English 8 UNIT 13- READ

Christmas treeCây giáng sinh... Christmas card nThiệp giáng sinh... Christmas carol nBài thánh ca giáng sinh... -Christmas tree n cây giáng sinh-decorate v trang hoàng -Christmas card n

Welcome to our class 8/5

Listen to an English song:

“Jingle Bells”

Jingle Bells_New.mp3

warmer

Rice- cooking

WARMER :

Flower- arranging Bull- fighting

Bufallo- fighting

I/

Which festival is this ?

1 This is the biggest festival in western countries

2 People often decorate a tree and give greeting cards to others

3 It is on December 25.

Christmas

Christmas tree

Cây giáng sinh

Decorate (v) Trang hoàng

Christmas card (n)

Thiệp giáng sinh

Design (v) Thiết kế

Christmas carol (n)

Bài thánh ca giáng sinh

Church (n)

Nhà thờ

Santa Claus (n)/ Father Christmas

Ông già Noel

-Christmas tree (n) cây giáng sinh

-decorate (v) trang hoàng

-Christmas card (n) thiệp giáng sinh

2/ The custom of decorating it and putting it in

a common place, spread throughout Europe to

America.

3/ They were stories put to music and enjoyed by

most people First the leaders of the church did

not like them but later they became popular.

4/ An English man had someone design it to send

christmas greetings to his friends Now it is a part

of the Christmas tradition.

1/ It has been said he was the patron saint of

children, a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and

gave children presents on christmas Eve.

Now you scan the text then say True or False.

1 The Christmas tree appeared in the early 1500s.

2 The Christmas card appeared in the twentieth century.

3 Most people didn’t enjoy the Christmas songs.

4 Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint

Nicholas in the poem

What did an Englishman do to send Christmas greetings to his friends ?

->He had someone design a card.

*Model sentence :

He had someone design a card.

( Did he have someone design a card ? )

*

(Ông ta nhờ người thiết kế tấm thiệp cho

mình.)

IV Comprehension questions:

A) How long ago did the Christmas tree

come to the U.S.A ?

B) Why did the English man have

someone design a card ? C) When were christmas songs first

performed ? D) Who wrote the poem “ A visit from

Saint Nicholas ? ” E) What is Santa Claus based on ?

A) How long ago did the

Christmas tree come to the

U.S.A ?

- In 1800s, over 200 years ago.

B) Why did the English man

have someone design a card ?

He wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.

C) When were christmas songs first performed ?

- 800 years ago.

D) Who wrote the poem “ A visit from Saint Nicholas ? ”

-An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore.

E) What is Santa Claus based

on ?

-On the description of Saint

Nicholas in professor Moore’s

poem.

• A) In 1800s, over 200 years ago.

B) He wanted to send Christmas

greetings to his friends.

C) 800 years ago.

D) An American professor named

Clement Clarke Moore.

E) On the description of Saint Nicholas in

Complete the sentences:

1 On Christmas Eve in the early 1500s, people decorate a Christmas tree

1 Last year, I bought some … christmas

cards ……… to send the Christmas

greetings to my friends

.

3 I love listening to ……… Christmas carols ……

……… at Christmas.

based on the description of Saint Nicholas.

Homework :

-Learn by heart the new words.

-Read the text, do the exercises again -Prepare : Write.