Unit 6. An excursion

Trường THPT Mai Anh Tuấn

Giáo viên dạy: Lê Hồng Phong

Lớp: 10A
Ngày dạy: 23 /11 / 2007
Unit 6: AN EXCURSION
Period: READING
Before you read
work in pairs: Match the photos with the information below, and then tell each other which of 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 world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi
C. Moutain resort (altitude: 1,500m) with wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong lake, pine forests, waterfalls…..
D. On the left bank of the Huong river, 6 kilometres from Hue city

1….. 2……. 3……. 4……..
Before you read
work in pairs: Match the photos with the information below, and then tell each other which of 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 world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi
C. Moutain resort (altitude: 1,500m) with wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong lake, pine forests, waterfalls…..
D. On the left bank of the Huong river, 6 kilometres from Hue city
1. D – Thien Mu Pagoda
B – Ha Long Bay
A – The One- Pillar Pagoda
4. C – Da lat
Have you ever been to Huong Pagoda?
While you read
Vocabulary
- day off (n) : ngµy nghØ
ex: My school is going to have some days off.
- rock formation (n) : sù kiÕn t¹o cña ®¸
ex: We have recently studied rock formation
- inside (prep) : bªn trong
ex: many of us have never been inside Tu Thuc cave
- suppose (v) : tin r»ng
ex: I suppose the trip will be very interesting
- instead (adv) : thay vµo ®ã
ex: We are visiting the ones near Tien Pagoda instead
- event (n) sù kiÖn
ex: A night campfire on a two-day trip will be a great event in our schooldays
- get someone’s permission: xin phÐp ai ®ã
ex: I have to get my parents’ permission
- prefer st to st else: thÝch thø nµy h¬n thø kh¸c

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 of her days off
B. Complain about her parents
C. Tell Minh about the plan for her class trip
D. Talk about what and her classmates will do at Huong Pagoda
2. The students decided to go an excursion because they wanted to…
A. Understand their geography lessons better B. Relax ater work
C. Have a cmpfire D. A and B
3. The students have changed their destination as…….….Thay Pagoda.
A. It is impossible to visit the cave near B. It costs them a lot to visit
C. They prefer Huong pagoda to D. Many of them have been to

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 of her days off
B. Complain about her parents
C. Tell Minh about the plan for her class trip
D. Talk about what and her classmates will do at Huong Pagoda
2. The students decided to go an excursion because they wanted to…
A. Understand their geography lessons better B. Relax ater work
C. Have a cmpfire D. A and B
3. The students have changed their destination as…….….Thay Pagoda.
A. It is impossible to visit the cave near B. It costs them a lot to visit
C. They prefer Huong pagoda to D. Many of them have been to

Task 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 anxiuos 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 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 own food and sharing buses with some other class to make the trip cheap
5. What is Lan anxiuos about? Why?
-> Lan is anxious about her parents’permission. They may not want to let her stay the night away from home.
After you read
Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suiable group of words from the box below.
her classmates want to see their trip is going to go on
have learnt to persuade them some caves only problem
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 planed (5)………carefully. For Lan, the (6)……..is getting herparents’ permission. She will try (7)………..so that she will be able to join (8)………on the excursion.
After you read
Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suiable group of words from the box below.
her classmates want to see their trip is going to go on
have learnt to persuade them some caves only problem
Lan’s class (1) is going to go on a two-day excursion to visit (2) some caves near Huong Pagoda. They (3) want to see with their own eyes what they (4) have learnt in their geography lessons recently and relax after their hard work, as well. They have planed (5) their trip carefully. For Lan, the (6) only problem is getting herparents’ permission. She will try (7) to persuade them so that she will be able to join (8) her classmates on the excursion.