Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: — talk about common activities that people often do when they visit national parks and tourist attractions and the current proble
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TIENG ANH
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NÂNG CAO - TẬP HAI
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TIENG ANH 11 - NANG CAO, TAP HAI
CHU QUANG BINH
NHA XUAT BAN HA NOI
Chiu trach nhiém xuất bản:
NGUYEN KHAC OANH
THAI SON — SON LAM
Suwa ban in:
PHAM QUOC TUAN
In 1000 cuốn, khổ 17 x 24 cm, tại Công ty cổ phần in Khoa học và Công
nghệ mới Giấy phép xuất bản số: 208 — 2007/CXB/46 e TK — 47/HN
In xong và nộp lưu chiểu quý I/2008
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PERIOD 1 & 2 (Reading)
I Aim
Reading a passage about environmental problems on Mt Everest
Il Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
— talk about common activities that people often do when they visit national parks and tourist attractions and the current problems in Viet Nam’s national parks and tourist attractions through various activities in class
— enrich background knowledge on expeditions to Mt Everest
— improve mirco-reading skill by answering questions and finding the words for the given definitions
Ill Materials
Textbook, whiteboard markers,
Pictures of national parks and famous tourist attractions
LCD screen showing tourist attractions if possible
IV Anticipated problems
Ss may not have proper background knowledge on the topic so T should
provide necessary related information
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A national park in Dong Thap Muoi, Dong Thap
Province This national park is created to protect
several rare birds, especially Sarus Crane (grus
antigone), a species listed in Red Book
The highest mountain in Japan located near the
Pacific coast of central Honshu
A large rock formation located in Uluru-Kata Tjuta
National Park in Central Australia
The world's first national park on March I, 1872
located in the USA
The highest mountain on earth located on the border
between Nepal and Tibet, China It is sometimes
called Chomolungma
A national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in
the center of Quang Binh province in north-central
Viet Nam
Ask Ss to work in groups to match the national parks
and tourist attractions in the book with the above
information and then match them with the pictures
Call on some Ss to give their answers in front of the
class
Gather ideas and give correct answers:
I Ayers Rock is a large rock formation located
in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Central
work
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Time Steps Work
arrangement
3 Mt Everest is the highest mountain on earth located on the border between Nepal and
Tibet, China It is sometimes _ called
Chomolungma and considered as the roof of
the world a
4 Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan located in the Mount Fuji National Park near the Pacific coast of central Honshu f
5 Phong Nha Cave is a cave, a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the center of Quang Binh province in_ north- central Viet Nam c
6 Yellowstone is the world's first national park
on March 1, 1872 located in the USA d
15’
PRE-READING
What may be harmful to the environment?
Ask Ss to look at the activities that tourists often do
when they visit the national parks and _ tourist
attractions
Explain some of the activities which may cause
difficulties to Ss
Have Ss work in groups and discuss the activities
normally done by tourists which may be harmful to
the environment
Call on some Ss to explain their answers in front of
the class
Feedback and give correct answers:
Activities tourists often do:
- make a campfire (all of these places)
- havea swim (c, d, f)
- carve names or drawings on rocks (a, b, c, f) Group work
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Time Steps Work
arrangement
- eat and drink (all of these places)
- take photos (all of these places)
- pick flowers or break tree branches (b, e, f)
- dispose of garbage (all of these places)
- go boating (c, d, e, ƒ)
Activities which may be harmful to the environment:
- make a campfire (may cause a forest fire)
- carve names or drawings on rocks (may destroy
the beauty of nature)
- break tree branches (may harm trees)
- dispose of garbage (will pollute the environment)
- go boating (will bring about waves that may
cause soil erosion at the banks) Vocabulary pre-teach
junkyard (n): a place where junk (abandoned or
unimportant things) is thrown or collected (noi tap két
đồ phê liệu, bãi rác)
hallucinate (v): to perceive a non-existent object or
phenomenon; to believe that one is experiencing
something which in reality does not exist; to
experience a hallucination (gi 40 giac)
fuel canister (n): a small box or case for holding fuel
(bình đựng nhiên liệu)
summit (n): top, peak of something (mountain) (dinh
nul)
cleanups: campaigns or programs to make_ the
environment clean (chién dich lam sạch môi trường)
deposit (n): an amount of money given as part
payment or as security (tién dat coc)
authority (n): government; the persons or the body
