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ENGLISH 8
UNIT 12 :
A VACATION ABROAD
SECTION : READ
PERIOD : 75
Welcome to Mai Thi Hong Hanh Secondary School
Prepared by: Ho Tan Dung
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Checking up
Look at the table (p 115) and talk about the weather in one of these cities.
Ex: Sydney – dry, windy – low: 20; high: 26
→ In Sydney, it will be dry and sunny today. The low will be twenty and the high will be twenty-six degrees
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WARM UP
Which country is each picture in?
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Pre-reading + Set the scene:
5. Mount Rushmore
2. Waikiki Beach
3. San Francisco Bay
1. Chicago
4. Empire State
Building
Matching: Match these pictures with the names
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TEACH VOCABULARY
VOLCANO
LAVA IS POURING OUT
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WHARF
PRISON
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VOCABULARY
 Volcano [n] :
núi lửa
 Lava [n] :
dung nham
 Pour out [v] :
tràn ra, đổ ra
 Overhead [adv] :
ở trên đầu
 Wharf [n] :
cầu cảng
 Carve [v] :
 Be situated [v] :
nhà tù
chạm, khắc
toạ lạc
 Prison [n] :
VOCABULARY
 Volcano [n] :
núi lửa
 Lava [n] :
dung nham
 Pour out [v] :
tràn ra, đổ ra
 Overhead [adv] :
VOCABULARY
 Volcano [n] :
núi lửa
 Lava [n] :
dung nham
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GRAMMAR
1. Past progressive tense :
S + WAS / WERE + V–ing…
Ex : I’m learning English now, but I was learning history at this time yesterday.
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2. Past progressive with WHILE and WHEN:
Example :
The lava was pouring out when we flew overhead.
Example :
While Dad was visiting the Statue of liberty and Empire State building, I went shopping.
→ WHEN + Past simple
→ WHILE + Past Progressive
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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.
WHILE-READING

- What did she do and
see in Hawaii?
- How did Mrs. Quyen go
to Kilauea Volcano?
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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.
- What did she do and see
in San Francisco?
- Where in San Francisco
did Mrs. Quyen see the
famous prison?
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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 kilometers away.
- What did she do and see in
Mount Rushmore?
- What is special about Mount
Rushmore?
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Chicago is often called “ The Windy City ”. It’s situated right on the shore of Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes.

What did she do and see in Chicago?
What is the other name of Chicago?
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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 .
- What did she do and see in New York?
What did Mrs. Quyen do while her husband was
visiting the Statue of Liberty?
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EXERCISE 1: Write what Mrs. Quyen did and saw in each of these places :
4.Mount Rushmore
 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 wine-growing area and the Alcatraz Prison
Hawaii
2.New York
3.Chicago
5. San Francisco
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PRACTICE 2: Answer the following questions :
a) How did Mrs. Quyen go to Kilauea Volcano?
 She went there by plane .
b) Where in San Francisco did Mrs. Quyen see the famous prison?
 She saw the famous prison on the island of Alcatraz .
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c) What is special about Mount Rushmore?
 Mount Rushmore can be seen from more than 100 kilometers away .
 It is the mount where the heads of four American Presidents are carved into the rock .
OR
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e) What did Mrs. Quyen do while her husband was visiting the statue of Liberty?
 She went shopping.
d) What is the other name of Chicago?
 It’s also called “The Windy City”.
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National memorial in western South Dakota ( 1707 m high ).
Four American Presidents : George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt .
POST-READING
What is it?
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More than 93m tall.
Stand on Liberty Island in New York harbor.
Designed by Frodoric Bartholdi, the French sculptor.
What is it?
Statue of Liberty
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What is it?
In Malaysia
Two towers
452 m high
Petronas
Twin Towers
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HOMEWORK
Learn by heart vocabulary.
Rewrite the answers into your notebook.
Prepare for the next period, section Write.
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THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION
GOODBYE, SEE YOU AGAIN.