p1Unit 8 celebrations reading e 11HONG THAO GIANG copy

english 11. unit 8 reading

Checking old lesson:

Go to the board and write:

1 forms of 3 conditional sentences

2 Rules of conditional sentences in reported

speech

3 Do some exercises follow:

Give correct form of verb in bracket and change this sentences into reported speech

“If I have free time, I (visit)(1)…… …… you

tomorrow ” Mary said to me

Look at the pictures What time

of the year is it ?

Tet Holiday

Christmas

Teachers’ Day

Mid – Autumn Festival

Valentine’s Day

1/ What are the people in the picture

1

2

3 4 5

making banhchung eating special Tet foods going to the pagoda receiving “lucky money”

decorating the house going to the flower market watching fireworks visiting relatives & friends

* Look at the pictures and tell your partner which of these

activities you enjoy doing most at Tet ?

= farmers: Người nông dân

Peach blossom Apricot blossom

New words:

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS- PART A: READING

Kumquat tree

New words:

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS- PART A: READING

- spread- spread- spread (v): trải dài, kéo dài

1/ [ə'greər ən] ɪ (n)

2/ / 'eiprik t 'bl ɔ səm ɔ / (n):

3/ / pi:t∫'bl səm ɔ / (n): Hoa đào

4/ / 'k mkw t ʌ ɔ tri:/ (n): Cây quất

5/ Candied fruit / 'kændid fru:t / (n):

6/ Positive comments / 'p zətiv 'k ments ɔ ɔ / (n):

7/ [spred] (v): Trải dài, kéo dài

8/ (n) Tiền lì xì

New words:

CHECKING: RUB OUT AND REMEMBER

Task 1:

Find what the following words mean in the text.

1 grand _ 2 agrarian : _

3 banner : 4 pray :

5.sugared apples : 6 excitement: _

occasion in the year.

tomatoes, is also popular.

= long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising

= relating to rural matters

= address God; call upon in supplication

= apples covered with sugar

= the feeling of lively and cheerful joy

6 People try to be nice and polite to each other because they

want to have good luck on New Year’s Day.

1 Tet is always on 20 th February on the Western calendar.

2 According to the text, for people anywhere in the world

the beginning of spring 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

during the whole year.

Read the text again, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS- LESSON 1: READING

TASK2: (Page 92):

-Study by heart all the new words.

-Reread the text and practise answering all the questions.

- Prepare for next period.