exercising power or command (chinh quyén)
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Rub out and remember
Write all the new words on the board in two columns:
English and Vietnamese equivalents
Rub out all the words in the English column and ask
Ss to look at the Vietnamese column to write down or
read aloud the rubbed ones
WHILE-READING Set the scene
For a long time, exploring our world has been
human’s passion and the peak of Mt Everest, the
highest mountain in the world, has been conquered by
a number of tourists However, expeditions of tourists
has put the environment of Mt Everest at risk In
today’s reading, we will read about Mt Everest and
its problems
10° | Task 1 - Choosing the best title Individual
Have Ss scan the passage and choose the best title work for it
Note that the title must convey the main idea of the
passage The other three options may be correct but
they fail to cover the major points of the reading
Call on some Ss to give their answers in front of the
class
Ask for Ss’ explanations
Give correct answer:
The best title of the text is a): Mt Everest’s
Environmental Problems and Solutions
15’ | Task 2 - Answering questions Individual
work
Tell Ss to read the text individually and more
carefully to answer the questions in b)
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Time Steps arrangement Work
15’
Ask Ss to underline or highlight the information
which provides the answers
Call on some Ss to read aloud their answers in front of
the class
Feedback and give correct answers
1 Because Mt Everest — the highest place on earth — has a lot of garbage now
2 They need oxygen bottles when they climb to the
height of more than 7,000 meters, where there
is not enough oxygen to breathe in
3 They need fuel canisters, oxygen bottles,
batteries, foods, and drinks
4 The Sherpas pick up garbage, put it in their backpacks, and bring it down to the foot of the mountain
5 They collected more garbage in 1998 than they had done in 1995
6 This is a measure to force tourists not to leave their equipment on the mountain If they do so, they cannot get back the deposit
Task 3 - Finding words and expressions
Ask Ss to continue working on their own and find the
words and expressions in the text with meanings
given in the book
Note: If Ss are at lower level, T may provide the
paragraph which contains the word or expression
Have Ss compare their words with a friend
Call on some Ss to write their answers on the board
Check the answers in front of the class as a whole
Give correct answers: Individual
work and Pair work
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What are some current problems in Viet Nam’s
national parks and tourist attractions? Suggest
solutions
Encourage all members in the groups to actively
engage in the discussion and contribute relevant ideas
Call on some Ss to present their ideas in front of the
class
Make necessary comments and corrections
Give suggested ideas
- Pollution (caused by - Raise people’s awareness
littering) about the environmental
- Extinction of some species issues and wildlife
of animals (caused by protection
illegal hunting) - Impose heavy fines on
- Erosion and flooding people who litter garbage
(caused by felling trees) and hunt illegally
- Forest fire (caused by - Urge people to stop felling
smoking) trees and immediately to
prevent floods and erosions
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Ba Bé National Park (Bac Kan)
Ba Vi National Park (Ha Tay)
Bach M4 National Park (Thira Thién-Hué)
Bái Tư Long National Park (Quang Ninh)
Bén En National Park (Thanh Hóa)
Bu Gia Mat National Park(Binh Phudoc)
Cat Ba National Park (on Cat Ba Island, Hai Phong)
Cat Tién National Park (Đông Nai, Lâm Đông, and Bình Phước) Chu Mom Ray National Park (Kon Tum)
Chur Yang Sin National Park (Dak Lak)
Côn Dao National Park (Ba Ria-Viing Tau)
Cuc Phuong National Park (Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, and Hoa Binh) Hodng Lién National Park (Lao Cat)
Kon Ka Kinh National Park (Gia Lai)
Lo Go Xa Mat National Park (Tay Ninh)
Mii Ca Mau National Park (Ca Mau)
Nui Chia National Park (Ninh Thuan)
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (Quang Binh)
Phú Quoc National Park (Kiên Giang)
Pu Mat National Park (Nghé An)
Tam Dao National Park (Vinh Phic, Thai Nguyén and Tuyên Quang) Tram Chim National Park (Đồng Tháp)
U Minh Thuong National Park (Kién Giang)
Vii Quang National Park (Ha Tinh)
Xuân Son National Park (Phi Tho)
Xuan Thuy National Park (Nam Dinh)
Yok Don National Park (Dak Lak)
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¢ Number of people to attempt to climb Mt Everest: approximately
4,000
e Number of people to successfully climb Mt Everest: 660
e Number of people who have died trying to climb Mt Everest: 142
¢ Height: 29,028 feet, or 5 and a half miles above sea level This is equivalent to the size of almost 20 Empire State Buildings
¢ Location: part of the Himalaya mountain range; straddles border of Nepal and Tibet
e Named for: Sir George Everest, a British surveyor-general of India
e Age: approximately 60 million years old
e Other names: called "Chomolungma" by Tibetans and Sherpas, which means "Mother Goddess of the Earth."
