My Son Sanctuary

Ha Long Bay

Son Doong Cave

Hue Citadel

Sapa Terraces

Nha Trang Beach

Vocabulary

1. Match the words in A with their definitions / explanations in B.

(Nối các từ ở A với định nghĩa/giải thích của chúng ở B.)

2. Complete the following table. There is one example.

(Hoàn thành bảng sau. Có một ví dụ.)

3. Complete the following sentences with the words from the box.

(Hoàn thành các câu sau với những từ trong khung.)

1. The government encourages people to protect the _______ of their communities.

2. There is a(n) _______ need to preserve biological diversity of our national parks.

3. _______ between Israel and Jordan, the Dead Sea is the lowest place on Earth.

4. When I asked her to go to Lan Ha Bay with me, she agreed without _______.

5. They do not _______ visitors to take photographs of the palace.

Natural wonders and tourism

(Kỳ quan thiên nhiên và du lịch)

3. Write each natural wonder under the correct picture.

(Viết từng kỳ quan thiên nhiên dưới bức tranh đúng.)

- Ha Long Bay

- Jeju Island

- Grand Canyon

- The Sahara Desert

Vocabulary

1. Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each question.

(Chọn A, B, C hoặc D để chỉ ra câu trả lời đúng cho mỗi câu hỏi.)

1. I'm sure you will be amazed by the _______ of the Atacama Desert.

A. landscape

B. land

C. backdrop

D. territory

2. Can all of you _______ improving our new ideas for Geography Club?

A. explore

B. conserve

C. suggest

D. discover

3. _______ is all the animals living in an area or in a period of history.

A. Species

B. Nature

C. Flora

D. Fauna

4. He _______ before sending the e-mail because he was afraid that she would not like it.

A. possessed

B. hesitated

C. accepted

D. admired

5. When he reached the mountain _______, he found it covered with countless flags of climbers before him.

A. peak

B. bottom

C. height

D. side

2. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets to complete the sentences.

(Cho dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc để hoàn thành câu.)

1. Natural wonders are one of our country's valuable (possess) _______.

2. Our Central Highlands has (charm) _______ sights: natural and wild landscapes amid magnificent forests.

3. The Gobi is a very large desert (locate) _______ in China and Mongolia.

4. The Amazon River was named by the Spanish (explore) _______ Francisco de Orellana.

5. You don't need special (permit) _______ to visit Cuc Phuong National Park.

Let's Talk! In pairs: Look at the picture. What kind of place does the picture show? Why do you think some people like to visit places like this?

a. Read the words and definitions, then fill in the blanks. Listen and repeat.

(Đọc các từ và định nghĩa, sau đó điền vào chỗ trống. Lắng nghe và lặp lại.)

• rainforest: a jungle in parts of the world have a lot of rain

•  scenic: having beautiful natural things to see

• Mount: a mountain (we only use this in place names, e.g. Mount Fansipan.)

• formation: the shape that nature has made something into, e.g. rocks, clouds

• spectacular: very exciting to look at

• outcrop: a large rock that stands above the ground or water

• accessible: that people can easily reach, enter, use, or see

• summit: the top of something

1. I love climbing mountains. The view at the summit is always amazing.

(Tôi thích leo núi. Quang cảnh trên đỉnh núi luôn tuyệt vời.)

2. In Son Doong Cave, water moving down for millions  of years created amazing rock __________s

3. Some people say that the rocky __________s in Ninh Binh look the same as the ones in Ha Long Bay.

4. Some caves aren't very __________ because they are very far away from a town.

5. It's a very __________ location. You have a  beautiful view of the waterfall and the mountains.

6. Last summer, my family and I climbed up __________ Fuji in Japan.

7. There's a huge __________ in Brazil that has thousands of different plants and animals.

8. I was so excited when I saw the view. It was __________ !

b. In pairs: Use the new words to talk about amazing natural places you visited or would like to visit.

(Theo cặp: Sử dụng các từ mới để nói về những địa điểm thiên nhiên tuyệt vời mà bạn đã ghé thăm hoặc muốn ghé thăm.)

I went to the summit of Mount Fansipan with my family. The view was amazing.

(Tôi đã cùng gia đình lên đỉnh núi Fanxipan. Khung cảnh thật tuyệt vời.)

