Anh 11 CB Unit 8 Reading

What is the title of the song ?→ Happy New Year.. → To welcome the New Year.. It’s often sung on the last days of the old year and at the beginning of the New Year.. → Feeling about the

1 What is the title of the song ?

→ Happy New Year.

2 When do people often sing it ?

→ To welcome the New Year It’s often

sung on the last days of the old year and at the beginning of the New Year.

3 What is it about ?

→ Feeling about the old year and the New

Year.

II New lesson Unit 8 Celebrations

A Before you read.

Look at the pictures and work in pairs,

telling each other which activities

people often do during Tet Holidays.

A.Making Banh Chung

B Cleaning the house

C Going to flower markets

D Visiting relatives and friends

E Going to the pagoda

F Decorating streets with coloured

lights and banners

G Giving/receiving money

I Watching fireworks

Activities Before

Tet Year’s New

Eve

During Tet

1 Making Banh Chung

2 Cleaning the house

3 Going to flower markets

4 Watching fireworks

5 Visiting relatives and friends

6 Giving / receiving money

7 Going to the Pagoda

8 Eating traditional foods

9 Decorating streets with

coloured lights and banners

Activities Before

Tet Year’s New

Eve

During Tet

1 Making Banh Chung ☻ ☻

2 Cleaning the house ☻

3 Going to flower markets ☻ ☻

4 Watching fireworks ☻

5 Visiting relatives and friends ☻

6 Giving / receiving money ☻

7 Going to the Pagoda ☻ ☻

8 Eating traditional foods ☻ ☻

9 Decorating streets with

coloured lights and banners ☻

B While you read.

Task 1.

Look at the pictures

1 Peach blossom

2 Apricot blossom

3 Kumquat tree with deep orange

fruits

4 Banh Chung

5 Water melon

Find what the following words mean in the text.

Task 2 Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).

calendar

world the beginning of spring is the start of a new

year

everyone at Tet

the South of Vietnam

they want to have good luck on the New Year’s Day

Task 3 Answer the following questions

1. When is Tet holidays in Vietnam ?

2. How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last

in the past ?

3. What do streets look like before Tet ?

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

5. What is Banh Chung made from ?

6. What is Mut ?

7. What are some popular activities at Tet ?

over months

banners

cook traditional foods

wishes, going to the pagoda, playing games,

Exercise in the exercisebook