Unit 6. An excursion

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CLASS 10A2
* Choose the best answer to complete each blank using passive or active form:
1. A new bridge . . . across the river recently.



2. People . . . down more and more trees for wood for along time.


c. has been built
a. has built
d. was built
b. built
d. were cut
c. have been cut
b. have cut
a. are cut
Unit 6: AN EXCURSION
Lesson: READING
Are they traveling?
Do you like traveling?
Places of Interest in Viet Nam
3. Can you tell me some places to which you usually travel?
4. Whom do you often travel with?
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Thien Mu Pagoda
One Pillar Pagoda
Ha Long Bay
Da lat
* New words:
_ excursion (n) [iks`kə:∫n] = trip (n)
_ lotus (n) [`loutəs] / shape of a lotus
_ picturesque site (n) [,pikt∫ə`resk sait]
= beautiful place.
_ wonder of the world (n)
_ resort (n) [ri`zɔ:t]
_ altitude (n) [`æltitju:d]
_ rock formation (n)
_ campfire (n) [`kæm,faiə]
_ permit (v) [pə:`mit] /
permission (n) [pə`mi∫n]
_ persuade (v) [pə`sweid]
Lotus
Campfire
Resort
One of the wonders of the world
a. Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus –

b. Picturesque site, wonder of the world, 165 kilometers from Ha Noi -
c. Mountain resort (altitude: 1,500 m) with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine forest, waterfalls . . . -
d. On the left bank of Huong River, 6 kilometers from Hue City –

3. One-Pillar-Pagoda

2. Ha Long Bay

4. Da Lat City
1. Thien Mu Pagoda
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b
a
c
Huong Pagoda
The pilgrimage (cuoäc haønh höông) to Huong Pagoda
1: Choose the best answer to complete each sentence:
Lan wrote the letter to . . .




The student decided to go on an excursion because they wanted to . . .



3. The students have changed their destination as . . .Thay Pagoda.
A. inform Minh of her days off
C. tell Minh about the plan for
her class trip
D. talk about what she and her
classmates will do at Huong
Pagoda
B. complain about her parents
A. understand their geography
lessons better
C. have a campfire
D. A and B
B. relax after work
D. many of them have been to
C. they prefer Huong Pagoda
to
A. it is impossible to visit the
caves near
B. it cost them a lot to visit
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?

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 in side 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 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
* Choose true (T) or false (F) for each statement.
1. At first, they wanted to travel to Huong Pagoda.
2. The caves near Thay Pagoda are closed until before Tet.
3. They are bringing their own food and sharing buses with some other classes to make the trip cheap.
F
F
T





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) ____________________ on the excursion.

her classmates

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


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