Circle the correct answers.

(Hãy khoanh tròn những câu trả lời đúng.)

1. The water running through the cave created the rocky ____________.

    A. outcrops                              B. summits              C. rangers          D. government

2. The biggest problem is that people ___________ in the park. There are plastic bottles everywhere.

    A. fine                           B. spoil                   C. create                      D. litter

3. I climbed all the way to the ___________ of Mount Snowdon. There was a great view from the top.

    A. beach                        B. formation            C. summit                    D. nature

4. Rangers shouldn’t let people __________ animals in the national park.

    A. fine                           B. hunt                    C. consider                   D. litter

5. The view from the top of the mountain is ____________.

    A. spectacular                B. accessible            C. tall                           D. close

6. So many animals live in the ____________.

    A. ranger                       B. Mount                 C. wildlife                    D. rainforest

7. If people __________ the wildlife, it could have a bad effect.

    A. consider                    B. keep                    C. float                         D. disturb

8. I hate littering. Don’t people know that it __________ the natural beauty here?

    A. explores                               B. reaches               C. spoils                      D. climbs

1. Listen and repeat.

(Lắng nghe và lặp lại.)

Bài nghe:

1. the Northern Lights (cực quang phương Bắc)

2. the Grand Canyon (Hẻm Núi Lớn)

3. Mount Everest (Đỉnh Everest)

4. Victoria Falls (Thác Victoria)

5. the Great Barrier Reef (Rạn san hô Great Barrier)

6. Paricutin Volcano (Núi lửa Paricutin)

7. the Harbour of Rio de Janeiro (Cảng Rio de Janeiro)

2. Complete the gaps (1-8) with the words/phrase from Exercise 1.

(Hoàn thành các chỗ trống (1-8) bằng các từ/cụm từ trong Bài tập 1.)

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Hello, readers! Today, I want to tell you about my last summer holiday. My friends and I weren’t sure about the place, so we spoke to a(n) (1) _______. She helped us choose our holiday (2) _______ in Việt Nam and helped us book a(n) (3) _______ with everything included. We weren’t sure whether we were going to stay at a hotel or at a(n) (4) _______, but finally she booked (5) _______ for us at a beautiful hotel with great (6) _______ like a restaurant and a gym. She also arranged for us to go on a(n) (7) _______ around the city with a(n) (8) _______ to tell us about the different sights. What about you? Tell me about your holiday in the comments below!

1. Choose the correct options.

(Chọn những lựa chọn đúng.)

1. I hope to see some lions and elephants on my safari/cruise holiday.

2. Many sea animals live on waterfalls/reefs.

3. Let’s go on a camping/beach holiday and stay in a tent in the forest.

4. They walked to the volcano/harbour to see the beautiful blue water.

5. It was tiring to climb to the top of the canyon/volcano, but we had a good time.

Write the correct forms of the words in brackets.

(Viết dạng đúng của các từ trong ngoặc.)

1. The plane from London to Edinburgh is ready for _______. (DEPART)

2. Can you tell me the _______ of Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hà Nội? (DEEP)

3. The Great Barrier Reef is a _______ coral reef system stretching over 2,300 kilometres. (MASS)

4. Do you know any _______ hotels in Hà Nội? (AFFORD)

5. It’s challenging to climb Mount Fansipan, but the view from the top is extremely _______. (IMPRESS)

6. During the team building tour, the employees had better _______ with their colleagues. (INTERACT)

7. Châu is _______; she enjoys painting and writing stories. (CREATE)

8. She decorated the dining table with some _______ flowers. (COLOUR)

9. Nora and Simon are excitedly waiting for the _______ of their cousins’ flight from New York now. (ARRIVE)

10. Can I ask you some questions about the history homework, Mr Huy? I need your _______. (GUIDE)

11. Farming is contributing _______ to the country’s economic growth. (MASSIVE)

12. During their school trip to the national park, the students learnt about the _______ of the rock. (FORM)

13. They want to _______ the road to fit more cars because it’s very busy. (WIDE)

14. Their bedroom is a cheerful and lively space because they painted the walls _______. (COLOUR)

15. My holiday to Việt Nam made a great _______ on me. (IMPRESS)

Choose the correct options.

(Chọn những lựa chọn đúng.)

