Unit 6. An excursion

UNIT 6
AN EXCURSION
Group 7
Class 10A6 (08-09)
PICTURE
START
Sapa
Ha Long Bay
Hoan Kiem Lake
One pillar pagoda
Thien Mu pagoda
Nha Trang beach
Xuan Huong Lake
Can you tell me the names of ten places you’ve seen on these pictures above ?
REPLAY
Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus

Picturesque site , wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi

Mountain resort(altitude: 1500m) with some wonderful places to visit : Xuan Huong Lake , pine forests, waterfalls

On the left bank of the Huong river, 6 kilometres from Hue city
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1d ; 2b ; 3a ; 4c
Vocabulary
Excursion (n) : short trip
Formation (n) :the process of forming
Former (a) : earlier or previous in time
Campfire (n) : an outdoor fire made by people who are sleeping living in a tent
Schooldays (n) : the period in your life when you go to school
Suppose (v) : expected
Cave (n):hole in the Earth or at the side of the hill
Permission (n) : the act of allowing sb to do sth
-> permit (v) : allowing sb to do sth
-> permissive (a)


Persuade (v) = to convince
-> persuasion (n)
-> persuasive (adj)
Destination(n) : the final place to which a person is going
Inform (v) = tell sb about sth in an official way
-> information (n)
-> informative (adj)
Complain (v) = say that you are annoyed unhappy
-> complaint (n)
Picturesque (adj) = suggesting a picture

While you read
Dear Minh!

I’m writing to tell you a piece of news. The first term 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 Ha Noi as we have recently studied rock formations. Beside, 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 visiting the ones near Huong Pagoda instead. A night campfire on a two-day trip will be 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 homes. I’ll try to persuade them.
That’s all for now. Give my love to your parents and sister.
Yours,
Lan
EXERCISE
Task 1: 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 perfect Huong Pagoda to
D. many of them have been to
about? Why ?
Task 2 : Answer the question
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
her classmate
their trip
is going to go on
to persuade them
want to see
some caves
have learnt
Only problem
Fill each blank with a suitable group of words
Thanks for
your attention