Unit 6. An excursion

Unit 1:Reading
Thien Mu pagoda
Match the photos
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:Ho Xuan Huong lake, pine forest, waterfall…
d,On the left bank of the Huong river,6 kms from Hue city.
Match the photos with the information below and their names:
d.Thien Mu pagoda
b.Ha Long bay
a.The-One-Pillar pagoda
c.Da Lat
New words:
-cave (n) : -hang động
-excursion (n) : -buổi tham quan
-rock formation (np) : -sự hình thành đá
-campfire (n) : -buổi cắm trại
-trip (n) : -chuyến đi
-sunshine (n) : -ánh nắng mặt trời
-permission (n): -sự cho phép
-persuade (v) : -thuyết phục
Read the letter , then 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 Phuong 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?
*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 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 km.
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.Theyare bringing their own food and sharing buses 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 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 their trip
is going to go on have learnt to persuade them some caves only problem
Lan’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 gettingher parnets’permissionShe 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
Learn by heart the new words and answer again the questions
he questions:
They are going on a trip when they have some days off after the first term
Because they want to understandtheir geography lesson better and many of them have never been inside a cave.
It’s only over 20 kms
They are going to make a 2-day trip and have a night campfire.They are bringing their own food and sharing buses with some other class to make their trip cheap