¢ Countries visible from the summit: Tibet, India, and Nepal
¢ First people to climb to the summit: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953
e Notable dates:
1921 - Dalai Lama allowed British reconnaissance party to visit Tibet
and the northern side of Mt Everest
1924 - British explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine
disappeared near the summit, along the Northeast Ridge It was possible that they may have actually been the first to reach the
summit, but they never returned
1949 - Nepal opened its borders, making access to the mountain's
southern peak possible
1953 - Hillary and Norgay reached summit
1963 - First Americans reached the summit
1989 - First two women, both American, reached the summit
1990 - Sir Edmund Hillary's son, Peter, reached summit
1996 - Eleven people died during spring expeditions
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PERIOD 3 (Listening)
Listening to a conversation about the effects of ecotourism on environment
Il Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
— talk about the effects of ecotourism on environment by using environment-
related words such as hunting, environment-friendly, awareness, dolphin,
whale
— enrich background knowledge on ecotourism
— enhance listening skill through True or false and Table completion exercises
lll Materials
Textbook, whiteboard markers, cassette,
IV Anticipated problems
Ss may not understand the concept of ecotourism thoroughly so T should give necessary background information to make sure Ss understand the concept before listening to the tape
7 Pictures recognition Group work
Have Ss work in groups of four and discuss what
they see in the pictures/ what ecotourists in the
pictures might be doing
Note that they are common activities that people
do when they are on holiday
Call on some Ss to explain their answers in front of
the class
Accept the answers in Vietnamese and provide
English equivalents later
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Give suggested answers:
a Some ecotourists are watching birds with
binoculars
b Two tourists are riding an elephant
c A lot of tourists are taking a boat trip along a
canal (or a river)
d Tourists are hiking / walking in the forest
e Some tourists are making a campfire
f A lot of tourists are watching a whale swimming
in the sea
Ask further questions to make sure Ss understand
the activities such as: Are these activities good or
bad to the environment?
Which activity do you like best?
Which one have you tried? Which one do you wish
to try?
PRE-LISTENING
Briefly explain the definition of an ecotour
An ecotour is a small, individually guided tour that
takes conservation and preservation issues into
consideration, donates to the local economy, and
teaches the travelers something about the nature
and culture of the area in which they are located
Activities on an ecotour
Ask Ss to work in pairs and discuss:
What might you do if you go on an ecotour?
Gather ideas from Ss and lead in the listening Pair work
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Introduce some new words which might cause
difficulties to Ss while listening to the tape:
environment-friendly (a): than thién với môi
Mr Christ Green, an environmentalist, is invited
to talk to students of Le Lai High School about the
effects of ecotourism Listen to the first part of his
talk and check ( V) whether the statements are true
(T) or false (F)
Task 1 - True or false
Have Ss read the statements carefully before
listening to the tape
Tell Ss to highlight or underline the key words if
necessary
Play the tape twice so that Ss can be sure about
their answers
Have Ss compare their answers with a friend
Check and give correct answers:
I F (Surely not Tourists don’t go hunting.)