Unit 6. An excursion

Unit 6: an excursion
Presented by Đỗ Quang Ngọc
What activities do you like doing when you have a few days off?
yes.
- visiting a foreign country
- travelling to cities
- visiting friends or relatives
- taking a bicycle tour
- going camping
- going hiking
- going fishing
- having a picnic
- relaxing at the beach
- staying at home reading a book
- fixing up or redecorating the house
Unit 6: An excursion lesson 1: reading
Match the photos with the information below
a) Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus.
b) Picturesque site, wonder of the world, 165 kilometers from Hanoi.
c) Mountain resort ( altitude: 1,500 m) with some wonderful places to
visit: Xuan Houng lake, pine forests, waterfall…
d) On the left bank of the Huong River, 6 kilometers from Hue city.
In what cities are they located?
In Hue
In Quang Ninh
In Da Lat
In Ha Noi
One Pillar Pagoda
Valley of Love
Ha Long Bay
Thien Mu Pagoda
Match a line in A with Vietnamese meaning in B
A B
1) to come to an end: a) cã vµi ngµy nghØ
2) cave: .b) kÕt thóc
3) rock formation: c) cè g¾ng thuyÕt phôc
4) to have some days off: d) hang ®éng
5) campfire: e) xin phÐp bè mÑ
6) to share bus wih f) löa tr¹i
7) parents’ permission: g) ®i chung xe víi
8) to try to persuade: h) cÊu tróc cña ®¸
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Kết thúc
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Hang động
.
Cấu trúc của đá
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Có vài ngày nghỉ
.
Lửa trại
.
đi chung xe với
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Xin phép bố mẹ
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Cố gắng thuyết phục
Match the verb in A with its object in B
A B
1) to have a) an excursion
2) to make b) our love to them
3) to make c) a two-day trip
4) to stay d) some days off
5) to give e) the night away from home

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Some days off
.
An excursion
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A two day trip
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The night away from home
.
Our love to them
Huong Pagoda
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…………….
A: it is impossible to visit the caves near
B: it cost them a lot to visit
C: they prefer Huong Pagoda to
D: many of them have been to
Answer the questions
1) When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip?




-After the first term ends
2) Why are they visiting some caves?
Because they have just studied rock formations and they have never been inside a cave
3) How far is THAY Pagoda from their school?
-20 kilometers away
4) What are the students’ plans for their trip to HUONG Pagoda?
-Have a two day trip and spend a night together by a campfire
5) What is Lan anxious about? Why?
-Her parents’ permission. They are so protective and don’t want to let
her stay the night away from home
Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable 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 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.
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Is going to go on
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Some caves
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Want to see
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Have learnt
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Their trip
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Only problem
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To persuade them
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Her classmates
Homework
- write a composition about a trip which you like best
( about 50 words )
- Find new words in the passage below and make up
sentences with them.
Lan’s class is going to go on a two-day excursion to visit some caves near Huong Pagoda . They want to see with their own eyes what they have learnt in their geography lessons recently and relax after their hard work, as well. They have planned relax themselves carefully. For Lan, the problem is getting her parents’ permission. She will try to persuade to persuade them so that she will be able to join her classmates on the excursion.