unit 12 Holiday

Activity 1 A Pair work Look at these U.S holidays.. Then discuss the questions below What do you know about each holiday?. C Join another pair Discuss these questions What do you know ab

Activity 1 A Pair work

Look at these U.S holidays Then discuss the questions below

What do you know about each holiday?

In your country, when do people have fireworks?

When do you celebrate with a special family meal?

Is there a special holiday for people in love?

“Yes, and they also watch fireworks.”

I think on independence Day,

people have picnics

B Pair work

Try to match these U.S holidays with their dates Then check your answer on page 93

Halloween January 1

Independence Day February 14

Mother’s Day the second Sunday in May

New Year’s Day July 4

New Year’s Eve October 31

Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday in November

Valentine’s Day December 31

C Join another pair Discuss these questions

What do you know about these holidays?

Do you have similar holidays in your country? When are they? What’s the most important holiday in your country? Why?

“On Halloween, children wear costumes.”

“I think adults wear costumes, too.”

Activity 2 A Listen

You will hear holidays in three different countries

When is each holiday? Write the date below each picture

B Listen again How do people celebrate each holiday?

Check () the things they do

How do people celebrate? New Year’s

Day Coming-

of-Age Day

Day of the Dead They have a big family meal  

They have a special ceremony  

They exchange greeting cards 

Young men wear suites 

Young women wear traditional clothes 

C Pair work

What are your favorite holidays? When are they?

How do you celebrate them? Complete the chart

Favorite holidays When they are How we celebrate _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

D Join another pair Tell your partners about the holidays

“My favorite holiday is April Fool’s Day It’s on April 1 We play tricks and ”

Activity 1 A Pair work

What’s happening in these pictures? Would you ever do these things?

“I would never use a

cell phone in a

restaurant.”

“I think it’s OK if it’s a short call And it’s

always OK in an emergency.”

B Work alone

Would you ever do these things? Check () Yes, It depends, or No

C Group work Compare and explain your answers

“Would you

ever visit

someone’s

home

without an

invitation?”

“It depends I’d visit my family without

an invitation, but I’d call my friends first.”

Activity 2 A Listen

What are the customers for visiting someone’s home?

First check () the things Jean-Pierre says about France

Take flowers of chocolate as a gift  

Look people in the eye during conversations  

B Listen again

Now check () the things Amy says about the U.S

C Group work Discuss these questions

Which customs from part A are the same in your country?

What other things do you do when you visit someone’s home? Have you ever had a visitor from abroad in your home?

Did he or she break any rules?

Activity 3 A Group work

Imagine a visitor is coming your country Give advice on these topics

eating in a restaurant traveling by bus / subway

eating on the street using business cards

giving gifts using first names

meeting people using the phone

standing in line Visiting someone’s home

“When you eat in a

restaurant, you should

wait for a table.”

“And you don’t have to leave a

tip.”

B Communication task Work in groups of three

One of you should look at Task 12 on page 81,

another at Task 13 on page 82, and another at

Task 27 on page 88 You’re going to find out

more about customs

Self-study

For extra grammar, listening, and vocabulary practice,

go to pages 116-117