Unit 7 NC Celebrations

Vietnamese new year’s day... Vietnamese National Day... Activities Western New Year January 1 - Ringing bells, blowing horns & Hashanah Tishri September or October - Fasting & repenting

I/ WARM – UP: Play a game

Mid Autumn

Festival

Vietnamese new year’s day

Teacher’s Day

Christ mas

King Hung’s Death Anniversary

Vietnamese National

Day

Halloween

UNIT 7:

wrestling

1 VOCABULARY

Buffalo fighting

Unicorn - dance

Dragon -dance

Sticky rice cake

VOCABULARY

- to haunt : to keep coming to your

mind so that you can’t forget it: Ám ảnh

- to deem, to consider, to judge: Cho rằng

- dried watermelon seeds: Hạt dưa

Match the words to the pictures:

to keep coming to your mind

so that you can’t forget it.

consider, judge b

a

c d

f

/e

g

Fill the table with the information from

the text

New Year’s Celebrations Around the World

Culture What? When? Activities

Western New Year January 1

- Ringing bells, blowing horns &

Hashanah

(Tishri) September or October

- Fasting & repenting

Vietnamese Tet Nguyen

Dan

First 3 days of first lunar month

-Cooking traditional foods, buying gifts

& ornamental trees and flowers

- Visiting family members, neighbors, and close friends

- Engaging in games and entertaining activities

Task 1: : Answer questions that you choose

(Lucky/ unlucky  number)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

a When does Tet Nguyen Dan happen?

b What do people do before Tet ?

c When do Vietnamese visit family members, neighbours,

teachers, friends, and graves of ancestors?

d Who may get li xi or tien mung tuoi ?

e How do you feel about Tet’s Holiday ? Why ?

It happens in the first month of the lunar calendar

from late January to early February

They are busy buying things , preparing traditional

foods, and cleaning the houses

They visit family members, neighbors, teachers, friends, and graves of ancestors on the first three days

Children may get li xi or tien mung tuoi

Task2 Fill the table with the information from the text:

NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION IN VIET NAM

NAME TIME FOOD & DRINK ACTIVITIES ENTERTAIN- MENT

Tet

Nguyen

Dan

The first month

of the Lunar Calendar

- sticky rice cakes

- dried watermelon seeds

- fruits (fresh and candied

- tea- alcoholic and soft drinks

- ornamental plants and flowers.

-preparing traditional foods

- cleaning the houses

- going to church or pagoda

- picking buds or young leaves

- visiting family members,

neighbors, teacher, friends and graves

of ancestors

- wrestling

- buffalo fighting -dragon or unicorn dancing

New Year Eve 2008 fireworks around

the world

Sydney - Australia

LONDON

Taipei – Taiwan

Task3: Discussion:

Discuss in your groups on the following topics:

1 What do you prepare for the Tet ?

2 What do you often do on these days ?

- visit relatives

- visit friends

- visit neighbours

- go to pagoda or church

- make offerings to their ancestors

- go out to pick buds or young leaves

- exchange best wishes and positive comments

- Take part in some festivals or games

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- Trần Khánh Linh

- Nguyễn Mai Thanh Thanh

- Trương Thị Thanh Trúc

- Hồ Thị Xuân Thi

- Trần Mộng Kiều

- Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Trinh

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