UNIT 5: WONDERS OF
VIET NAM

Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED

Below are some places of interest in Viet Nam. Match them with the
pictures.
Hue Citadel

Ha Long Bay

Cuc Phuong National Park

Phong Nha Cave

One Pillar Pagoda

Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral

Wonders of Viet
Nam

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UNIT 5: WONDERS OF
VIET NAM

Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED

1. New words :
- recommend / ,rekə'mend / (v): giới thiệu
quần thể di tích

- complex of monuments (n) :
- be worth + V-ing / wə:θ /:
- bother / 'bɔðə / (v):

đáng giá để làm gì
băn khoăn
xích lô

- rickshaw /ˈrɪkʃɔːz/ (n):
- tomb

/ tu:m /

(n): lăng, mộ, mả

- man-made /ˈmæn meɪd/ (adj): do con người làm ra; nhân tạo

-suggest
/səˈdʒest/

+ V-ing / clause:

gợi ý

a. Read the conversation again and fill in each gap with no
more than three words.
Hue City
1. Veronica's family is going to ____________
next week.
three
2. Mi has been to Hue City ____________
times.
go by air
3. Veronica's father suggested they should ____________
.
4. Mi suggested going by train because Veronica's family can
beautiful sights
meet people and see a lot of ____________
.
use rickshaws to get
5. Mi suggested Veronica should ____________
around Hue City.
the museums .
6. In Mi's opinion, Veronica shouldn't go to ____________

2a. Write the responses below into the correct columns.
1.It's probably best
to go by train.
2.It's well worth
seeing.
3. Don't drink the
water.
Asking for
recommendations

4.Thanks, that's
really useful.
5. I wouldn't eat
anything that's sold
in the street.
6. It isn't really
worth seeing.

7. You really must go
to Agra.
8 What about places
outside Hue City?
9. Have you got any
other tips?

Making recommendations
Recommending
things

Not recommending
things

Responding to
recommendations

b. Read the conversation and find the expressions Veronica and Mi
use to ask for, make, and respond to recommendations.
Asking for
Making
Responding to
recommendations (3) recommendations(3) recommendations(3)

- Do you know any good
places to stay in Hue City?
- What's the best way to
get around?
- What are the things we
shouldn't miss - any
good museums?
- What else is worth seeing?

-I suggest going by train.

- That sound better.

- It's probably best to
use rickshaws.
- I'd recommend
the Romance Hotel.
- You should definitely see
the Royal Citadel.

- Great, thanks.
- That's good to know.
- That's what I've heard.

2b. Match the sentences (1-4) to the sentences (a-d) to make
exchanges. Then the exchanges with a partner.

1. Do you know any good
places to eat?
1-b

a. Er no, don't bother buying
things there. They're too
expensive.

2. I wouldn't eat anything
b. I'd recommend a place called
that's sold in the street. You Shanti - the food there is
1. Do you know
can easily get ill.
delicious.
2-c

3. Is there anything else
worth visiting?
3-d

c Yes, that's what I've heard.

4. And what about
souvenirs?

d. There's Gia Long Tomb. That's
well worth a visit.

4-a

3b. Now put them in the correct columns.
a. Ha Long Bay

d. One Pillar Pagoda

c. Po Nagar Cham Towers

e. Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral

b. Phong Nha Cave

Natural wonders

f. Cuc Phuong National Park

Man-made wonders

4. Ask and answer questions
about some wonders of Viet Nam.

A: I had a wonderful trip this summer
vacation.
B: Where did you visit?
A: Cuc Phuong National Park.
B: Wow! Where is it?
A: It is located in Ninh Binh province.
B: What does it have?
A: Cuc Phuong is home to many kinds of
tree and flowers. There are also many
animals there. I did learn many things
about biology during the trip.
A: Is it a natural wonder?
B: Yes, it is./ No, it isn't

4. Ask and answer questions
about some wonders of Viet Nam.

A: I had a wonderful trip this summer
vacation.
B: Where did you visit?
A: Cuc Phuong National Park.
B: Wow! Where is it?
A: It is located in Ninh Binh province.
B: What does it have?
A: Cuc Phuong is home to many kinds of
tree and flowers. There are also many
animals there. I did learn many things
about biology during the trip.
A: Is it a natural wonder?
B: Yes, it is./ No, it isn't

The central relic area of Hoang
Thanh Thang Long - Hanoi has a
total area of 18,395 ha, including:
archaeological zone of 18 Hoang
Dieu and the remaining relics in
Hanoi's ancient relics such as Hanoi
Flagpole, Doan Mon Gate, Kinh
Thien Palace, House D67, Hau Lau,
Bac Mon, walls and 8 gates of the
Nguyen Dynasty.
Imperial Citadel of Thang Long is a
relic complex associated with the
history of Thang Long - Hanoi
Citadel

4. Ask and answer questions
about some wonders of Viet Nam.

Trang An Landscape Complex
This is Vietnam's first mixedworld heritage site recognized by
UNESCO. With an area of 6,172
ha located in the area between
Hoa Lu district and Gia Vien,
Nho Quan districts, Tam Diep
town and Ninh Binh city, Trang
An scenic complex includes
adjacent areas of di Hoa Lu
ancient capital, Trang An cave
complex, Tam Coc-Bich Dong
scenic area and Hoa Lu specialuse primeval forest.

