Look at the picture and Play game
“ Guessing game”
1. It has a lot of tropical forests, beautiful landscapes, rare animals
2. It is in the North-East of Vietnam
3. It is on an Island 20 km east of Hai Phong.
What is the name of a famous place ?
IT IS CAT BA NATIONAL PARK.
Monday, February 9th , 2009
Unit : 10 NATURE IN DANGER
Period : Lesson : Writing.
1. Pre-teaching vocabulary:
Coastal water (n)
[`koustəl]
Vùng nước ven biển
2. abundant (a)
[ə`bʌndənt]
Phong phú
3. Stone tool (n)
[stoun]
Đồ đá,
4.Human bone (n)
Xương người
5. reveal (n)
khám phá, tiết lộ
[ri`vi:l]
FORM OF THE SENTENCES
1. It is located on……………( nó nằm ở vị trí )
2. It covers………….( nó bao phủ ..)
3. It preserves………….( nó được bảo
quản, giử gìn )
4. To endow sb/st with st ( cung cấp cho ai
cái gì)
Work in pairs
Ask and answer some the questions
1. Where is Cat Ba National park?
2. Where is it located?
3. What are the special features of Cat Ba National park?
4. How large is it?
5. What do you know about the animals and plants in Cat Ba National park?
6. What are some of the historic feature of the park ?
Work in pairs
Ask and answer some the questions
1. Where is Cat Ba National park?
- It is situated ( located) on Cat Ba island 120 km from Ha Noi and 20 km east of Hai Phong..
2. Where is it located?
- Cat Ba National park is the only site in Viet Nam.
3. What are the special features of Cat Ba National park?
Work in pairs
Ask and answer some the questions
4. How large is it?
- Cat Ba national park is the only site in Viet Nam endowed with both tropical forests and coastal waters with white sand beaches, abundant natural resources, beautiful landscapes and many kinds of rare animals and plants.
- It covers 15,200 ha
5. What do you know about the animals and plants in Cat Ba National park?
Work in pairs
Ask and answer some the questions
- National park contains about 300 species of fish, 40 kinds of animals, 150 different birds and 620 species of plants.
6. What are some of the historic features of the park ?
- The stone tools and human bones found in the island’s limestone caves and there was at least 6,000 years ago.
Work in groups
Write a short description of Cat Ba National part, using the clue bellow
Cat Ba National Park / Cat Ba island. 120 km / Ha Noi / 20 km east / 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 / people / inhabit / 6,000 years ago.

Cat Ba National Parks, 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 Viet Nam endowed with both tropical forests and coastal waters with white sand beaches, abundant natural resources, beautiful landscapes and many kinds of rare animals and plants.

ANSWER KEYS
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.
SEE YOU LATER
GOOD BYE CLASS!
Cat Ba National Park / Cat Ba island. 120 km / Ha Noi / 20 km east / 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 / people / inhabit / 6,000 years ago.

Work in group
Write a short description of Cat Ba National part, using the clue bellow
Cat Ba National Park / Cat Ba island. 120 km / Ha Noi / 20 km east / 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 / people / inhabit / 6,000 years ago.

That is all for today.

I hope you enjoyed the lesson today!

Thank you very much.