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What special foods you ate banh chung, candied fruit… What activities you enjoyed most receiving lucky money, going to the flower market…... Thank you for joining us.[r]

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NAME THESE PICTURES making banhchung eating special Tet foods decorating the house going to the flower market going to the pagoda watching fireworks receiving “lucky money” visiting relatives & friends unit 8: Celebrations Period 46 Lesson: reading Content I Vocabulary II Task 1: matching III Task 2: true/false IV Task 3: Answer the questions V Extra activities VI Homework Lunar New Year ['lu:nə] (n): Tết Âm Lịch agrarian people(n) = farmers: agrarian /ә’greәriәn/(adj): Liên quan đến nông nghiệp Peach blossom [pi:t∫'bl ɔsәm] (n) hoa đào apricot blossom ['eiprikɔt 'bl ɔsәm] (n) hoa mai kumquat tree ['kʌmkwɔt tri:] (n) Cây Quất candied fruit /’kændid fru:t/ (n) Mứt lucky money (n) tiền lì xì pray/prei/ (v): cầu nguyện comments /’kɔments/(n) : lời nhận xét Ex: We should make positive comments at Tet banner /'bænә / (n): băng rôn, biểu ngư excitement /ik’saitmənt/(n) : sự nô nức Ex: A great deal of excitement still builds up well before Tet Lunar new year Tết âm lich Agrarian Thuộc nông nghiệp Peach blossom Hoa đào Apricot blossom Hoa mai Kumquat tree Cây quất Candied fruit Mứt Lucky money Tiền lì xì Banner Băng rôn, biểu ngữ Pray Cầu nguyện Excitement Sự nô nức comment Lời nhận xét UNIT : CELEBRATIONS Listen to the text Read the text silently in minutes Task Match these words with their meanings Words Definitions grand Banner a To put hands together and wish for the God b the state of being excited Sugar apples c a long piece of cloth with a message on it Agrarian d Of large size or extent Pray e Agricultural Excitement f Apples covered with sugar Nguyen Thi Kim Ai Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true or false Tet is always on 20th February on the Western calendar  (sometime between 19th January and 20thFebruary) For the beginning of Vetnam people anywhere ininthe world spring isagrarian start of people the year  Tet used to be longer than it is now  “Lucky money” is given to at Tet  children everyone Kumquat trees are popular both in the North and the  South of Vietnam People try to be nice and polite to each other  because they want to have good luck on during Newthe Year’s whole Dayyear F F T F T F Task 3: Answer the following questions How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past? What people often to prepare for Tet? What streets look like before Tet? What are some popular activities at Tet? 1.How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past?  They lasted over months in the past 2.What people often to prepare for Tet?  They often buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods 3.What streets look like before Tet? They are decorated with coloured lights and red banners What are some popular activities at Tet?  (Some popular activities at Tet are) visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda, playing games, etc Noughts and crosses x x o o x x x o o When When is is Tet Tet holiday holiday in in Vietnam? Vietnam? AA S th th th th sometime between 19 January and 20 February S sometime between 19 January and 20 February BB th th th th always on 19 January or 20 February always on 19 January or 20 February CC th th th th sometimes on 18 January or 20 February sometimes on 18 January or 20 February How How long long did did Tet Tet preparations preparations and and celebrations last last in in the the past? past? celebrations AA about 22 months months about BB month 11 month CC over months months over What What do the the streets streets look look like like before before Tet Tet ?? They are are decorated decorated with with coloured coloured lights lights and and _ _ They AA flowers flowers BB banners banners CC trees trees What What is is banh banh chung chung made made from? from? It is is made made from……………… from………………   It AA rice, banana banana and and chicken chicken rice, BB sticky rice, rice, peanuts peanuts and and beef beef sticky CC sticky rice, rice, green green bean bean and and fatty fatty pork pork sticky Who Who receives receives lucky lucky money money inside inside red envelopes? envelopes? red AA everyone everyone BB children children CC adults adults Tet Tet marks marks the the beginning beginning of of spring spring and and the start start of of aa new new year year for…………… for…………… the AA all people people all BB agrarian people people agrarian CC doctors doctors The The kumquat kumquat tree tree is is popular……… popular……… AA in the the North North in BB in the the South South in CC throughout the the country country throughout What What is is Mut? Mut? AA sugar sugar BB candy candy CC candied fruit fruit candied On On the the days days of of Tet Tet everyone everyone tries tries to to be be nice and……… and……… to to each each other other nice AA rude rude BB beautiful beautiful CC polite polite (Work in groups ) Tell each other about your last Tet holiday How you prepared (cleaned the house , decorated the house …) Last Tet holiday Who you visited (relatives, teachers, friends… ) Last Tet holiday, we……… What special foods you ate (banh chung, candied fruit…) What activities you enjoyed most (receiving lucky money, going to the flower market… ) Homework * Prepare the next lesson Unit (speaking) Thank you for joining us ! Good bye Best wishes! chinese braised pork