English 11 Unit 8 Reading

Before you read: Look at the pictures and answer the questions 1.. • It’s the time of spring, the beginning time of the year in Vietnam... • I enjoy making Banh Chung, going to the flowe

WARMLY WELCOME TO OUR CLASS

A READING

Look at the pictures What time

of the year is it ?

Tet Holiday

Christmas

Teachers’ Day

Valetine’s Day

unit 8: 8: Celebrations

Part A: Reading

Before you read:

Look at the pictures and answer the questions

1 What time of the year is it?

• It’s the time of spring, the beginning time of the year in Vietnam

Before you read

2 What are the people in the picture doing?

• They are celebrating a party on Tet holiday

Before you read

3 What else can you see in the pictures ?

• I can see flowers, fruit, and some special food

Before you read

4 Which activities do you enjoy doing most at TET ?

• I enjoy making Banh Chung, going to the flower market, going to the pagoda

making banhchung eating special Tet foods going to the pagoda receiving “lucky money”

decorating the house going to the flower market watching fireworks visiting relatives & friends

* Look at the pictures and tell your partner which of these activities you

enjoy doing most at Tet ?

1.BEFORE YOU READ:

II Before you read Before you read: A: Reading

Lunar New Year ['lu:nə] (n): Tết Âm Lịch

Agrarian /ə’greəriən/(adj): Liên quan đến nông nghiệp

Agrarian person : (n) : Farmer

Peach blossom [pi:t∫'bl ɔsəm] (n) Hoa Đào

apricot blossom ['eiprikɔt 'bl ɔsəm] (n) Hoa Mai

kumquat tree ['kʌmkwɔt tri:] (n) Cây Quất

candied fruit /’kændid fru:t/ (n) Mứt

lucky money (n) Tiền Lì Xì

Fireworks

tiền lì xì

[’p zɔ ətiv ’k ments]ɔ

biểu ngữcầu nguyện

UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS

READING

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a Task 1: Guess the meaning of the red and bold words in the following sentences:

1 Tet holiday in Viet Nam is the grandest and most important

occasion in the year.

2 For agrarian people, Tet marks the start of a new year.

3 Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners.

4 Many people go to the pagoda to pray for a happy year.

5 Mut , which is candied fruit such as sugared apples, plums or

tomatoes, is also popular.

trọng đại thuéc vÒ nghÒ n«ng

b¨ng r«n, khÈu hiÖu cÇu nguyÖn

møt t¸o

Task 2: Mark true or false according to the text

1 Tet is always on 20th February on the Western

calendar

2 For the beginning

of spring is start of the year

3 Tet used to be longer than it is now

4 “Lucky money” is given to at Tet

5 Kumquat trees are popular both in the North and

the South of Vietnam

6 People try to be nice and polite to each

other because they want to have good luck

(sometime between 19th January and 20thFebruary)

agrarian people in Vetnam

people anywhere in the world

children

everyone

 Task 3: Answer the following questions

1/ When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?

It’s sometime between 19th January and

20th February.

They used to be spread over months.

2/ How long did Tet’s preparations and celebrations

last in the past ?

They are decorated with colored

3/ What do streets look like before Tet ?

They buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses

and cook traditional foods.

4/ What do people often do to prepare for Tet ?

It’s made from sticky rice, green beans and

5/ What is banh chung made from ?

6/ What is mut ?

Mut is candied fruit such as sugared

apples, plums or tomatoes.

Visiting friends and other family members,

exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda, playing

games, etc

7/ What are some popular activities at Tet?

After you read: Work in groups of 6, talking about your last Tet holiday

1 How you prepared for Tet

2 How you decorated your

house

3 Who you visited

4 What special foods you ate

5 What activities you enjoyed

doing most during Tet

1 Whitewash the

house

2 Eat pork paste

3 Clean the rooms

4 Visit grandparens

5 Go to the pagodas

6 Visit friends/

relatives

7 Eat banh chung

8 Cook frosen meat

Suggestion: Here are some activities that you might

do last Tet Select your activities, beginning with:

Last Tet we (Notice the tense of the verbs )

16.

•Ate salted

onions

pagodas

Write a short passage (about 80 words) to talk about the activities you did last Tet Use the

following suggestion:

Last Tet holiday we did a lot of things We went

to buy We helped our parents with On the first day of Tet we went to visit our , and we went

to to pray for our family a happy year During Tet days,

we ate traditional foods such as We enjoyed the gatherings of the family dinner on the New Year’s Eve and meals on Tet days because it’s the oppotunity that ties our family relationship and makes us closer and closer We also

UNIT 8:

CELEBRATIONS

LESSON 4 :READING

November 23rd 2010

Listen to the song then answer the questions

• 1 What is the title of this song?

• 2 When do the people often sing it?