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Unit 8: Celebrations

A: Reading

1.What time of the year is it?

2 What are the people in the picture doing?

3 What else do you see in the picture?

Part A: Reading

I Before you read

I Before you read:

3 What else do you see in the picture?

d going to the flower market

b decorating the house

a making banh chung

c eating special Tet foods

e going to the pagoda

g receiving “lucky money”

4 Which of these activities do you enjoy most?

Ex: I enjoy watching fireworks most.

Part A: Reading

1 peach blossom /pi:t∫'blɔsəm/ (n.p): hoa đào

2 apricot blossom ['æprikɔt 'bl ɔsəm] (n.p) hoa mai

3 kumquat tree ['kʌmkwɔt tri:] (n.p):

cây quất

4 candied fruit /’kændid fru:t/ (n) Mứt

5 lucky money /’lʌki ’mʌni/ (n) Tiền lì xì

6 green bean /gri:n bi:n/ (n.p) : đậu xanh

7 positive comment /'pɔzətiv 'kɔment/ :lời nói tốt đẹp

1 peach blossom /pi:t∫'blɔsəm/

2 apricot blossom /'æprikɔt 'blɔsəm/

: hoa đào : hoa mai : cây quất : mứt

4 candied fruit /’kændid fru:t/

5 green bean /gri:n bi:n/

: tiền lì xì

6 lucky money /’lʌki ’mʌni/

: đậu xanh

7 positive comment /'pɔzətiv 'kɔment/ :lời nói tốt đẹp

3 kumquat tree /'kʌmkwɔt tri:/

: tiền lì xì

Task 1 : Guess the meaning of the red and bold words in the following sentences:

1 Tet holiday in Viet Nam is the grand est and most

important occasion in the year.

2 For agrarian people, Tet marks the start of a new year.

3 Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red

banners.

4 Many people go to the pagoda to pray for a happy year.

5 Mut, which is candied fruit such as sugared apples ,

plums or tomatoes, is also popular.

6 A great deal of excitement still builds up well before

Tet.

trọng đại

1 Tet holiday in Viet Nam is the grand est and most important occasion in the year.

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2 For agrarian people, Tet marks the start of a new year

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thuộc về nông nghiệp

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3 Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red

banners.

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cầu nguyện

4 Many people go to

the pagoda to pray

for a happy year.

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5 Mut, which is candied fruit such as sugared apples,

plums or tomatoes, is also popular mứt táo

sự nô nức

6 A great deal of excitement still builds up well before Tet.

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Task 1: Guess the meaning of the red words in

the following sentences:

1 Tet holiday in Viet Nam is the grand est and most important

occasion in the year.

2 For agrarian people, Tet marks the start of a new year.

3 Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners.

4 Many people go to the pagoda to pray for a happy year.

5 Mut, which is candied fruit such as sugared apples , plums or

tomatoes, is also popular.

6 A great deal of excitement still builds up well before Tet.

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Task 2 Work in groups Decide whether the statements are

true (T) or false (F).

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

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

during the whole year

sometime between 19 th Jan and 20 th Feb

agrarian people

(L1-2, P2)

(L3-4, P3)

Task 3,(Page 92) Answer the following questions.

1 When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?

2.How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past?

3.What do streets look like before Tet?

4.What do people do to prepare for Tet?

5.What is banh chung made from?

6.What is mut?

7.What are some popular activities at Tet ?

LUCKY CELEBRATION

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1.When is Tet holiday in

Vietnam?

 It’s sometime between 19th January and 20th

February on the Western calendar.

Congratulation !

 They lasted for months in the past.

2.How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past?

3.What do streets look like

before Tet?

 They are decorated with coloured lights

and red banners.

 They often buy gifts, clean and decorate

their houses and cook traditional foods.

4.What do people often do

to prepare for Tet?

 It is made from sticky rice, green beans and

fatty pork.

5.What is banh chung made from?

 It is candied fruit such as sugared apples,

plums or tomatoes.

 ( Some popular activities at Tet are)

visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda,

playing games, etc.

7 What are some popular

activities at Tet?

Tell others about your last Tet holiday.

1 how you prepared for Tet

2 how you decorated the house

3 who you visited

4 what special foods you ate

5 what activities you enjoyed doing most during Tet

•Go to market to

buy food, flowers

•Wrap Banh chung

•Cook frosen meat

…

•Whitewash the

house

•Clean the rooms

•Clean the floor

•Eat pork paste

•Eat salted onions

- Learn by heart the new words and prepare for the next lesson

Thank you for joining us !

Best wishes!