Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 - Unit 16: Historical places (Speaking)

UNIT 16: 
HISTORICAL PLACES 
Speaking 
Welcome to the game "MATCHING" 
The rule: 
-Please sit in 2 groups 
- Dicuss to match the names of historical places in the column A with their English translations in the column B 
-In 1 minute, which group finishes first will be the winner. 
 Lăng Chủ Hồ Chủ tịch 
 Dinh Thống Nhất 
 Chùa Một Cột 
 Cung Đình Huế 
 Văn Miếu 
 Bảo tàng lịch sử 
 a. One Pillar Pagoda 
 b. Temple of Literature 
 c. Ho Chi Minh ’ Mausoleum 
 d.Hue Imperial City 
 e. Vietnamese National Historical Museum 
 f. Thong Nhat Conference Hall 
1 
3 
6 
5 
4 
2 
Now we are going to visit a famous 
historical place. Please tell me what we 
want to know when visiting it. 
TASK 1 
Describing a historical place 
where 
when 
what 
how 
Where is it situated? 
When was it built? 
How big is it? 
When did its construction start? 
When is it open to visitors ? 
What can visitors see? 
What are visitors allowed to do or not to do? 
PRESIDENT HO CHI MINH'S MAUSOLIUM 
Place: Ba Dinh District in Ha Noi 
Built in September 1973, completed in August 1975 
1st floor: a stand for important meeting organized at Ba Dinh Square 
2nd floor: where the late president is lying, 3rd floor: the roof 
Visiting hours:7:30- 10:30 a.m. in summer 
	 8:00- 11:00a.m. in winter 
	Everyday except Monday and Friday 
Usually closed September 5- December 10 for maintenance 
No photograph allowed inside 
PRESIDENT HO CHI MINH'S MAUSOLEUM 
TASK 2 
Work in groups: 
-Sit in two groups : Group A and Group B. Group A talk about Hue Imperial City, and Group B talk about Thong Nhat Conference Hall. 
-Each group chooses one representative to play the role as a tourist guide, the others will be visitors. 
-The visitors will make questions and the tourist guides will answer basing on the information in the textbook. The tourist guide of Group A will answer the questions of Group B ‘s visitors. 
Listed as a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1993 
In Hue City, 654km from Hanoi and 1071 km from Ho Chi Minh City 
Construction: Started 1805 and 
 completed 1832 
Comprises 3 sections: the Royal 
 Citadel, the Imperial Enclosure 
 and the Forbidden City 
Open daily from 8:00 a.m 
 to 4.30 p.m 
Admission fee: 55,000 VND 
HUE IMPERIAL CITY 
THONG NHAT CONFERENCE HALL 
Also called Reunification Hall or Independence Palace 
In District No 1, Ho Chi Minh City, 
1,730Km South of Hanoi 
Originally built in 1865 and heavily damaged by an air bombardment in February 1963 
Rebuilt and construction completed 
 in 1963 
Has 5 floors with 100 beautifully 
decorated rooms and chambers 
Open daily from 7:30 to 11:00 a.m 
and from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m 
Admission Fee: 10,000VND 
Free Practice 
-Please sit in 2 groups. 
-Each group will think of some information of some historical places in Viet Nam that you know as many historical places as possible in 5 minutes. 
-One representative of each group will present information of some historical places for the other group to guess its names (one by one). 
Work in groups : Give the information of historical places for the other group to guess its names.