Unit 6. An excursion

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HOI AN ancient town
THAY pagoda
HOAN KIEM lake
MY SON sanctuary
HUONG pagoda
PHONG NHA cave
Unit 6: AN EXCURSION
Part A: Reading
Before you read:
1. Match the photos with the information below and then tell which of the places you would like to visit and give reasons:

a. Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus.
b. Picturesque site, wonder of the word, 165 kilometres from Ha Noi.
c. Mountain resort
(altitude:1,500m)
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 (n): hoa sen
Picturesque (adj):đẹp như tranh

c.Mountain resort (altitude : 1,500m) with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests, waterfalls........
a. Built in 1049, in the shape of a
lotus.
b. Picturesque site, wonder of
the word, 165 kilometres from
Ha Noi.
d. On the left bank of the Huong River, 6 kilometres from Hue City.

d. Thien Mu pagoda in Hue city
b. Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh
a.
The One-Pillar Pagoda in Ha Noi
c. Dat Lat ( Lam Dong )
2. Vocabulary:
-excursion (n):
having a sightseeing:cuộc tham quan
-day off:
ngày nghỉ
-rock formation:
sự hình thành đá
-campfire (n):
lửa trại
-permission (n):
sự cho phép
-persuade (v): try to get agreement :
thuyết phục
* Fill in each gap with a correct word you’ve learnt :
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1.I want to go on a (an) ……… to Ha Long Bay with you but I have to get my parents’ ………….
2. We plan to have a night ………….. in the forest .
3.I will …………… him to go camping with us .
4. In the geography lesson yesterday ,Miss Huong told us about the …………………..
5.Pupils often have a ……… a week.
excursion
permission
campfire
persuade
rock formation
day off
I’ll write a letter to Minh
II. While you read:
Task1: 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 lesson 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

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D
A
Lucky number
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*Task 2:Answer the questions:
1.How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
- It’s only over 20 km.
2.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.
3.Lucky number
4.Why are they visiting some caves ?
- Because they have recently studied rock formations and many of them have never been inside a cave.
5.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 buses with some other classes to make the trip cheap.
6.What is Lan anxious about ? Why ?
- She is anxious about her parents’ permission. Because they may not want to let her stay the night away from home.
Task 2: Answer the questions:
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. They are bringing their own food and share 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
III. After you read:
Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable group of words from the box below



Lan’s clas (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
*Summary:
2.some caves
3.want to see
4.have learnt
5.their trip
1.is going to go on
6.only problem
8.her classmates
7.to persuade them
HOMEWORK:
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-summarize the
letter
-prepare:
”speaking”
write about your
future excursion
Learn vocabulary