UNIT 6 HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS

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UNIT 6: HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS Members: • Nguyen Thi Quyet • Tra My • To Thi Thu Thuy • Nguyen Thi My Tien UNIT HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS 1/ Traditional seaside holidays Similarities: • Organized in the larger towns and cities • Most of seaside holidays are organized in the summer • The traditional seaside holidays soon became normal for families to spend a week or two every year at one of the seaside resort towns • They have some hotels where richer people stay, but most families stay at boarding houses.(nhà trọ) • On the beach, the children make sandcastles and buy ice-creams, so on Differences Britain Vietnam - The British upper class (các tầng - The Vietnamese upper lớp thượng lưu) started the fashion for seaside holidays in the late 18th - The food in local restaurants is cheap and conventional (thông thường) with emphasis (chú trọng) on fish and chips.(khoai tay chien) - Older adults often not bother to go swimming class started the fashion for seaside holidays in the late 19th -The food in local restaurants is cheap and conventional with emphasis on seafood - Older adults like swimming Differences Britain Vietnam Adults swim in the wooden huts ( túp lều - Adults swim on the beach gỗ) on or near the beach, known as “beach cabins”, “beach huts” or “bathing huts” - For the evening, when it is raining, there - For the evening, when it is raining, are amusement arcades (vườn giải trí), people go to dance halls, theatres; walking bingo halls (hội trường bingo), dance halls around the street, go to the club.… (vũ trường), discos (sàn nhảy), theatres; bowling alleys (hẻm bowling) - The unique British architectural structure - Today, VN attract most of people to is a platform extending out into the sea travel in some places such as: Ha Long (Cấu trúc độc đáo kiến trúc Anh là tảng Bay, Do Son beach, Hoi An beach, Nha mở rộng biển).The large resorts have Trang beach, Phu Quoc island, decorations, which light up at night The “Blackpoll illuminations" for example, are famous Britain Blackpoll illuminations Vietnam Ha Long Bay Nha Trang beach Modern holidays: * Similarities: Now, countries have a developing tourism (ngành du lịch) with a lot of attractive destinations (điểm hấp dẫn) for tourist - Most foreign holidays are packages(gói) holidays, in which transport and accommodation(chỗ ở) are booked(đặt) and paid for through a travel agent(đại lý du lịch) - The number of tourists takes holidays abroad more and more increasing - Modern holidays are often booked for a long time in advance - The traditional types of holiday have become less popular * Differences: Britain - An increasing number of people now go on working holidays - People like to take part in an archaeological dig (đào khảo cổ học) their holidays - The greatest cause of the decline(sự suy giảm ) of the traditional holiday is foreign tourism Vietnam - People spend their holidays for relax for a long time - On holiday weekend, they come from famous places such as Sa Pa, Ha Long Bay… -The greatest cause of the decline of the traditional holiday is environment pollution Britain - The essential types of Vietnam - There are features about modern holiday take features relaxation, finding culture, about adventure and history, eco-tourism discovery(cuộc phiêu lưu và (du lịch sinh thái) in modern khám phá) holiday - Kind of traditional holiday are - Kind of traditional holiday relaxing holiday and foreign are relaxing holiday holiday - Many types of holidays such - Many types of holidays as “ hiking (đi đường dài) in such as “ Vietnam culture and beach holiday”, “ the country and sleeping at diving(lặn) and mountain youth hostels(kí túc sv)”, “ murder(sát nhân) weekend”,… biking in Vietnam”, “ family - British travels for adventure holiday”,… or discovery - Vietnamese travel for relaxation Christmas and New Year Similarities: * Christmas: - Christmas is placed in the church on 25/12 - Most people usually prepare beforehand several weeks They have a lot of things to do, for example: they will buy food, drinks and decorations(the Christmas tree with lights, various colored decorations) They prepare presents and put under the Christmas tree - People organize a lot of activities: sending the gifts, cards, greetings, going to the church to pray, listening to the songs about Christmas - Other activities on Christmas Day may include the eating of Christmas dinner - Most households with children tell them that Father Christmas (Santa Claus) comes down the chimney (ống khói) on the night of Chirstmas Eve and Father Christmas gives children the gifts in the socks đôi tất > New year: - This is a traditional festival to welcome to New Year on 1/1 This is popular festival on over the world On this occasion, people have days off (ngày