UNIT 8 READING

Warm up: Listen to the song and answer the questions: 1. What is the name of the song? 2. When do people often sing it? 3. What do people sing it for? 1. Happy New Year 2. People often sing it on the last days of the old year and at the beginning of the New Year. 3. To welcome / celebrate the New Year Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS A. READING Pre-reading: Activity 1: Look at the pictures and tell me what activities are: 1 4 2 watching fireworks decorating the house visiting relatives and friends going to the flower market 3 going to the pagoda 5 8 7 eating special Tet foodsmaking banh chung receiving “ lucky money” 6 Pre-teach Vocabulary 1. cầu nguyện pray /prei/ (v) 2. khẩu hiệu,băng rônbanner /’bænƏ(n)/ (n) 3. 4. sugared apple (n) táo tẩm đường thuộc về nghề nông grand /grænd/ (adj) 5. agrarian /Ə’greƏriƏn/(adj) to lớn,hoành tráng 6. sự nô nức, nhộn nhịpexcitement /ik’saitmƏnt/(n) Activity 2: very big 7. blossom /’blosƏm/ (n,v) hoa, n hoaở Activity 3: Checking vocabulary Complete the sentences, using the right forms of words in activity2 1. Tet marks the beginning of spring and, for . people, the start of a new year. 2. Lunar New Year is the .occasion in the year in Vietnam. 3. Streets are decorated with colored lights and red . 4. Mut, which is candied fruit such as…………………., plums and tomatoes, is popular, 5. I often go to the pagoda to .for a happy life for myself and my family. 6. A great of builds up well before Tet. agrarian grandest sugared apples pray excitement banners While-reading : Activity 1 (Task 2): Decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F) 1. Tet is on 20 th February on the Western calendar. 2. According to the text, for 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 at Tet. 5. Kumquat trees are popular both in North an in the South of Vietnam. 6. People try to be nice and polite to each other because they want to have good luck . always F F T F T F sometimes people anywhere agrarian people everyone children on New Year’s Dayduring the whole year [...]...Activity 2: (Task 3) – Answer the questions Lucky number! 1 2 5 Team A Team B 3 6 4 7 8 What is mut? It is candied fruit such as sugared apples, plums or tomatoes How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past? In the past it lasted for months What is banh chung made... traditional foods When is Tet holiday in Vietnam? It’s sometimes between 19th January and 20th February What do streets look like before Tet? They are decorated with coloured lights and red banners Post- reading: Rearrange these sentences to make a meaningful dialogue A What did you do to prepare for Tet ? B Hi! Oh, Yes I think it was my most interesting holiday I helped my family prepare for Tet C I cleaned . of the New Year. 3. To welcome / celebrate the New Year Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS A. READING Pre -reading: Activity 1: Look at the pictures and tell me what. visiting relatives and friends going to the flower market 3 going to the pagoda 5 8 7 eating special Tet foodsmaking banh chung receiving “ lucky money” 6 Pre-teach