Unit 6. An excursion

Welcome
to class 10 A14 today.
Do you know this place?
Have you ever been to this place?



WARM UP
Wednesday, October 17th 2012
WARM UP
What is the clip about?
What do you often do when you have some days off?



Wednesday, October 17th 2012
Pair work
Match the photos with the information, and then tell each other which of the places you would like to visit and give the reasons.
unit 6: reading - before you read
Wednesday, October 17th 2012
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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unit 6: reading - before you read
Wednesday, October 17th 2012
unit 6: reading - before you read
Wednesday, October 17th 2012
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.




lotus /`ləutəs/ (n)
hoa sen
lotus. /`ləutəs/ (n)
hoa sen
Picturesque / ,pikt∫ə`resk/ (adj)
đẹp như tranh
resort / ri`zɔ:t/ (n) a place where many people go for rest

khu ngh? mát
bank/bæŋk/ (n)
bờ sông
1.Thien Mu Pagoda
d. It’s on the left bank of the Huong River,
6 kilometres from Hue City.
2. Ha Long Bay
b. It’s a picturesque site, a wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi.

3. One-Pillar Pagoda
a. It was built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus.

4. Da Lat City
c. It’s a mountain resort (altitude: 1,500 m) with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests, waterfalls...
Unit 6 an excursion









I. Vocabularies.
2. day off (n):
3. cave (n)
4. rock formations (n)
5. campfire (n)
6. permission (n)
7. persuade (v)
A. reading
ngày nghỉ
hang động
thời kỳ đồ đá
lửa trại
sự cho phép

thuyết phục
1. Excursion (n)
chuyến tham quan

While you read
Set the scene
You are going to read a letter from Lan to her friend Minh about her recent fantastic excursion to a cave near Ha noi. Read the letter and do the tasks that follow.

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 we have 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 are going to enjoy good weather with lot 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 persuade them.
That’s all for now. Give my love to your parents and sister.
Yours,
LAN

Wednesday, October 17th , 2012
Unit 6: excursion Part c: reading

Task1: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences.
1. 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
1. When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip?
2. Why are they visiting some caves?
3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
4. What are the students’ plan for their trip to
Huong Pagoda?
5. 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 .
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.
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.
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
They are going on a trip when they have
some days off after the 1th 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 .
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.
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.
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
2. Why are they visiting some caves?

They are visiting some caves because they want to
to understand their geography lesson better and
many of them have never been inside a cave.
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 .
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.
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.
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
3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
It’s only over 20 km
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 .
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.
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.
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
4. What are the students’ plan for their trip to
Huong Pagoda?

They are going to make a two day-trip and have a nice
campfire. They are bringing their own food and sharing
buses with some other class to make the trip cheap.
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 .
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.
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.
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
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.
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’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 parnets’permission She will try__________ so that she will be able to join_________ on the excursion.

is going to go on
some caves
want to see
have learnt
their trip
only problem
to persuade them
her classmates

- Learn new words by heart.
- Imagine your class is going on a trip to Khoang Xanh. Write a letter to a pen pal telling him or her about your plan of the trip.
- Prepare for the next period: SPEAKING

homework