unit 6 An excursion

Reading Unit 6: An Excursion Teacher: Phan Thi Thuy Class: 10 Physics... Thien Mu Pagoda• On the left of the Huong River, 6 kilometers from Hue City One Pillar Pagoda • Built in 1049,

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Unit 6: An Excursion

Teacher: Phan Thi Thuy Class: 10 Physics

Before you read:

Have you ever been to…

Thien Mu Pagoda

• On the left of the Huong River, 6

kilometers from Hue City

One Pillar Pagoda

• Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus

Ha Long Bay

• Picturesque site, wonder of the world,

165 kilometers from Hanoi

Vocabulary

• Excursion /ik’skз:∫n /(n):

cuộc đi chơi, tham quan.

Example: on our excursion, I

and my classmates visit Cuc

Phuong National Park

• Cave /keiv/(n):

hang động

Example: We visited some

caves here.

• Rock formation

/rQk ƒO:’mei∫n/:

sự hình thành đá

• Example: We were also

introduced the rock

formation

• Pagoda

/p ə ’ g əUdə/(n):

Ngôi chùa

• Example: Thay pagoda;

Chuong pagoda; Quan

Thanh pagoda…

While you read:

Task 1 Choose the best answer A, B, C or D:

1 Lan wrote the letter to

A inform Minh of her days off

B complain about her parents

C tell Minh about the plant for her class trip

D talk about what she and her classmates will do at

Huong Pagoda

2 The students decides to go on an excursion

because they wanted to

A understand the geography lessons better

B elax after work

C Have a campfire

D A and B

3 The students have changed their

destination as _ Thay pagoda

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

Task 2 Answer the questions:

1 When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip?

When they

have some day off after the first term

2 Why are they visiting some caves?

have never been

inside caves before

3 How far is Thay pagoda from

their school ?

• Thay Pagoda

is 20 kilometers from their school

4 What are the students’ plan for

their trip to Huong pagoda?

have a night

campfire there

their own food

and sharing buses

with some other

classes.

5 What is Lan anxious about? Why?

their parents’ permission

want to let her stay the night from home.

Thank you very

much for your attention!