Unit 6. An excursion

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Match the words in A with the Vietnamese equivalent meanings in B
A
1. Lotus


2. Altitude


3. Waterfall


4. Campfire

5. Picturesque
B
a. Bông lúa

b. Lửa trại

c. Bông sen

d. Đẹp

e. Độ cao

f. Thác nước
a. Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus.
b. On the left bank of Huong River, 6 km from Hue City
c. Mountain resort (altitude: 1,500 m) with some wonderful places such as Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests, waterfalls...

d. Picturesque sites, wonder of the world, 165 km from Ha Noi.

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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’s impossible to visit the caves near
B. it costs them a lot to visit
C. they prefer Huong Pagoda
D. many of them have been to

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?

Dear Minh,
I’m writing to tell you a piece of news. The first term is 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 Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formations. Besides, 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 kilometres 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 a 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 home. I’ll try to persuade them.
That’s all for now. Give my love to your parents and sister.
Yours,
Lan
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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

Dear Minh,
I’m writing to tell you a piece of news. The first term is 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 Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formations. Besides, 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 kilometres 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 a 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 home. I’ll try to persuade them.
That’s all for now. Give my love to your parents and sister.
Yours,
Lan
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2. Why are they visiting some caves?
→ Because they want to understand their
geography lesson better and many of them
have never been inside a cave.

Dear Minh,
I’m writing to tell you a piece of news. The first term is 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 Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formations. Besides, 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 kilometres 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 a 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 home. I’ll try to persuade them.
That’s all for now. Give my love to your parents and sister.
Yours,
Lan
________
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3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
→ It’s only over 20 km


Dear Minh,
I’m writing to tell you a piece of news. The first term is 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 Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formations. Besides, 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 kilometres 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 a 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 home. I’ll try to persuade them.
That’s all for now. Give my love to your parents and sister.
Yours,
Lan
______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________
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.


Dear Minh,
I’m writing to tell you a piece of news. The first term is 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 Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formations. Besides, 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 kilometres 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 a 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 home. I’ll try to persuade them.
That’s all for now. Give my love to your parents and sister.
Yours,
Lan
______________________
__________________________________________________________
→ Lan is anxious about her parents’ permission.
They may not want to let her stay the night
away from home.

5. What is Lan anxious about? Why?
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?
→They are going on a trip when they have some
days-off after the first term
→ Because they want to understand their
geography lesson better and many of them
have never been inside a cave.
→ It’s only over 20 km

→ 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.

→ Lan is anxious about her parents’ permission.
They may not want to let her stay the night
away from home.


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.
is going to go on
some caves
want to see
have learnt
their trip
only problem
to persuade them
her classmates
Task3: Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable group of words from the box below.

her classmates their trip have learnt is going to go on
to persuade them some caves only problem
HOMEWORK
Learn new words.
Summarise the letter.
Prepare new lesson: Speaking