Unit 6. An excursion

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Unit 6:
A– Reading
AN EXCURSION
Before you read

Look at the pictures and give the names for each picture
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THIEN MU PAGODA
HA LONG BAY
ONE – PILLAR PAGODA
DA LAT

NEW WORDS:
Look at the pictures and guess their meaning
Then match the photos with the information
Lotus
Waterfall
Pine forest
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: 1,500 m)
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.
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Thien Mu Pagoda
Ha Long Bay

One – Pillar - Pagoda

Da Lat City
II. WHILE YOU READ:
Huong pagoda
Vocabulary

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

3. Picturesque (adj):

4. Formation (n):
rock formation:

5. Permission (n):

6. (to) persuade (v):

cuộc du ngoạn, chuyến tham quan
động

đẹp như tranh

sự hình thành, sự tạo thành
sự tạo thành đá

sự cho phép

thuyết phục
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Task 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the sentences.
Lan wrote the letter to ______
A. inform Minh of her days off
B. complain about her parents
C. tell Minh about the plan for her class trip
D. talk about what she and her classmates will do at Huong Pagoda
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 and B
3.The students have changed their destination as ___Thay Pagoda
A. it is impossible to visit the caves near
B. it costs them a lot to visit
C. they prefer Huong Pagoda to
D. many of them have been to
C
D
A
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?
Are they bringing their own food and sharing buses with some other classes to make the trip cheap?
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 km.
4. Are they bringing their own food and sharing buses with some other classes to make the trip cheap?


Yes, they are.

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.

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III. AFTER YOU READ:Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable word from the box below.
classmates trip caves permission
excursion see relax persuade
Lan’s class is going to go on a two-day (1) …………… to visit some

(2) ……..... near Huong Pagoda. They want to (3) ……… with their own

eyes what they have learnt in their geography lessons recently and

(4) ………. after their hard work, as well. They have planned their

(5) ……….. carefully. For Lan, the only problem is getting her parents’

(6) ………….. . She will try to (7) ………….. them so that she will be

able to join her (8) …………… on the excursion.
excursion
caves
see
relax
trip
permission
persuade
classmates
Homework:
- Learn by heart vocabulary.
- Prepare Unit 6 – Speaking.
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