Unit5

One-Pillar Pagoda
Da Lat City
Ha Long Bay 
Thien Mu Pagoda
Unit 6: An Excursion
Reading
Before You Read

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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1. Presenting vocabulary:
-to make an excursion (v):
tạo 1 chuyến du lịch
tạo 1 chuyến tham quan

-to make a trip (v):
có…nghỉ
-to have …..off (v):

-to give one’s love to others (v):

gửi lời thăm hỏi của ai đó đến người khác
-to stay the night away from home (v):

ở lại đêm xa nhà
-persuade (v):

thuyết phục
Check vocabulary:
To make
To have
To give
To make
To stay
the night away from home
a trip
one’s love to others
some days off
an excursion
Thay pagoda
Huong pagoda
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences
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 campfire
D. A and B
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences
3. The students have changed their destination as …………………………….
A. it is impossible to visit the caves near
B. it costs them a lot to visit
C. they prefer Huong Pagoda to
D. many of them have been to
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.
D. talk about what she and her classmates will do at Huong pagoda.
tell Minh about the plan for her class trip
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 …………………..
A. understand their geography lessons better
B. relax after work
C. have campfire
D.

A and B

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences
3. The students have changed their destination as …………………………….
A.
B. it costs them a lot to visit
C. they prefer Huong Pagoda to
D. many of them have been to
it is impossible to visit the caves near
Choose the best answer D, B, C,or D to complete each of the sentences
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 Huong Pagoda?
5. What is Lan anxious about? Why?

Noughts and Crosses with Lucky Numbers

Group A -> O
Group B -> X
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After you read
Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable group of words from the box 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
her classmates
want to see
some caves
only problem
have learnt
to persuade them
their trip
is going to go on
Homework:
Read the letter again
Prepare the next part


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 1st term.

3. Why are they visiting some caves?
 Because they have recently studied rock formations and many of them have never been inside a cave.



5. How far is Thay pagoda from their school?
It’s only over 20 kms


7. What are the students’ plans for their trip 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

9. What is Lan anxious about? Why?
She is anxious about her parents’ permission. Because they may not want to let her stay the night away from home.

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