english 6 unit 6 places

People in different countries celebrate New Year differently.. Use the pictures in 3 to help you decide which group of people celebrates New Year that way.. On New Year’s Eve, each famil

Match the four groups of people with the pictures

3 People in different countries celebrate New Year differently

The H’Mong, Viet Nam The Scottish, Scoland

The Japanese, Janpan The Tai, Thailand

New Year People

4 Read the four paragraphs below Use the pictures in 3 to help you decide which group of people celebrates New Year that way.

a On New Year’s Eve, each family kills a rooster They take

some red feathers from the rooster and stick them to

the drawings of the Sun in their house This will start

the New Year.

b Their New Year is in April, the hottest time of the year

One tradition is to throw water over people They

believe that activity will bring a lot of rain in the year.

c At midnight on December 31, temples all over their

country rings their bells 108 times They believe that

the ringing bells can remove their bad actions from the

previous year.

d To welcome the New Year, they clean their houses The

first footer is very important They believe that the first

footer on New Year’s Day decides the family’s luck for

the rest of the year.

a On New Year’s Eve, each family kills a rooster They take some red feathers from the

rooster and stick them to the drawings of the Sun in their house This will start the New Year H’Mong people

b Their New Year is in April, the hottest time of the year One tradition is to throw

water over people They believe that activity will bring a lot of rain in the year Thai people

c At midnight on December 31, temples all over their country rings their bells 108 times They believe that the ringing bells can remove their bad actions from the previous year Japanese people

d To welcome the New Year, they clean their houses The first footer is very

important They believe that the first footer on New Year’s Day decides the

family’s luck for the rest of the year Scottish people

a feathers an adult male chicken

b rooster the covers of a rooster, chicken or bird

c remove the first person to enter your home after

New Year’s Eve.

d first footer take away

Text word definition

5 Find and check the meaning of some new words as they are used in the text by matching them with the definitions

6 Choose two facts from the four paragraphs you like most and write them down.

HOMEWORK