Unit 13 Read E8

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Which festival is often held on December 25th ?

It is Christmas festival.

* It’s one of the most popular festivals.

Christmas specials

Santa Claus

Christmas card Christmas tree

Christmas carols

Wednesday, July 21st , 2010

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS Lesson 3 Read UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS Lesson 3 Read

I Vocabulary :

- decorate (v) : Trang trí

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS Lesson 3 Read

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS Lesson 3 Read

I Vocabulary :

- decorate (V) : trang trí

- spread (V): lan truyền

Ông già Noel

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS Lesson 3 Read

Match: English word to its meaning

Unit 13: Festivals Lesson 3: Read

I Vocabulary:

II Read: 1-True/False

Decide whether each of the statements is true

1.Some people decorated a tree and put it in the park.

2 The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1900s.

3 An Englishman wanted to send Christmas

greetings to his friends.

4 Christmas songs were stories put to music and

most people enjoyed them.

5 Santa Claus isn’t based on the description of Saint

Nicholas in the poem.

T F

F

Santa Claus

800 years ago (no information)

Christmas Card England mid-19th century

early 1500s Riga

Date Place of origin

Christmas

Specials

2 COMPLETE THE TABLE

3 Answer the questions :

a How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?

b Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?

c When were Christmas songs first performed ?

d Who wrote the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas ?

e What is Santa Claus based on ?

LUCKY NUMBERS

6

4 5

8 7

1 How long ago did the

Christmas tree come to the USA ?

1 How long ago did the

Christmas tree come to the USA ?

The Christmas tree came to the USA more than a century ago

(More than a century ago)

more than a century ago (More than a century ago)

Lucky Number

Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.

3

3 Why did the Englishman have someone

design a card ?

5 Lucky Number

6 Who wrote the poem

A Visit From Saint Nicholas ?

An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote

A Visit From Saint Nicholas

6

LUCKY NUMBER

7

LUCKY NUMBER

LUCKY NUMBER

8.What is Santa Claus based on ?

Santa Claus is based on the description

of Saint Nicholas in this poem

3 ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

 The Christmas tree came to the USA more than a

century.

b Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?

 Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his

friends.

 Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago

 An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore

wrote A Visit From Saint Nicholas

 Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint

Nicholas in this poem

- Read the text again

- Learn the vocabulary

- Answer the questions in the text book

VI Fill in the gaps with the suitable words from the text

The Christmas tree was …1 …… ….and put in the

market place in the Latvian city of Riga in the

… 2……….1500s.

In the mid – nineteenth century , An Englishman

wanted to ….3…… …Christmas greetings to his

friends , so he … 4.…… someone design a card

Eight hundred years ago , Christmas songs were……5… … for people in towns and villages

In 1823 , The Patron Saint of children , Saint Nicholas

appeared in a poem called A Visit From saint Nicholas

Santa Claus is based on the ……….6…… of Saint

Nicholas in this poem

Christmas Carol