A: I had a wonderful trip this summer
vacation.
B: Where did you visit?
A: Cuc Phuong National Park.
B: Wow! Where is it?
A: It is located in Ninh Binh province.
B: What does it have?
A: Cuc Phuong is home to many kinds of
tree and flowers. There are also many
animals there. I did learn many things
about biology during the trip.
A: Is it a natural wonder?
B: Yes, it is./ No, it isn't

4. Ask and answer questions
about some wonders of Viet Nam.

A: I had a wonderful trip this summer
vacation.
B: Where did you visit?
A: Cuc Phuong National Park.
B: Wow! Where is it?
A: It is located in Ninh Binh province.
B: What does it have?
A: Cuc Phuong is home to many kinds of
tree and flowers. There are also many
animals there. I did learn many things
about biology during the trip.
A: Is it a natural wonder?
B: Yes, it is./ No, it isn't

Hoi An is an ancient town of
Vietnamese people, located in
the lower section of the Thu Bon
river junction in the coastal plain
of Quang Nam province. As a
unique type of Southeast Asian
traditional urban port in
Vietnam, rare in the world, Hoi
An retains nearly intact over a
thousand
architectural
monuments such as streets,
houses, meeting halls, temples,
pagodas , temples, ethnic
churches, ancient wells, ancient
tombs ...

4. Ask and answer questions
about some wonders of Viet Nam.

MY SON TOWER AREA
Located in a valley with a diameter
of about 2 km in Duy Phu
commune, Duy Xuyen district,
Quang Nam province, My Son is a
Hindu holy place of the Kingdom
of Champa built by King
Bhadravarman around the end of
the 4th century. to worship the god
Siva.

A: I had a wonderful trip this summer
vacation.
B: Where did you visit?
A: Cuc Phuong National Park.
B: Wow! Where is it?
A: It is located in Ninh Binh province.
B: What does it have?
A: Cuc Phuong is home to many kinds
of tree and flowers. There are also many
animals there. I did learn many things
about biology during the trip.
A: Is it a natural wonder?
B: Yes, it is./ No, it isn't

4. Ask and answer questions
about some wonders of Viet Nam.

A: I had a wonderful trip this summer
vacation.
B: Where did you visit?
A: Cuc Phuong National Park.
B: Wow! Where is it?
A: It is located in Ninh Binh province.
B: What does it have?
A: Cuc Phuong is home to many kinds
of tree and flowers. There are also many
animals there. I did learn many things
about biology during the trip.
A: Is it a natural wonder?
B: Yes, it is./ No, it isn't

Phong Nha - Ke Bang National
Park is located in Quang Ninh,
Bo Trach, Tuyen Hoa and
Minh Hoa districts (Quang
Binh province) with an area of
about 200,000 ha. Phong Nha Ke Bang is compared to a huge
geological museum with global
value and significance. 

4. Ask and answer questions
about some wonders of Viet Nam.

A: I had a wonderful trip this summer
vacation.
B: Where did you visit?
A: Cuc Phuong National Park.
B: Wow! Where is it?
A: It is located in Ninh Binh province.
B: What does it have?
A: Cuc Phuong is home to many kinds
of tree and flowers. There are also
many animals there. I did learn many
things about biology during the trip.
A: Is it a natural wonder?
B: Yes, it is./ No, it isn't

Hue citadel Located along the banks of the
Perfume River and some adjacent areas of
Thua Thien - Hue Province, the complex of
Hue Monuments is the first heritage site of
Vietnam
recognized
by
UNESCO
(December 1993). Prominent in the complex
of the ancient capital of Hue are three
citadels: Imperial Citadel, Imperial Citadel
and Forbidden Purple City arranged
throughout the south - north axis. The citadel
system, the palace is located in an interesting
natural setting with Ngu Binh mountain,
Huong Giang stream, Gia Vien dunes, Boc
Thanh dune ...

- Learn by heart new words.
- Do all the exercises again
- Prepare Unit 5 : A closer look 1

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