Unit 7 E 11 NC Celebrations

During Shiite and Jewish New year’s Day, people mourn by beating chests or by fasting to show repentance.. Homework:[r]

What can you see

from the calendar

page?

THÁNG 11 November

THÁNG MƯỜI

7THỨ ba Tuesday

4

Lunar calendar /‘lu : nə /

UNIT 7:

Period I – II: Reading

1 Vietnamese National Day

2 King Hung’s Death Aniversary

4 Vietnamese New Year’s Day

5 Vietnamese Teacher’s Day

3 Mid-Autumn Festival

These are Celebrations

2 Name the celebrations and their dates

Square glutinous rice cakes Cylindrical glutinous rice cakes

Red envelopes

Vietnamese New Year’s Day ( 1 st of the first lunar month)

King Hung’s Death Anniversary ( 10th of the 3rd lunar month)

Moon cake

Mid-Autumn Festival

( 15th of the 8th lunar month)

Vietnamese National Day ( September 2nd)

Vietnamese Teachers‘ Day

( November 20th )

* Match the words with the pictures

1 glutinous rice cake

2 wrestling

3 buffalo fighting

4 dragon dancing

5 unicorn dancing

6 (to) beat chest

7 (to) blow (blew- blown) horn

* Match the words in A with their definitions in B

b Live without food or eat

only certain kinds of food.

c Sorrow for having done

sth.

d consider, judge.

e to keep coming to your

mind so that you can’t forget it.

f Express happy.

II While- reading

Task1:Fill the table with the information from the text:

NEW YEAR'S Celebrations around the world

January 1 st

- Making new year resolutions

Culture What? When? Activities

/mu:’hærəm/

1 st month of Islamic

calendar

- Beating chests

Shiite

/’ʃi: ait/

- Processions gathering

Culture What? When? Activities

and repenting

Rosh Hashanah /ha’ ʃɔ:n ə/

( Tishri) September

or October

Culture What? When? Activities

Nguyen Dan

Vietnamese The first

3 days of the first lunar month

- Cooking traditional foods, buying gifts and ornamental trees and flowers

- Visiting family members,neighbors

…

- Engaging in games and entertaining

activities

Task 2: Answer the following questions

1 How long has January 1 st been New Year’s Day?

2 What is the origin of January?

Its original meaning was Janus- the Roman god of doors

and of beginnings.

3 Do Shiite people celebrate their New Year in January?

No, they don’t They observe their New Year in the first

month of the Islamic calendar.

4 What month on the Gregorian calendar does Tishri

normally fall on?

September or October.

5 Who may get Li xi or Tien mung tuoi? What is it?

Children often receive li xi It is “lucky” money put inside

red envelopes.

6 What foods and drinks are typically served

during Tet?

a Glutinous rice cakes g Fast food

b Bread h Dried watermelon seeds

c Drinking water i Beer

f Candied ginger l Fruits, tea

7 What are Tet Nguyen Dan’s traditional forms of entertainment mentioned in the text?

2 Dragon/unicorn dancing 7 Lottery drawing

5 Buffalo fighting

8 What is the key difference between Shiite and Jewish New Year observances and

those of the other countries described in the text?

During Shiite and Jewish New year’s Day, people mourn by beating chests or by fasting to show repentance New Year’s Day in Europe, the USA, and Viet Nam are joyous and festive

III Post- reading

One of the most common New Year

preparations is music Give a list of your favorite songs you would select for your whole family to listen to during the New Year days

1 Happy New Year!

2 Jingle Bells

3 Last Christmas

- Learn the new words and make sentences.

- Read the text again and translate it into Vietnamese

- Prepare listening skill for the next period.