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ENGLISH 11 Unit 8 : CELEBRATIONS
Look at the pictures . What time of the year is it ?
Tet Holiday
Christmas
Teachers’ Day
Mid – Autumn Festival
Valetine’s Day
unit 8: Celebrations
Part A: Reading
Before you read:
Look at the pictures and answer the questions
1. What time of the year is it?
It’s the time of spring, the beginning time of the year in Vietnam
Before you read
2. What are the people in the picture doing?
They are celebrating a party on Tet holiday
Before you read
3. What else can you see in the pictures ?
I can see flowers, fruit, and some special food
Before you read
4. Which activities do you enjoy doing most at TET ?
I enjoy making Banh Chung, going to the flower market, going to the pagoda ......
making banhchung
eating special Tet foods
going to the pagoda
receiving “lucky money”
decorating the house
going to the flower market
watching fireworks
visiting relatives & friends
*. Look at the pictures and tell your partner which of these activities you
enjoy doing most at Tet ?
1.BEFORE YOU READ:
banh chung
Unit 8: Celebrations
Peach blossom
Altar
Apricot blossom
II. Before you read:
A: Reading
Lunar New Year
(n):
Tết Âm Lịch
[`lu:nə]
vocabulary
Agrarian /ә’greәriәn/(adj):
Liên quan đến nông nghiệp
Agrarian person :
(n)
: Farmer
vocabulary
Peach blossom [pi:t∫`bl ɔsəm] (n)
Hoa Đào
vocabulary
apricot blossom [`eiprikɔt `bl ɔsəm] (n)
Hoa Mai
vocabulary
kumquat tree [`kʌmkwɔt tri:] (n)
Cây Quất
candied fruit /’kændid fru:t/ (n)
Mứt
voabulary
lucky money (n)
Tiền Lì Xì
vocabulary
Fireworks
New words
Unit 8:

1. Before you read
CELEBRATIONS
vocabulary
* Lunar New Year
* Agrarian
* Peach blossom
* Apricot blossom
* Kumquat tree
* Candied fruit
* Lucky money
* Positive comments
* Banner
* To pray
[`kʌmkwɔt tri:]
[`lu:nə nju jiə(r)]
[ә’greәriәn] (adj)
[pi:t∫`blɔsəm]
[`eiprikɔt `blɔsəm]
[’kændid fru:t]
[’lʌki ’mʌni]
[`bænə] (n)
[prei] (v)
hoa đào
tết âm lịch
hoa mai
cây quất
mứt
tiền lì xì
[’pɔzətiv ’kɔments]
biểu ngữ
cầu nguyện
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Look at the text books, listen and keep an eye
SILENT READING
a. Task 1: Guess the meaning of the red and bold
words in the following sentences:

1. Tet holiday in Viet Nam is the grandest and most important occasion in the year.
2. For agrarian people, Tet marks the start of a new year.

3. Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners.

4. Many people go to the pagoda to pray for a happy year.

5. Mut, which is candied fruit such as sugared apples, plums or
tomatoes, is also popular.

6. A great deal of excitement still builds up well before Tet.
trọng đại
sự nô nức
thuộc về nghề nông
băng rôn, khẩu hiệu
cầu nguyện
mứt táo
2/ WHILE YOU READ:
Task 1:
Find what the following words mean in the text.
1. grand (a): ___________________
2. agrarian (a): _________________
3. banner (n):__________________
4. pray (v):________________
5.sugared apples :__________
6. excitement (n):_____________
to lớn, hoành tráng
thuộc về nông nghiệp
băng rôn, khẩu hiệu
cầu nguyện
mứt táo
sự nô nức, nhộn nhịp
Task 2: Mark true or false according to the text
Tet is always on 20th February on the Western calendar
For the beginning of spring is start of the year
Tet used to be longer than it is now
“Lucky money” is given to at Tet
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
F

F

T
F
T

F
(sometime between 19th January and 20thFebruary)
agrarian people in Vetnam
people anywhere in the world
children
everyone
during the whole year
on New Year’s Day
Task 3: Answer the following questions
1/ When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?
It’s sometime between 19th January and 20th February.
They used to be spread over months.
2/ How long did Tet’s preparations and celebrations
last in the past ?
They are decorated with colored lights and red banners.

3/ What do streets look like before Tet ?
They buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses
and cook traditional foods.

4/ What do people often do to prepare for Tet ?
It’s made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork
5/ What is banh chung made from ?
6/ What is mut ?
Mut is candied fruit such as sugared apples, plums or tomatoes.
Visiting friends and other family members,
exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda, playing games, etc.
7/ What are some popular activities at Tet?
After you read: Work in groups of 6, talking about your last Tet holiday
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
(Each group do each kind of activities.)
Whitewash the house
Eat pork paste
Clean the rooms
Visit grandparens
Go to the pagodas
Visit friends/ relatives
Eat banh chung
Cook frosen meat
Suggestion: Here are some activities that you might do last Tet. Select your activities, beginning with: Last Tet we ..... (Notice the tense of the verbs )
Go to market to buy food, flowers....
wrap Banh chung
Go to the churches
Eat salted onions
Play chess
Play on the swings
Clean the floor
............
Key
Went to market to buy food, flowers....
Wrapped Banh chung
Cooked frosen meat
Whitewashed the house
Cleaned the rooms
Cleaned the floor
Visited the grandparents
Visited relatives
Visited friends
Ate Banh chung
Ate pork paste
Ate salted onions
Played chess
Played on the swings
Went to the churches/ pagodas
Homework
Write a short passage (about 80 words) to talk about the activities you did last Tet. Use the following suggestion:
Last Tet holiday we did a lot of things. We went .. ............... to buy........ We helped our parents with .................. On the first day of Tet we went to visit our .........., and we went to.........to pray for our family a happy year. During Tet days, we ate traditional foods such as .............. We enjoyed the gatherings of the family dinner on the New Year’s Eve and meals on Tet days because it’s the oppotunity that ties our family relationship and makes us closer and closer. We also enjoyed playing some traditional games such as .............We should remain Tet and preserve it
Christmas and new year are coming soon. I wish you a new year with a lot of happiness, healthy and success. Thank you for attending
Welcome to our English class!


UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
LESSON 4 :READING
November 23rd 2010
Listen to the song then answer the questions
1. What is the title of this song?
2. When do the people often sing it?