WELCOME TO DAI MO HIGH SCHOOL
Teacher: Pham Quoc Khanh
GRADE 11
UNIT 10
NATURE IN DANGER
D. WRITING













Coastal waters (n):
Water which is near coast
* vùng nước ven biển
Stone tool (n):
đồ dùng bằng đá
Human bone (n):
xương người
plentiful, more than enough
Abundant (adj)
nhiều, phong phú
Ha = hectare
hecta (100 a)
Location (n):
: Vị trí
to be located: nằm ở
Preserve (V): = save and maintain
: bảo quản
= position
Feature (n)
: nét, bộ phận
Location
Coastal waters
Preserve
Abundant
Hectare
Stone tool
Human bone
Feature
Vocabulary
nét, bộ phận
xương người
đồ dùng bằng đá
hecta (100a)
nhiều, phong phú
bảo quản
vùng nước ven biển
vị trí
Activity 1: Read the paragraph and answer the following questions
Cuc Phuong National Park is located 160 kilometres south west of Hanoi. It is the first of Vietnam‘s nine national parks to be established and it covers over 200 square kilometres of rainforest. Tourists go there to study butterflies, visit caves, hike moutains and look at the 1,000 year-old tree. Cuc Phuong National Park preserves about 2,000 different species of flora and 450 species of fauna. It has many caves. Quen Voi, also part of the park, where Nguyen Hue’s army was stationed and defeated the Qing invaders in the spring of 1789.
Ask and answer the questions
1. Where is Cuc Phuong National Park located?
2. What are special features of Cuc Phuong National Park?
3. How large is it?
4. What do you know about animals and plants in Cuc Phuong National Park?
5. What are some historic features of the Park?
1. Where is Cuc Phuong National Park located ?
- Cuc Phuong National Park is located 160 km south west of Hanoi .
2.What are special features of Cuc Phuong National Park ?
- It is famous for rainforest, butterflies, the thousand-year-old tree.

Ask and answer
3. How large is it ?
- It covers over 200 square kilometres.
4. What do you know about animals and plants in Cuc Phuong National Park ?
It preserves about 2,000 different species of flora and 450 species of fauna
5. What are some historic features of the Park?
Cuc Phuong National Park has many caves. Quen Voi, also part of the park, where Nguyen Hue’s army was stationed and defeated the Qing invaders in the Spring of 1789.
+ Location: It is located on / in ….(nó nằm ở vị trí….)
It is situated on / in ….
+ Special features:
To provide sb with ….
To endow sb/sth with … (cung cấp cho ai cái gì)
+ Total area : its total area is…. /it covers / extends …
(Tổng diện tích của nó là …../Nó bao phủ .. )
+ Animals and plants: It preserves ……. species
( Nó bảo quản / giữ gìn ……)
+ Historic features:
Outline
Activity 2:
Cat Ba National Park is situated on Cat Ba island, 120 km from Ha Noi and 20 km east of Hai Phong.
Cat Ba / the only site / Viet Nam /endowed/ tropical forests / coastal waters with white sand beaches/ abundant natural resources/ landscapes / rare animals and plants / It / cover / 15,200 ha. Cat Ba / preserve / 300 species of fish / 40 kinds of animals / 150 birds / 620 plants. The stone tools/ human bones/ found/ island’s limestone cave/ reveal (tiết lộ) / people / inhabit (cư trú)/ 6,000 years ago.
Write a short paragraph of Cat Ba National Park, using the clue below
Activity 2
Cat Ba National Park, which was declared as a national park in 1986, is situated on Cat Ba island, 120 km from Ha Noi and 20 km east of Hai Phong.
Cat Ba national park is the only site in Vietnam endowed with both tropical forests and coastal waters with white sandy beaches, abundant natural resources, beautiful landscapes and many kinds of rare animals and plants.
SUGGESTED ANSWER
It covers 15,200 ha, including 9,800 ha of land and 4,400 ha of ocean. Cat Ba National Park preserves approximately 300 species of fish, 40 kinds of animals, 150 different birds and 620 species of plants.
The stone tools and human bones found in the island’s limestone caves reveal that people inhabited there at least 6,000 years ago.
Prepare Language Focus
HOMEWORK
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