Unit 6 -

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

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P A G O D A

H A L O N G

B A Y

DA LAT

Before you read

Matching

Lesson 1: Reading

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

Da Lat City

I Pre- reading:

1 Vocabulary:

- excursion (n):

Ex: Your tour includes a one- day

excursion to Ha Long Bay.

= trip, tour, journey

[iks'kə:∫n]

Camp-fire (n): ['kæmp,faiə]

an out door fire made of log.

sunshine (n) : ['s n∫ain] ʌ

- permission:

-cave (n)

Phong Nha Cave

- to share a bus with sb

= to go in the same bus with sb.

The action of allowing sb to do sth [pə'mi∫n]

5.cave (n) hang động ,hang

6.to share a bus with sb: = to go in the same bus with sb.

2 Checking vocabulary:

Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from the box.

campfire, excursion, share the bus with, cave, permission sunshine

1 I want to visit a …… near Hanoi.

2 The only problem I seem to have is getting my parents’ ………….

3 Our ……… … had been arranged by the travel company

4 She wants to sit in the warm …………

5.To make the trip cheap, we will……………… some other classes.

6 We are singing around the … ……….

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 kilometres 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 own food and sharing buses with some other classes.

It is much warmer now I believe we’re going to enjoy good weather with lost 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 Lan wrote the letter to -.

A inform Minh of her days off

B complain about her parents

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 a campfire

3 The students have changed their destination Thay Pagoda.

as -B it costs them a lot to visit

C they prefer Huong Pagoda

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

complete each of the sentences

C tell Minh about the plan for her class trip

D A & B

A it is impossible to visit the caves near

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?

Lucky numbers

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 formation 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 over 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 visitting 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.

They are going on a trip when they have

some days off after the first term

When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip?

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 formation 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 over 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 visitting 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,

Why are they visiting some caves?

Because they want to understand their geography lesson better and many of them

have never been inside a cave

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 formation 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 over 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 visitting 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.

How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?

It’s only over 20 km

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 formation 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 over 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 visitting 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,

What are the students’ plan 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.

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 formation 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 over 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 visitting 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.

What is Lan anxious about? Why?

Lan is anxious about her parents’ permission.

They may not want to let her stay the night

away from home.

Activity 3: True/ false statements.

1 Lan and her classmates are going on

trip after the second term ends

2 Thay Pagoda is over 20 kilometres a

way

3 They are visiting some caves

because they have just studied rock

formations and they have I never inside

a cave

4 They are going to have a three-day

trip and spend a night together by a

campfire to Huong Pagoda

5.Lan is anxious because of her

3

T / F

IV Post-reading: (Group work)

Make a list to tell your friends about the plans for your next trip

Suggestions:

-Where to go?

-How many days?

-Go with whom?

-How to go?( means of transport)

-What activities?

-Bring ?

-……….

V Homework :

Write a letter to your friends to tell them about your plans for your next trip based on the list you have prepared.

Do the exercise (after you read) (page: 65)

Lan’s class a two-day excursion to visit near Huong Pagoda They with their own eyes what they in their geography lessons recently and relax after their hard work, as well They have planned

carefully For Lan, the is getting her

parents’ permission She will try so that

Fill each blank in the summary of the letter 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

Lan’s class is a

two-day excursion to visit near

Huong Pagoda They with their own eyes what they in their

geography lessons recently and relax after

their hard work, as well They have planned

carefully For Lan,

is getting her parents’ permission She will

try so that she will be able to

join on the excursion.

going to make

some caves want to see

their trip the only problem

to persuade

have learnt

her classmates

Asking your excursion you like best

Suggestions:

• Do you usually have an excursion?

• When did you last have it? Where to?

• How did you go there?

• Who did you go with?

• What did you do there?

• What impressed you most?

• What was the most interesting thing that

you did on the excursion?