Unit 6. An excursion

- Look at the pictures.
- Give the names for each picture and
match them with the informations.


Give the names for each picture

1

3

2

THIEN MU PAGODA

ONE – PILLAR PAGODA

4

HA LONG BAY

DA LAT


Match the pictures with the information below.

a. Built in 1049, in the shape of a
1

2

lotus.
b. Picturesque site, wonder of
the
world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi
.
c. Mountain resort (altitude: 1,500m)
with some wonderful places to visit:
Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests,
water falls…

3

d. On the left bank of the Huong
River,6 kilometres from Hue City.
4


Lesson 1: Reading

Period: 32


cave /keiv/ (n) :

Hang, hang động

rock /rɔk/

đá

(n) :

pagoda /pə'goudə/ (n) :
excursion /iks'kə:∫n/ (n) :

chùa
Cuộc đi chơi, chuyến tham quan

campfire /kæmp'faiə/ (n) : Lửa trại
formation /fɔ:'mei∫n/ (n) : Sự thành lập, sự hình thành
rock formation (n)

:

Sự hình thành đá

permission /pə'mi∫n/ (n) :

Sự cho phép

persuade /pə'sweid/ (v) :

Thuyết phục


II. WHILE YOU READ:

The way to Huong Pagoda

Read the letter then do the tasks that follow.

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 20 kilometers
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


1. 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 Minh of her days off
B. complain about her parents

C
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
D
C. have a campfire
D. A and B
3.The students have changed their destination as ___Thay Pagoda
A
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


2.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 anxious about? Why?


Task 2:
Questions and answers

Choose the number you like.
There are 6 numbers in which each number has a
different thing .The number which has a
 “Lucky number” word will give you 50 points
without
answering the question.
 “question” word you will have to answer the
question.
if you give the right answer to the question, you
can get
different marks.
If the team can’t answer the question or gives
incorrect answer , They will lose their turn and
move to the other. The team getting the highest
marks will be the winner.


Unit 6: AN EXCURSION

1
Lucky
number

4

2

3

5

6


When are Lan and
her classmates
going on a trip?
when they have some daysoff after the first term.
Paragraph 1:
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.


Why are they
visiting some caves?
Because they have recently studied
rock formation and many of them
have never been inside a cave.
Paragraph 1:
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.

How far is Thay
Pagoda fom their
school?

It is only over 20
kilometres.
Paragraph 2:
At first, we want to travel to Thay Pagoda because it is
over 20 kilometres away, and we could go on a day
excursion


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

Paragraph 3


Congratulation!


What is Lan
anxious about?

Why?
She’s anxious about her parents’
permission. They may not want
to let her stay at night away
from home.
Paragraph 4:
The only problem I seem to have is getting my parent’s
permission. They may not want to let me stay away from
home. I’ll try to persuade them.


2.Task 2: Answer the questions
1. When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip?
- When they have some days-off after the first term.
2. Why are they visiting some caves?
- Because they have recently studied rock formation and many
of them have never been inside a cave.
3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
- It is only over 20 kilometres.
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.
5. What is Lan anxious about? Why?
- She’s anxious about her parents’ permission. They may not
want to let her stay at night away from home.


III/ AFTER YOU READ: Fill each blank 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


IV) Homework :

Talk about your plan for an
excursion

What are
Who do
When are Where are
you going

you want
you going you going
to prepare
to go
on a trip? to visit?
for
with?
your trip?


See you again


lotus. /'loutəs/ (n)
hoa sen


Picturesque (adj) /,pikt∫ə'resk/
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