16. We’re surprised that this lake is over 1,200 metres _______.

A. deep                                    B. deeply                                             C. deepen                         D. depth

17. The _______ whiteboards make learning more interesting and engaging.

A. interact                   B. interactive                          C. interaction              D. interactively

18. I think that I can’t _______ a house in the city centre with my current salary.

A. affordable               B. affordability                       C. afford                                  D. unaffordable

19. They need to think _______ to solve this problem.

A. create                                 B. creative                              C. creatively                                D. create

20. She always wears trendy clothes to _______ her friends at parties.

A. impress                               B. impression              C. impressive              D. impressively

2 Look at photos (A-G). In groups, match the places with the photos. Write the names under the photos.

(Nhìn vào hình ảnh (A-G). Làm theo nhóm, nối các địa điểm với các bức ảnh. Viết tên dưới các bức ảnh.)

Tạm dịch:

Ba Bể Lake: Hồ Ba Bể

Bản Giốc Waterfall:Thác Bản Giốc

Hạ Long Bay: Vịnh Hạ Long

Mã Pì Lèng Pass: Đèo Mã Pì Lèng   

Tràng An Grottoes: Hang động Tràng An                 

Hoàng Liên Sơn Mountain Range: Dãy núi Hoàng Liên Sơn

Phong Nha – Kẻ Bàng National Park :Vườn quốc gia Phong Nha – Kẻ Bàng

2 Read the travel brochure about Đoòng Cave. What do the words and phrases highlighted in pink mean? Write the contextual clues in the table below then guess their meanings.

(Đọc tài liệu du lịch về hang Đoòng. Những từ và cụm từ được đánh dấu màu hồng nghĩa là gì? Viết các manh mối theo ngữ cảnh vào bảng dưới đây rồi đoán ý nghĩa của chúng.)

WE EXPLORE THE SƠN ĐOÒNG CAVE

INTRODUCTION
The Sơn Đoòng Cave is the largest in the world. It’s so big that a large jet could fly through it without touching the sides.
SIZE
The cave system is 9 km long and 200 m wide and 150 m deep underground.
LOCATION
The cave is located in central Quảng Bình Province and is part of the Phong Nha - Kẻ Bàng Grotto. It is surrounded by rainforests.
ORIGINS
This cave system was created by an underground river. It is filled with giant stalactites, over 80m high. These giant hanging columns appear to be growing out of the cave ceiling. When water dripped down from the rainforest above it, stalactites formed. Sơn Đoòng also has stalagmites, which look like stalactites, but grow upwards from the ground. The stalagmites are the tallest in the world at 70m high.
ACTIVITIES
In addition to stalactites and stalagmites, the cave has another natural wonder - cave pearls. These are ball-like salts naturally formed in caves. The ones in the Sơn Đoòng caves are larger than tennis balls. The cave also has a rainforest growing inside of it, with its own ecosystem. Biologists have discovered over 200 species of plants and trees. You can also swim in a refreshing underground lake which is as cool as 17-20°C.

(CHÚNG TÔI KHÁM PHÁ HANG SƠN ĐOÒNG

GIỚI THIỆU

Hang Sơn Đoòng là hang lớn nhất thế giới. Nó lớn đến mức một chiếc máy bay phản lực lớn có thể bay qua nó mà không cần chạm vào hai bên.

KÍCH CỠ

Hệ thống hang động dài 9 km, rộng 200 m và sâu 150 m dưới lòng đất.

VỊ TRÍ

Hang động nằm ở trung tâm tỉnh Quảng Bình và là một phần của Động Phong Nha - Kẻ Bàng. Nó được bao quanh bởi rừng nhiệt đới.

NGUỒN GỐC

Hệ thống hang động này được tạo nên bởi dòng sông ngầm. Nơi đây chứa đầy những nhũ đá khổng lồ, cao hơn 80m

cao. Những cột treo khổng lồ này dường như mọc ra từ trần hang. Khi nước nhỏ giọt từ khu rừng nhiệt đới phía trên nó xuống, nhũ đá hình thành. Sơn Đoòng còn có măng đá trông giống nhũ đá nhưng mọc lên từ mặt đất. Măng đá cao nhất thế giới với độ cao 70m.

