unit 12 A vacation abroad lesson 4 read

Today we went on an eight-hour tour which included Fisherman’s Wharf, the Napa Valley winegrowing area, and the famous prison on the island of Alcatraz in the middle of San Francisco Bay[r]

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Lesson 4: Read

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I Newwords.

1 a volcano: núi lửa

2 (to) pour out: tuôn ra

3 lava (unc.): dung nham

4 a wharf: cầu cảng

5 a prison: nhà tù

6 (to) carve: chạm khắc

7 a valley: thung lũng

A VACATION ABROAD

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Look at these activities and match the pictures

d (to) pour out:

Places Mrs Quyen and her husband visited Predict Read

We went swimming at

Waikiki Beach as soon as

we arrived on the Hawaiian

island of Oahu We took a small plane to Kilauea Volcano this afternoon The

lava was pouring out when

we flew overhead It was very exciting

Today we went on an eight-hour

tour which included Fisherman’s

Wharf, the Napa Valley

wine-growing area, and the famous

prison on the island of Alcatraz in

the middle of San Francisco Bay.

This is a picture of Mount

Rushmore where the heads

of four American presidents

are carved into the rock

Mount Rushmore can be

seen from more than 100

Chicago is often called

“ The Windy City” It’s

situated right on the

shore of Lake Michigan ,

one of the Great Lakes.

Yesterday, while Dad was

visiting the Statue of

Liberty and the Empire

State Building, I went

shopping I bought lots of

souvenirs of our trip

Alcatraz prison Mount Rushmore

The Statue of Liberty The Empire State

Building

Fisherman’s Wharf

Kilauea volcano Waikiki Beach

A VACATION ABROAD

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Lesson 4: Read

Lake Michigan - Chicago

III Read the postcards and check the prediction.

Place What she did and saw

Went swimming, visited Kilauea Volcano.

Went shopping, bought lots of souvenirs.

Saw Lake Michigan.

Saw the heads of four American presidents.

Visited Fisherman's Wharf, the Napa Valley growing area and the Alcatraz prison.

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c, What is special about mount Rushmore?

It is a mount where the heads of four American presidents are carved into the rock (and it can

be seen from more than 100 kilometers away.)

d, What is the other name of Chicago?

b, Where in san Francisco did Mrs Quyen see the famous prison?

She saw the famous prison on the island of

Alcatraz.

a, How did Mrs Quyen go to Kilauea Volcano?

• She went there by plane.

e, What did Mrs Quyen do while her husband

was visiting the State of Liberty?

She went shopping.

1 …………is often called

“ The Windy City”.

Chicago San Francisco New York

2 San Francisco Bay is in ………

America Australia Africa

3 Which place?

Mount Rushmore Empire State Building The Statue of Liberty

4 presidents are carved into The heads of 4 American

the rock on………

Alcatraz prison Mount Rushmore

Empire State Building

6 ………… is in New York.

Alcatraz island Napa Valley

Empire State Building

8 ……… is a mountain with a hole in the top where fire, gas

and lave sometimes come out Valley

Mount Volcano

9 What is the capital of the

USA?

San Francisco New York

Washington, D.C.

10 What is the biggest city in the

USA?

New York Los Angeles Chicago

11 How many states are there in

America?

fifteen fifty

fifty-five