Match the four groups of people with the pictures 3. People in different countries celebrate New Year differently. The H’Mong, Viet Nam The Scottish, Scoland The Japanese, Janpan The Tai, Thailand New Year People 4. Read the four paragraphs below. Use the pictures in 3 to help you decide which group of people celebrates New Year that way. Japanese Scottish Thai H’Mong a. On New Year’s Eve, each family kills a rooster. They take some red feathers from the rooster and stick them to the drawings of the Sun in their house. This will start the New Year. b. Their New Year is in April, the hottest time of the year. One tradition is to throw water over people. They believe that activity will bring a lot of rain in the year. c. At midnight on December 31, temples all over their country rings their bells 108 times. They believe that the ringing bells can remove their bad actions from the previous year. d. To welcome the New Year, they clean their houses. The first footer is very important. They believe that the first footer on New Year’s Day decides the family’s luck for the rest of the year. a. On New Year’s Eve, each family kills a rooster. They take some red feathers from the rooster and stick them to the drawings of the Sun in their house. This will start the New Year. H’Mong people b. Their New Year is in April, the hottest time of the year. One tradition is to throw water over people. They believe that activity will bring a lot of rain in the year. Thai people c. At midnight on December 31, temples all over their country rings their bells 108 times. They believe that the ringing bells can remove their bad actions from the previous year. Japanese people d. To welcome the New Year, they clean their houses. The first footer is very important. They believe that the first footer on New Year’s Day decides the family’s luck for the rest of the year. Scottish people a feathers an adult male chicken. b rooster the covers of a rooster, chicken or bird c remove the first person to enter your home after New Year’s Eve. d first footer take away Text word definition 5. Find and check the meaning of some new words as they are used in the text by matching them with the definitions 6. Choose two facts from the four paragraphs you like most and write them down. HOMEWORK . some red feathers from the rooster and stick them to the drawings of the Sun in their house. This will start the New Year. b. Their New Year is in April, the hottest time of the year. One. take some red feathers from the rooster and stick them to the drawings of the Sun in their house. This will start the New Year. H’Mong people b. Their New Year is in April, the hottest time of. meaning of some new words as they are used in the text by matching them with the definitions 6. Choose two facts from the four paragraphs you like most and write them down. HOMEWORK