Unit 14. Wonders of the world

I’m writing this letter to tell you that I’ve returned from a trip to Nha Trang with my family.. The sight is extremely magnificent.[r]

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Unit 14 : Wonders of the world

Period 88 - Lesson 5: - Write

1 Vocabulary (Matching)

6- breathtaking (a):

7- Stone Age (n) g hồi hộp, lí thú

d thời kỳ đồ đá

1 Complete the letter Tim sent to Hoa about his trip to the Grand

Canyon Insert the letters of the missing sentences.

We spent a week there and I didn’t want to leave.

Although it was summer, it was quite cool at night

because the area is more than 2,000 meters above sea level.

On our first day, a park ranger led us on a guided hike along the edge of the canyon.

He talked about the history of the area (3)

………

(4) ……… What do you plan to

do during the summer vacation?

Write to me after your exams.

Your friend,

TimA That’s all I have time to tell you about.

B The Canyon is part of Grand Canyon National Park and it was formed by the Colorado River over millions of years

C I hope you are studying hard for your exams next week

D He also talked about the

original inhabitants who lived there during the Stone Age

2 Write a letter to a friend Tell him/ her about a

place you have visited

recently Use the following prompts to help you.

Cuc Phuong

National Park Phong Nha CaveHa Long Bay

Discuss the following questions in pairs:

1 Where have you just visited?

2 How far is it from here?

3 Who did you go with?

4 How did you get there?

5 Is it beautiful?

6 How about the weather?

7 Were the people friendly there?

8 How did you feel?

• Place: Cuc Phuong National Park / Phong Nha

Cave / Ha Long Bay, …

• Distance: from your city / home: 100 km / 600

km / 180km / 12 hours by car / by bus / by

• Weather: temperate / sunny / cool / windy, …….

• How do you feel: happy/ excited / relaxed, …….

*Choose the correct topic

A Tim talked about his hometown, the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

B Tim talked about his trip to the Grand

Canyon in Arizona.

C Tim talked about his Tet holiday in

Arizona.

Homework

1 Learn the new words and phrases by heart

2 Write a letter to your friends about your last summer vacation in your exercise book.

3 Prepare the next lesson.

• After this lesson, you can write a letter to your friends about your trip, vacation or

holiday.

• We must be proud of our country with a lot

of beautiful sights, so we should study

more about them in order to introduce

them to the people all over the world when

we have opportunities.

The suggested letter.

March 14, 2012

Dear Nam,

How are you? I think you are studying hard for your final exams

I’m writing this letter to tell you that I’ve returned from a trip to Nha Trang with my family The sight is extremely magnificent

It took us about six hours by car to get there from Ba Ria Town We spent about three days there

The weather was rather hot and windy so we enjoyed swimming and

walking along the beach at night very much The food was very

delicious

It was really interesting to travel to Vinpearl land by telpher We met a lot of foreigners there, they were very friendly We really want to come back there when we have time next year

I hope you will get good results about your next exams What are you going

to do during your summer holiday?

Write to me soon

Your friend,

Minh

April 13, 2010

Dear Lan,

How are you?

My family has just came back from a trip to Phong Nha Cave in Quang Binh It has been a great tourist attraction since it was claimed World Cultural Heritage This is the first time I visited Phong Nha Cave We spent a week there and I didn’t want to leave.

It was a long way from my house to Phong Nha Cave so it was took us more than one day to get there by train

The sightseeing was wonderful and magnificent and the weather was sunny and quite hot I was very excited and a little bit tired after the trip.

That’s all I have time to tell you about What do you plan to do during the summer vacation? Write to me as soon as possible.

Regards,

Huyen.