During Shiite and Jewish New year’s Day, people mourn by beating chests or by fasting to show repentance.. Homework:[r]
(1)(2)Warm-up: What can you see
from the calendar page?
THÁNG 11 November
THÁNG MƯỜI 7
THỨ ba Tuesday
(3)THÁNG 11 November
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THỨ BA TUESDAY THÁNG MƯỜI
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Gregorian calendar ( Western calendar) / grə’gɔriən /
(4)UNIT 7:
(5)I.Pre-reading
1.Match the pictures with the appropriate celebrations
A B
C D
E
1 Vietnamese National Day
2 King Hung’s Death Aniversary Vietnamese New Year’s Day
5 Vietnamese Teacher’s Day Mid-Autumn Festival
(6)(7)Square glutinous rice cakes Cylindrical glutinous rice cakes
Red envelopes
(8)(9)Moon cake
Mid-Autumn Festival
(10)(11)Vietnamese Teachers‘ Day
(12)3.Vocabulary
(13)1 glutinous rice cake 2 wrestling
(14)* Match the words in A with their definitions in B
A B
1 To deem : 2 To haunt : 3 To mourn: 4 To fast:
5 Repentance:
a Express sorrow.
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.
(15)II While- reading
Task1:Fill the table with the information from the text:
NEW YEAR'S Celebrations around the world
Culture What? When? Activities
1 Western (European and
American)
New year - Ringing bells,
blowing horns, and exchanging wishes.
January 1st
(16)Culture What? When? Activities
2 Muharram
/mu:’hærəm/
1st month of
Islamic calendar
- Beating chests
Shiite /’ʃi: ait/
(17)Islamic Calendar
1.Muharram 2.Safar
3.Rabi' al-awwal 4.Rabi' al-thani
5.Jumada al-awwal 6.Jumada al-thani 7.Rajab
8.Sha'aban 9.Ramadan 10.Shawwal
(18)Culture What? When? Activities
3 Jewish - Fasting
and repenting
Rosh
Hashanah /ha’ ʃɔ:n ə/
( Tishri)
(19)(20)Culture What? When? Activities
4 Tet
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
(21)Task 2: Answer the following questions
1 How long has January 1st been New Year’s Day?
Since 1582
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?
(22)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
d Milk j Coke
e Wine k Lamb
(23)7 What are Tet Nguyen Dan’s traditional forms of entertainment mentioned in the text?
1 Soccer 6.Card playing
2 Dragon/unicorn dancing Lottery drawing
3 Dancing Swimming
4 Wrestling Concerts
(24)8 What is the key difference between Shiite and Jewish New Year observances and those of the other countries described in the text?
(25)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.
Happy New Year! Jingle Bells
(26)Homework:
- Learn the new words and make sentences
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