Bài giảng Hot day

On the left bank of the Huong river, 6 kilometres from Hue city Thien Mu pagoda... Picturesque site, wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi 2 Ha Long Bay... Mountain resort altit

Look at the famous places and match each place with its name.

1 d On the left bank of the Huong river, 6

kilometres from Hue city

Thien Mu pagoda

b. Picturesque site, wonder of the world,

165 kilometres from Hanoi

2

Ha Long Bay

a. Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus

3

The one-pillar pagoda

C. Mountain resort (altitude: 1,500 m)

with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong lake, pine forests, waterfalls……

4

Dalat

* New words

lotus /'loutəs/ (n)

hoa sen

Picturesque / ,pikt∫ə'resk/ (adj)

đẹp như tranh

resort / ri'z :t ɔ / (n)

khu nghỉ mát

Pine forest (n) : Rừng thông

Waterfall (n) : Thác nước

bank /bæŋk/ (n)

bờ sông

d It’s on the left bank of the Huong

River, 6 kilometres from Hue City.

b It’s a picturesque site, a wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi.

a It was built in 1049, in the

C It’s a mountain resort (altitude: 1,500 m) with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan

3 One-Pillar Pagoda

4 Da Lat City

It has been recognized twice by UNESCO as a World Heritage Area It is a picturesque site – a wonder of the world It belongs to Quang Ninh

province

Ha Long Bay

Have you ever been to Huong Pagoda?

Today we will read a letter about Lan and her story

Which of places do you like to visit?

Excursion (n) : Tham quan

• Cave [keiv] : hang động

Rock (n)

-> rock formation : sự hình thành đá

Pagoda (n): chùa

Campfire : Lửa trại

Persuade : Thuyết phục

Task 1

choose the best answer A, B, C, 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

• 3 The students have changed their destination as _ Thay Pagoda.

A it is impossible to visit the cave

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?

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?

Number 1 When they have

some days-off after the first

term.

When are Lan and her classmates

going on a trip ?

Number 2.

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.

Number 3

How far is Thay pagoda from their school ?

It’s only over

20 km

Number 5.

 Lan is anxious about her parents’ permission Because they may not want to let her stay the night away from home.

What is Lan anxious about ?

Why ?

Lan’s class(1) _a two-day

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

Task3: Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a

suitable group of words from the box below.

her classmates their trip have learnt

is going to go on to persuade them some caves only problem

• Learn new words.

• Summarise the letter.

• Prepare new lesson: Speaking