unit 6 - reading

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What is this?

It is used to send and receive letters and pictures

quickly

Electric cooker is used to … rice, meat, fish

It is used to listen to music, watch films, play game…

It is used to listen to news, music and learn foreign language

It is used to keep food fresh

It is used to talk to people when you are away from home

It is used to keep the air cool when it is hot

Unit 6:

AN EXCURSION

Period: 30

Unit 6: AN EXCURSION

Period 30: READING

A BEFORE YOU READ

1 Match the photos with the information below

a Build in 1049, in the shape of a 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, waterfalls …

d On the left bank of Huong River, 6 kilometres fron Hue city

One – Pillar Pagoda

a Build in 1049, in the

shape of a lotus

Ha Long Bay

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, waterfalls …

Da Lat

River, 6 kilometres fron Hue city

Thien Mu Pagoda

Unit 6: AN EXCURSION

Period 30: READING

A BEFORE YOU READ

2 Vocabulary:

+ have a day off: (v) nghỉ học

+ cave (n) hang động

+ occasion (n) dịp, cơ hội

+ formation (n) sự tạo thành  rock formation

+ inside (prep) bên trong

+ campfire (n) lửa trại

+ permission (n) sự cho phép

+ persuade (v) thuyết phục

Unit 6: AN EXCURSION

Period 30: READING

B WHILE YOU READ

Task1 : 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 B relax 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 cost them a lot to visit

C they prefer Huong Pagoda to D many of them have been to

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D A

Lucky number

Unit 6: AN EXCURSION

Period 30: READING

B WHILE YOU READ Task 2:

When are Lan and her classmates

going on a trip?

when they have some days-off 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 cave?

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

Paragraph 3

What are the students’ plans for their trip to Huong Pagoda?

They are going to make a two-day trip and have a night camfire They are bringing their own food and

sharing buses with some other classes

to make the trip cheap

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.

Unit 6: AN EXCURSION

Period 30: READING

C AFTER YOU READ

Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable group words from the box below.

Lan’s class (1)………a two days 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.

is going to go on some caves

want to see

have learnt

their trip

only problem

to persuade them her classmates

is going to go on some caves

want to see

have learnt

their trip only problem

to persuade them her classmates

- Do the task: AFTER YOU

- Learn new words by heart

- Prepare for next lesson: Speaking part

Lotus

waterfall

pineforest