Good morning everybody
What do you often do when you have some days off?
Do you usually make an excursion?

Unit 6:
A– Reading
AN EXCURSION
Before you read

Look at the pictures and give the names for each picture
1
2
3
4
THIEN MU PAGODA
HA LONG BAY
ONE – PILLAR PAGODA
DA LAT

NEW WORDS:
Look at the pictures and guess their meaning
Then match the photos with the information
Lotus
Waterfall
Pine forest
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.
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2
3
4


Thien Mu Pagoda
Ha Long Bay

One – Pillar - Pagoda

Da Lat City
2/ WHILE YOU READ:
VOCABULARY:
- come to an end (exp) :Kết thúc
day off (n) :ngày nghỉ
occasion (n) [ə`keiʒn] :nhân dịp
permission (n) [pə`mi∫n] : sự cho phép
formation [fɔ:`mei∫n] :sự hình thành
- excursion (n): chuyến tham quan
Cave
Rock (n)
Pagoda
Camp-fire (n):
[`kæmp,faiə]
an out door fire made of log.
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 over 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 school days! 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,
Lan

Tasks of the reading lesson.
Task 2 : Answer the questions
Task 1:Multiple choice questions
2/ WHILE YOU READ:
Read the letter then do the tasks that follow.
Task 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the sentences.
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 lessons better 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 costs them a lot to visit
C. they prefer Huong Pagoda to
D. many of them have been to
C
D
A
UNIT 6: AN EXCURSION
Task 2: Answer the questions
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?


Task 2. Answer the questions
When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip?
They are going on a trip when they have some
days off after the first term.
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.
How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
It is only over 20 km.
Task 2. Answer the questions
What are the students’ plans 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.
What is Lan anxious about? Why?
Lan is anxious about her parents’ permission. They make not want to let her stay the night away from home.

3/ AFTER YOU READ: Fill each blank 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
some caves
only problem
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
Homework
Summarize the main content of the letter.
thank you for joining us
goodbye
See you again