nghỉ) depend on every country Differences: Britain Vietnam Christmas - The Christmas starts on 25th December -This is traditional and important festival in Britain, all the people welcome to Christmas, they clean and decorate the house to welcome to Christmas Christmas -The Christmas is held in the evening on 24th December and it last to 25th December - Christmas is popular festival in Vietnam, especially Catholics People who is Catholics organize festival - Many people go to the - Many people go to the churches traditional celebration in Trafalgar Square ( where there is to pray and look at Zeshu was born an enormous Christmas tree which is annual gift from the people of Norway) - On Christmas Eve, carols (bài hát GS) are often sung by groups of singers walking from house to house, and children hang(treo) a stocking at the foot of their bed for Father Christmas (Santa Claus) to fill - Christmas is the time for families New Year - New Year is called “Hogmanay” It occurs in the days in the early January - Carols are sung in the church Hanging a stocking just exists in a minor part of family - Christmas is the time for friends New Year - TET or Lunar New Year is other name of New Year - Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the lunar January In fact celebration starts properly on 30th of lunar December which is New Year’s Eve -New Year is the time for friends -The song in New Year is Happy New Year -Everyone eagerly welcome the New Year with prays happiness, fun and good luck Eve is the happiest night, people play in public for the moment waiting for the countdown(đếm ngược) The balloon was dropping(thả) in the first minute started the New Year, fireworks are shot up (bắn) bright, all people toast (nâng cốc chúc) each other in fun - New Year is the time for families, relatives and friends -The song in New Year is Auld Lang Syne - It is a time for families to clean and decorate their home and make special food, buy new clothes, flowers… - Family members who live far try to be together at Tet They have a reunion meal.(một bữa ăn sum họp) - People often drinking a large -In New Year people eat amount of alcohol as they so traditional Chưng cakes -People often giving red envelopes to wish each other good luck - There are a lot of folk (dân gian) games and traditional festivals - They visit the graves of their ancestors.(ngôi mộ tổ tiên) OTHER NOTABLE ANNUAL OCCASIONS: Similarities:  Holidays and Occasions are the important parts of cultural life of people both Britain and Vietnam This is really a meaningful time for people to relax after a hardworking time and enjoy their country’s culture and customs  Besides traditional and modern holidays, it has lots of other notable annual occasions  There are similar occasions such as: Mother’s Day, April Fools’ Day, Halloween  The Valentine’s Day is an occasion for the lovers  The birthday party is most important for children and adults Differences: Britain Vietnam Halloween is a holiday annually celebrated on October 31 Some people hold Halloween parties on or around this date, where the hosts and guests often dress up as skeletons (xương), ghosts or other scary figures Common symbols of Halloween include: Pumpkins, bats and spiders Halloween is a holiday annually celebrated on October 31 People organize activities play in the makeup However it is not as common as in England which is mainly concentrated in the city Shrove Tuesday: Both meat and eggs was forbidden throughout the six week Traditionally viewed as a day of repentance ăn năn • March 10th lunar month is the anniversary of HungVuong • April 30 is the southern liberation and unification • July 27th is the day to commemorate martyrs, war invalids, people usually go to the cemetery to offer incense Britain • Remembrance Sunday: This is a famous occasion that is very difficult to ignore Celebrates as a famous event in British history – the gunpowder plot âm mưu Vietnam • September National Day of Vietnam is on the birth-day the Democratic Republic of Vietnam thuốc súng This day commemorated the dead of both World Wars and more recent conflicts (xung đột) On and before this day, money is collected in the street on behalf of charities(thay mặt các tổ chức từ thiện) for ex-service-men and woman • Birthday: This is a different day for everybody It most important for children They will be received presents from parents, relatives, friends They often have a party with Birthday cake and candles on their birthdays Birthday: In the past, Vietnam’s people not care too much about their birthday, however, this day now is gradually become an important day for each people They also have a party with Birthday cake and candles on their birthdays Britain Easter Monday In some areas "egg rolling" is still popular today People take the eggs to the top of a hill and roll (đỉnh đồi và cuộn) them down The first egg to get to the foot of that hill is the winner Vietnam