefer sth1 to sth2: thích cái gì hơn cái gì
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’ plans for their trip to Huong Pagoda?

What is Lan anxious about? Why?
Dear Minh,
I’m writing to tell you a piece of news. The first term is coming to an end soon and my school is going to have some days off. On this occasion, my class is visiting some caves near Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formation. Besides, many of us have never been inside a cave, so I suppose the trip will be very interesting .
They are going on a trip when they have
some days off after the first term.
1.When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip?
Dear Minh,
I’m writing to tell you a piece of news. The first term is coming to an end soon and my school is going to have some days off. On this occasion, my class is visiting some caves near Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formation. Besides, many of us have never been inside a cave, so I suppose the trip will be very interesting .
2.Why are they visiting some caves?
Because they want to understand their
geography lesson better and many of them
have never been inside a cave.

At first, we wanted to travel to Thay Pagoda because it is only over 20 kilometers away, and we could go on a day excursion.
3.How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
It’s only over 20 km

However, only today have we learnt that the caves near Thay Pagoda are closed until after Tet. So we are visitting the ones near Huong Pagoda instead. A night campfire on a two-day trip will be a great event in our schooldays! To make the trip cheap, we are bringing our own food and sharing buses with some other classes.
4. What are the students’ plans 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.
The only problem I seem to have is getting my parents’ permission. They may not want to let me stay the night away from home. I’ll try to persuade them.
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 home.

Lan’s class a two-day excursion to visit near Huong Pagoda. They with their own eyes what they in their geography lessons recently and relax after their hard work, as well. They have planned carefully. For Lan, the is getting her parents’ permission. She will try them so that she will be able to join on the excursion.
Task 3: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
some caves
only problem
have learnt
to persuade
(1)______
(2)_______
(3)_____
(4)______
(5)_______
(6)______
(7)______
(8)_______
V- (ph)
N- (ph)
V- (ph)
V- (ph)
N- (ph)
N- (ph)
V- (ph)
N- (ph)

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
Checking your answer
Talk about your plan for an
excursion
Who do
you want
to go
with?
Where are
you going
to visit?
What are
you going
to prepare
for
your trip?
When are
you going
on a trip?
Homework :
Thanks for your attention
Good bye!