celebrations unit 8 reading

XUAN THO HIGH SCHOOL Teacher: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thien Huong Class: 11 Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING MATCHING What is the name of this holiday? Vietnamese Teacher’s day Mid-Autumn Festival Vietnamese National Day Valentine’s Day Mid-Autumn Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Vietnamese Vietnamese Valentine’s Teacher’s Day day New Year’s Day Vietnamese Valentine’s Teacher’s Day day National Festival Day National Festival Day New Year’s Day Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Work in pairs Look at the picture and discuss the questions 1) What time of the year is it? 2) What are the people in the picture doing? Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING •  Before you read Making Going to the pagoda chung Visiting Receiving Going Eating to relatives special the “ banh Lucky flower Tet and money market foods friends “ Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Work in pairs  Which activities you enjoy doing most at Tet? → I enjoy… a Making banh chung b Decorating house c Eating special Tet foods d Going to the flower market e Going to the pagoda f Watching fireworks g Receiving “lucky money” h Visiting relatives and friends Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Vocabulary: peach blossom (n) apricot /pi:t∫'blɔsəm/ blossom(n) /'eiprikɔt'blɔsəm/ Hoa đào Hoa mai Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Vocabulary: Kumquat tree (n) /'kʌmkwɔt tri:/ Cây quất Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Linking sounds: Lights and / laɪts ənd / Full of / fʊl əv / Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Structures To Which bebetween…and… busy Used to + doing sth Fall Be decorated withdeal of = Much + U (uncountable noun) A great People Mut, which are busy is buying candied fruit cleaning such and as and sugared decorating their plums houses or  Tet’s preparations andgifts, celebrations used to apples, be over The holiday falls between January February on spread the Western Streets with coloured lights and before red banners  A great are dealdecorated of excitement still builds up well Tet and tomatoes, cooking is also traditional popular foods months calendar Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Task 2:Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) F 1.Tet is always on 20th February on the Western calendar It falls sometime between 19 2.According to the text, for people th Jan and 20 Feb anywhere in the world the beginning of spring is the start of a new year 3.Tet used to be longer than then it is nowadays 4.Kumquat trees are popular both in the North and in the South of Vietnam It is just for agrarian people T Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Task 3: Answer the following questions Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING When is Tet holiday in Vietnam? It falls sometime between 19 on the Western calendar th January and 20 th February Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past? Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING What is banh chung made from? It is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING What is mut? Mut is candied fruits Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING What streets look like before Tet? Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING What people often to prepare for Tet? People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating their houses and cooking traditional foods Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Work in groups Tell each other about your last Tet holiday, focusing on the following main points:  how you prepared for Tet  how you decorated your house  who you visited  what special foods you ate  what activities you enjoyed doing most during Tet Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING SUGGESTIONS: Preparations o o Cook Tet’s food Go to market to buy food o etc Decorations Visit o o o o o o Visit relatives Visit friends etc Wash the house Clean the room etc Special foods eaten Activities enjoys o o o o o o Eat Banh chung Eat Mut etc Play games Go to the churches etc Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING HOMEWORK: - Learn by heart all of the new words - Prepare for the next lesson (Speaking) [...]... people T Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Task 3: Answer the following questions Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING When is Tet holiday in Vietnam? It falls sometime between 19 on the Western calendar th January and 20 th February Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past? Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS. . .Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Vocabulary: candied fruit (n) /’kændid fru:t/ Mứt Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Vocabulary: Sticky rice (n) /'stiki rais/ Gạo nếp Green beans (n) /gri:n bi:n/ Đậu xanh Fatty pork (n) / 'fæti pɔ:k/ Thịt heo Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Vocabulary:  agrarian (adj) /ə'greəriən/ (thuộc) ruộng đất Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Vocabulary: Lucky... be spread over months Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING What is banh chung made from? It is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING What is mut? Mut is candied fruits Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING What do streets look like before Tet? Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING What do people often do to prepare for... Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Linking sounds: Lights and / laɪts ənd / Full of / fʊl əv / Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Structures To Which bebetween…and… busy Used to + doing sth Fall Be decorated withdeal of = Much + U (uncountable noun) A great People Mut, which are busy is buying candied fruit cleaning such and as and sugared decorating their plums houses or  Tet’s preparations andgifts, celebrations. .. /'lʌki'mʌni/ Tiền lì xì Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING • • • • • • • • • Vocabulary: Agrarian (adj) /ə'greəriən/ Peach blossom (n) /pi:t∫'blɔsəm/ Apricot blossom (n) /'eiprikɔt'blɔsəm/ Kumquat tree (n) /'kʌmkwɔt tri:/ Lucky money (n) /'lʌki'mʌni/ Candied fruit (n) /’kændid fru:t/ Sticky rice (n) /'stiki rais/ Green beans (n) /gri:n bi:n/ Fatty pork (n) / 'fæti pɔ:k/ Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Pronunciation... decorating their houses and cooking traditional foods Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Work in groups Tell each other about your last Tet holiday, focusing on the following main points:  how you prepared for Tet  how you decorated your house  who you visited  what special foods you ate  what activities you enjoyed doing most during Tet Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING SUGGESTIONS: Preparations o o Cook Tet’s... relatives Visit friends etc Wash the house Clean the room etc Special foods eaten Activities enjoys o o o o o o Eat Banh chung Eat Mut etc Play games Go to the churches etc Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING HOMEWORK: - Learn by heart all of the new words - Prepare for the next lesson (Speaking) ... Streets with coloured lights and before red banners  A great are dealdecorated of excitement still builds up well Tet and tomatoes, cooking is also traditional popular foods months calendar Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS A READING Task 2:Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) F 1.Tet is always on 20th February on the Western calendar It falls sometime between 19 2.According to the text, for people