Unit 6. An excursion

a. Built in 1049, in the shape of
a lotus.
b. picturesque site, wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi
c. Mountain resort (altitude: 1,500 m)
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.
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Thien Mu Pagoda

Ha Long Bay

One – Pillar - Pagoda


Da Lat City

Unit 6 an excursion









I. words and phrases
- day off (n)
- cave (n)
- pagoda (n)
- permission (n)
- persuade (v)
A. reading
ngày nghỉ
hang, hang động
chùa
sự cho phép
thuyết phục
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 formation. 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



Task 1. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the sentences.
1. Lan wrote the letter to ....................................
inform Minh of her days off
complain about her parents
tell Minh about the plan for
her class trip
talk about what she and her
classmates will do at Huong Pagoda

C.
A.
B.
D.
Tell Minh about the plan for her class trip
Task 1. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the sentences.
2. The students decided to go on an excursion because they wanted to ...................
understand their geography lesson better.
relax after work
have a campfire
A and B
A.
B.
C.
D.
A and B
Task 1. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the sentences.
3. The students have changed their destination as
......................................................... Thay Pagoda.
it is impossible to visit the caves near
it costs them a lot to visit
they prefer Huong Pagoda to
many of them have been to
A.
B.
C.
D.
it is impossible to visit the cave near
Task 2. Answer the questions
1. When are Lan and her classmates going on trip?
2. Why are they visiting some caves?
3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
4. What are the students` plan 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 formation. 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


Task 2. Answer the questions
1. When are Lan and her classmates going on trip?
They are going on a trip when they have some days off after 1ST term.
2. Why are they visiting some caves?
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 formation. 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


Task 2. Answer the questions
1. When are Lan and her classmates going on trip?
2. Why are they visiting some caves?
They are going on a trip when they have some days off after 1ST term.
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?
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 formation. 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


Task 2. Answer the questions
1. When are Lan and her classmates going on trip?
2. Why are they visiting some caves?
3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
They are going on a trip when they have some days off after 1ST term.
They are visiting some caves 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
4. What are the students` plan for their trip to Huong Pagoda?
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 formation. 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


Task 2. Answer the questions
1. When are Lan and her classmates going on trip?
2. Why are they visiting some caves?
3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
4. What are the students` plan for their trip to Huong Pagoda?
They are going on a trip when they have some days off after 1ST term.
They are visiting some caves 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
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 formation. 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


Task 2. Answer the questions
1. When are Lan and her classmates going on trip?
2. Why are they visiting some caves?
3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
4. What are the students` plan 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 1ST term.
They are visiting some caves 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
Fill each lank in the summary of the letter with a suitable group of words below.
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.
want to see
her classmates
their trip
is going to go on
have learnt
some caves
only problem
to persuade them
is going to go on
some caves
want to see
have learnt
their trip
only problem
to persuade them
her classmates
Task 2. Answer the questions
1. When are Lan and her classmates going on trip?
2. Why are they visiting some caves?
3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
4. What are the students` plan 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 1ST term.
They are visiting some caves 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