CÁC HOẠT ĐỘNG

Ngoài nhũ đá và măng đá, hang động còn có một kỳ quan thiên nhiên khác - ngọc trai hang động. Đây là những muối có dạng quả bóng được hình thành tự nhiên trong hang động. Những quả bóng trong hang Sơn Đoòng có kích thước lớn hơn quả bóng tennis. Hang động còn có một khu rừng nhiệt đới mọc bên trong với hệ sinh thái riêng. Các nhà sinh học đã phát hiện ra hơn 200 loài thực vật và cây cối. Bạn còn có thể bơi lội trong hồ nước ngầm trong lành với nhiệt độ mát tới 17-20°C.)

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the given words.

(Hoàn thành câu với dạng đúng của các từ cho sẵn.)
1 Long Bay is renowned for its breathtaking views of limestone cliffs, making it a       experience for any traveler. (MEMORY)

(Vịnh Long nổi tiếng với khung cảnh ngoạn mục của những vách đá vôi, khiến nơi đây trở thành.... trải nghiệm cho bất kỳ du khách nào.)
2 The cultural        of An Ancient Town, with its well-preserved architecture and rich history, offers visitors a unique glimpse into Vietnam's past. (INHERIT)

(Văn hóa...của Phố cổ, với kiến trúc được bảo tồn tốt và lịch sử phong phú, mang đến cho du khách cái nhìn độc đáo về quá khứ của Việt Nam.)
3 Fansipan Peak has spectacular        of green forests and winding mountain trails. (SCENE)

(Đỉnh Phan-xi-păng có rừng xanh ngoạn mục và những con đường mòn quanh co.)
4 The Mekong Delta, with its vibrant floating markets, offers visitors a chance to

experience        foods. (TASTE)
(Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long với những khu chợ nổi sôi động mang đến cho du khách cơ hội trải nghiệm....ẩm thực.)

5 Phong Nha - Bàng National Park, with its stunning caves and        underground rivers, is a must-see tourist attraction for nature lovers. (FRESH)

(Vườn quốc gia Phong Nha - Bàng với những hang động tuyệt đẹp và sông ngầm là địa điểm du lịch không thể bỏ qua đối với những người yêu thiên nhiên.)

Từ vựng:

memory (n): ký ức

inherit (v): kế thừa

scene (n): khung cảnh

taste (n): nếm

fresh (a): tươi

Vocabulary

Natural wonders (Các kì quan thiên nhiên)

1. Label the pictures.

(Dán nhãn các bức tranh.)

2. Read the texts and fill in each gap with stretches, interact, flashes, particles, carved or massive.

(Đọc các văn bản và điền vào mỗi chỗ trống với stretches, interact, flashes, particles, carved hoặc massive.)

Sightseeing with Linh

About Email Reply Hello, readers! I visited Reykjavik in Iceland with my family last year. We were coming out of a restaurant one night when my dad told us to look up in the sky. There were bright 1) _______ of red and green up there - it was the Northern Lights. These lights appear when charged 2) _______ from the Sun 3) _______ with the Earth's magnetic field. It was really beautiful!

Comments:

Hi Linh! That sounds interesting! I just got back from a trip to Morocco. We visited the Todra Gorge in the Atlas Mountains. It's a 4) ______ that the Todra River 5) ______ canyon out of the red rock. The river is dry now, so you can walk along the bottom. The canyon 6) ______ across 600 metres and the sides are up to 160 metres tall.

It was amazing!

Choose the best answer.

“What is the best way to get around the Old Quarter?” – “_______”

Choose the best answer.

_______ by the sea, the country has the advantage of having a large coastal area.

Choose the best answer.

Huong Pagoda is a ______ site as well as a great sight-seeing spot in Vietnam.

Choose the best answer.

Bien Hoa is an ________ city in the south of Vietnam.

Choose the best answer.

Ho Chi Minh City has been divided into twenty-four____ divisions since December 2003.

Choose the best answer.

The park first earned the coveted honor in 2003 for its astounding _____ and geomorphologic values.  

Choose the best answer.

The scenery is breathtaking when viewed from the mountain top. It feels like your breath is being taken away.

Choose the best answer.

The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long is a complex that ______ royal palaces and monuments.

Choose the best answer.

Do you like to live in a modern house or a(n) ______ cottage?

Choose the best answer.

All the best theatres and restaurants are____ within a few minutes' walk of each other.