Enghish 8 unit 13 Lesson 3

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2 What festival is it?

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4 What festival is it ?

Mid - Autumn Festival

6 What festival is it?

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Tet festival

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Buffalo fighting

Lesson 3: Read

Period 81-Unit 13: Festivals

Lesson 3: Read

I Vocabulary:

1 (to) decorate : Trang trí

2 patron saint (n) : th¸nh b¶o hé

3 jolly (adj) : vui vÎ, vui nhén

4 christmas carol (n) : bµi th¸nh ca

5 (to) spread : tr¶i réng, lan truyÒn

1 This is the biggest festival in

western countries

2 People often decorate a tree

and exchange best wishes by giving cards to each other

1.Gessing

game

CHRISTMAS TREE

2 T/F statements

Decide whether each of the statements is true (T)

or false (F) Guess Key

1.People decorated a tree and put it in the park

2 The Christmas tree came to the USA in the

1900s

3 An Englishman wanted to sent Christmas

greetings to his friend

4 These song were stories put to music and

most people enjoyed them

5 Saint Claus isn’t based on the description of

Saint Nicholas in this poem

The Christmas Tree

One Christmas Eve in the early

1500s, some people decorated a

tree and put in the market place

in the Latvian city of Riga This

custom spread throughout

Europe, and finally to America in

the 1800s

The Christmas Card

In the mid- nineteenth century,

an Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his

friends, so he had someone design a card Forty years later, card were a part of the christmas tradition

Christmas Carols

Eight hundred years ago,

Christmas songs were

performed for in towns and

villages These songs were

stories put to music and

most people enjoyed them

Santa Claus

In 1823, the patron saint of children, Saint

Nicholas appeared in a poem call A Visit

Saint from Nicholas The character in the

poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on

Christmas Eve The poem, which was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the

1 T/F statements

Decide whether each of the statements is true (T)

or false (F) Guess Key

1.People decorated a tree and put it in the park

2 The christmas tree came to the USA in the

1900s

3 An Englishman wanted to sent christmas

greetings to his friend

4 These song were stories put to music and

most people enjoyed them

5 Saint Claus isn’t based on the description of

Saint Nicholas in this poem

Market place

1800s

is

F F T T F

One Christmas Eve in the early 1500s, some people decorated a tree and put in the market place in the Latvian city of Riga This custom spread throughout Europe, and finally to

America in the 1800s.

3 Answer the Questions

Answer & Question

How long ago did the

Christmas tree come to the

USA ?

The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s.

In the mid- nineteenth century, an

Englishman wanted to send Christmas

greetings to his friends, so he had

someone design a card Forty years

later, card were a part of the christmas tradition.

Answer & Question

Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?

Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his

friends.

Eight hundred years ago, Christmas

songs were performed for in towns and villages These songs were stories put to music and most people enjoyed them.

Answer & Question

When were Christmas songs first performed ?

Christmas songs were frist performd eight hundred years ago.

In 1823, the patron saint of

children, Saint Nicholas

appeared in a poem call A Visit

Saint from Nicholas.The

character in the poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit

and gave children presents on

The poem, which was written by

Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the

USA.Saint Claus is based on the

description of Saint Nicholas in the poem

Answer & Question

Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?

Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, wrote this poem.

Answer & Question

What is Saint Claus based

on ?

Saint Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas

in the poem.

Christmas

Specials

Place of origin

Date

Riga

century Christmas

1823

England

Early 1500s

800 years ago

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