-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

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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

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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?

•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 Square2nd 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 winterEveryday except Monday and Friday

•Usually closed September 5- December 10 for maintenance•No photograph allowed inside

TASK 2Work 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

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

-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.