Unit 6. An excursion

Answer the questions:
Do you love traveling?
Do you go on holiday with your family in summer?
Which parts of our country did you go to?
How did you feel about the journey?
Unit 6: An excursion
Lesson 1: Reading
Before you read
Match the photos with the information below.
a. Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus.
b. Picturesque site, wonder of the world, 165 km from Hanoi.
c. Mountainous resort (altitude: 1,500 m) with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine forest, waterfall.
d. On the left bank of the Huong river, 6 km from Hue city
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d
b
c
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Thien Mu pagoda
Huong Long village, 5km from Hue City.
Built in 1601 under Lord Nguyen Hoang dynasty.
Keep precious antiques
Ha Long Bay
Van Don district, Ha Long city.
Made up of about 2000 islands of various sizes.
World famous for its spectacular scenery of grottos and caves.
Named a UNESCO World Heritage site.
One- pillar pagoda
Original name:
Dien Huu.
Ba Dinh district, Hanoi.
Build under the Ly dynasty.
A wish for longevity for the King.
Unique for architectural features.
Da Lat
Lam Vien highlands, Lam Dong province, 350 km from Ho Chi Minh City.
Favorable weather year round.
Vietnam`s botanical garden in the middle of a pine forest.
Famous for fruits and vegetables, waterfalls and lakes..
You are going to read a letter from Lan to her friend, Minh, about her recent fantastic excursion to a cave near Hanoi.
Read The passage
in Silence!!!
Vocabulary
1. To come to an end = to finish
2. To have some days off: not to have to work in some days
3. To suppose = To think, to believe
Eg: I suppose the trip will be interesting.
4. An excursion : A short journey made by a group of people together for pleasure.
Go on an excursion:
5. A campfire:
6. A permission: an act of allowing sb to do sth.
To get a permission
To permit sb to do sth
7. To persuade sb to do sth:
Eg: At first, she refused to go with us. We tried to persuade her. Finally, she agreed.
Persuasive (adj)
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 a caves near
B. it costs them a lot to visit
C. they prefer Huong pagoda to
D. many of them have been to
Task 1: Choose the best answer A,B,C or D to complete each sentence.
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` plans for their trip to Huong pagoda?
5. What is Lan anxious about? Why?
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Task 2: Answer the questions.
When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip?
Lan and her friends are going on a trip when they have some days off after 1st term.
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.
Task 2: Answer the questions.
How far is Thay pagoda from their school?

It is only over 20 kilometers.
Task 2: Answer the questions.
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. To make the trip cheap, they are bringing their own food and sharing buses with some other classes.
Task 2: Answer the questions.
Task 2: Answer the questions
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.
After
you
read
Work in groups.
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) ______________ for excursion.
is going to go on
some caves
want to see
have learnt
their trip
only problem
to persuade them
her classmates
Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable group of words from the box below.
Homework
Learn all the new words and phrases.
Prepare for the new lesson: Speaking.
Thanks for
your attention!!!
An excursion by bus
They are taking photos before going on an excursion by bus.
A night campfire
They are having a night campfire.