Unit 6. An excursion

What activities do you like doing when you have some days off?

Traveling to cities
Visiting friends and relatives
Relaxing at the beach
Staying at home and watching video films
Decorating the house
Going camping
UNIT 6:
AN EXCURSION
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d. On the left bank of the Huong river, 6 kilometers from Hue city
c. Mountain resort (altitude:1,500m) with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests, waterfalls …
b. Picturesque site, wonder of the world, 165 kilometers from Hanoi
a. Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus
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I. Match the photos in column A with the information in column B.




Which of the places would you like to visit? Why?
Ha Long Bay
Thien Mu Pagoda
Valley of Love
The One-Pillar Pagoda
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 over 20 kilometres 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 the letter
- Cave (n)
Cave (n)
Pagoda (n)
campfire (n)
A.New words:
excursion [iks`kə:∫n] (n) : cuộc du ngoạn, chuyến tham quan
=>To make an excursion = to make a trip
=> To go on an excursion = to go on a holiday
=> To make a two-day trip
picturesque [,pikt∫ə`resk] (adj) :đẹp như tranh
altitude [`æltitju:d] (n) :
E.x: Ba Den mountain is at an altitude of 986 metres

độ cao
cave (n) :
pagoda [pə`goudə] (n):
campfire [‘kæmpfaiə] (n):
permission [pə`mi∫n] (n) = allowance (n) : sự cho phép
persude [pə`sweid] (v) : thuyết phục
hang động
chùa
lửa trại
B.Practice:
Task 1. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the sentences.
1. Lan wrote the letters 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__________.

understand their geography lessons better

B. relax after work

C. have a campfire

D. A and B
Multiple Choice
Task 1. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the sentences.
3. The students have changed their destination as __________ Thay Pagoda.

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
Multiple Choice
Task 1. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the sentences.
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?
Task 2. Answer the questions.
2. Why are they visiting some caves?
→ They are visiting some caves because they want to understand their

geography lesson better and many of them have never been inside a

cave.
3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
→ It’s only over 20 kilometres.
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 1st term.
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 busses with some other

classes to make the trip cheap.
5. What is Lan anxious about? Why?
→ Lan is anxious about her parents’ permission. They may not

want to let her stay the night way from home.
Task 2. Answer the questions.
C.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
have learnt to persuade them some caves only problem
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
HOMEWORK:
Learn all the vocabulary
Do the reading part in Ss’ workbook
Prepare the next lesson : speaking (unit 6)