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Trang 1Welcome to our class!
Trang 21 Vietnamese National Day
2 King Hung’s Death Aniversary
3 Mid-Autumn Festival
4 Vietnamese New Year’s Day
5 Vietnamese Teacher’s Day
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These are Celebrations
I Warm up Warm up:
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2 What are the people in the picture doing?
3 What else do you see in the picture?
kumquat tree
Peach
blossom
Altar
Apricot blossom
II Before you read Before you read: A: Reading
1 It is the first day of the new year.
2 They are celebrating the new year.
3 There are peach blossom, altar, apricot blossom,
kumquat tree, lucky money and banh chung.
Trang 4Work in pairs: Tell your partner which of these activities do you enjoy doing most at Tet Are there any other things you like doing?
1 making “banh chung”
2 eating special Tet foods
3 going to the pagoda
4 receiving “lucky money”
5 decorating the house
6 going to the flower market
7 watching fireworks
8 visiting relative and friends
Trang 5Task 1: Find what of the following words mean in the text.
1 grand:
2 agrarian
3 banner:
4 pray:
5 sugared apples:
6 excitement:
III While you read While you read:
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words mean in the text.
1 grand:
2 Agrarian:
3 banner:
4 pray:
5 sugared apples:
6 excitement:
very impressive and large.
connected with farming and the use of land for farming.
a long piece of cloth with a message on it that is carried between two poles or hung in a public place to show support for something.
to speak to God, especially to give thanks or ask for help.
apples are mixed with sugar.
the state of feeling excited.
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2 According to the text, for people anywhere in the world
the beginning of the year is the start of a new year
3 Tet used to be longer than it is nowadays.
4 According to the text, lucky money” is given to everyone
at Tet
5 Kumquat trees are popular both in the North and in the
South of Vietnam
6 People try to be nice and polite to each other because
they want to have good luck on New Year’s Day
Task 2
Task 2: Decide whether the statements are (T) or false (F).
F F
T
given to children)
T
T
(it’s just for agrarian people)
Trang 8Task 3: Answer the following questions.
1 When is the Tet holiday?
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?
- Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months.
- They are decorated with
banners.
- They buy gifts, clean and
decorate their houses and cook
traditional foods.
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7 What are some popular activities at
Tet?
5 What is banh chung made from?
Task 3: Answer the following questions.
It is made from sticky rice, green beans
and fatty pork.
- Mut is candied and dried fruit such as
sugared apples, plums or tomatoes.
Visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes, going
to the pagoda, playing games
Trang 101 What did you usually do in the Tet?
2 Who did you usually visit in the Tet?
3 Have you ever received lucky money in the Tet?
Tell others about the your last
Tet holiday?
1 Read the passage again and
translate it into Vietnamese
2 Remember the new words
3 Do exercises in the workbook
IV After you
read
read:
V Homework Homework:
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