UNIT 16:
HISTORICAL PLACES
Speaking
Welcome to the game "MATCHING"
The rule:
-Please sit in 2 groups
-Dicuss to match the names of historical places in the column A with their English translations in the column B
-In 1 minute, which group finishes first will be the winner.
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Now we are going to visit a famous
historical place. Please tell me what we
want to know when visiting it.
TASK 1
Describing a historical place
where
when
what
how
Where is it situated?
When was it built?
How big is it?
When did its construction start?
When is it open to visitors ?
What can visitors see?
What are visitors allowed to do or not to do?
PRESIDENT HO CHI MINH`S MAUSOLIUM
Place: Ba Dinh District in Ha Noi
Built in September 1973, completed in August 1975
1st floor: a stand for important meeting organized at Ba Dinh Square
2nd floor: where the late president is lying, 3rd floor: the roof
Visiting hours:7:30- 10:30 a.m. in summer
8:00- 11:00a.m. in winter
Everyday except Monday and Friday
Usually closed September 5- December 10 for maintenance
No photograph allowed inside
PRESIDENT HO CHI MINH`S MAUSOLEUM
TASK 2
Work in groups:
-Sit in two groups : Group A and Group B. Group A talk about Hue Imperial City, and Group B talk about Thong Nhat Conference Hall.
-Each group chooses one representative to play the role as a tourist guide, the others will be visitors.
-The visitors will make questions and the tourist guides will answer basing on the information in the textbook. The tourist guide of Group A will answer the questions of Group B ‘s visitors.
Listed as a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1993
In Hue City, 654km from Hanoi and 1071 km from Ho Chi Minh City
Construction: Started 1805 and
completed 1832
Comprises 3 sections: the Royal
Citadel, the Imperial Enclosure
and the Forbidden City
Open daily from 8:00 a.m
to 4.30 p.m
Admission fee: 55,000 VND
HUE IMPERIAL CITY
THONG NHAT CONFERENCE HALL
Also called Reunification Hall or Independence Palace
In District No 1, Ho Chi Minh City,
1,730Km South of Hanoi
Originally built in 1865 and heavily damaged by an air bombardment in February 1963
Rebuilt and construction completed
in 1963
Has 5 floors with 100 beautifully
decorated rooms and chambers
Open daily from 7:30 to 11:00 a.m
and from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m
Admission Fee: 10,000VND
Free Practice
-Please sit in 2 groups.
-Each group will think of some information of some historical places in Viet Nam that you know as many historical places as possible in 5 minutes.
-One representative of each group will present information of some historical places for the other group to guess its names (one by one).
Work in groups: Give the information of historical places for the other group to guess its names.