Unit 8. Celebrations - Reading

CELEBRATIONS – HOLIDAYS
FESTIVALS
UNIT 8 – CELEBRATIONS – WRITING
Describing of a celebration

At the end the lesson, we will pay attention to some following main points
1. Names some popular festival in Viet Nam and in the world.
( about 10 celebrations )
1.____ 6. ____
2.____ 7. _____
3.____ 8. _____
4. ____ 9. ______
5._____ 10.______
2. An outline for describing of a celebration (5 parts)
1._______ 4.________
2. _______ 5. _________
3. _______
3. Useful language
1. _____________________
2. ______________
3.______________
4._____________
5. _____________
6.__________________
7.________________
8. ________________
9._________________
10._________________
C. Mid - Autumn Festival
D. Teachers’ Day
J. Fathers’ Day
H. Thanks Giving
B. Christmas
G. Hung King Festival
F. Tet Holiday
A. Valentine
E. Women’s Day
I. Halloween
Look at the pictures and answer the questions
1. What are the people in the pictures doing?
2. What time of the year is it?
1. What are the people in the pictures doing?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
F. Decorating the house
A. Watching fireworks - New year’s Eve
D. Receiving “lucky money”
C. Going to the flower market
E. Making Square Glutinous rice cake
B. Receiving parallel from the Master
H. The Kitchen god
G. Worshipping of Uncle HO
Match the phrase with the correct picture
1. What are the people in the pictures doing?
1. What are the people in the pictures doing?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
H. The Kitchen god
G. Worshipping of
Uncle HO
F. Decorating
the house
E. Making Square
Glutinous rice cake
C. Going to the
flower market
B. Receiving parallel
from the Master
A. Watching fireworks

D. Receiving
“lucky money”
2. What time of the year is it?
Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main holiday.
3. What is Tet?
Tet holiday is the time when Vietnamese people celebrate the beginning of spring. It’s also the start of the lunar new year and an occasion for a family reunion.
2020
Mỗi năm, Tết Nguyên Đán (hay còn gọi là Tết Âm Lịch) sẽ rơi vào một ngày Dương Lịch khác nhau. Theo đó, dịp Tết Nguyên Đán năm 2020 này sẽ rơi vào
 ngày 25 – 01 – 2020 Dương Lịch.
4. When was Tet holiday in Vietnam? (in 2020)
A. It falls sometime on 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar
B. Sometime on 19th January on the Western calendar
C. It falls sometime between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar
D. A and C
2021
Tết Nguyên Đán 2021 (tết Âm lịch, tết cổ truyền dân tộc 2021) diễn ra nhằm thứ sáu ngày 01 – 01 – 2021 Âm lịch
 ngày 12 – 02 – 2021 Dương lịch.
2019
Tết Nguyên Đán 2019 (tết Âm lịch, tết cổ truyền dân tộc 2019) diễn ra nhằm thứ ba ngày 01 – 01 – 2019 Âm lịch
 ngày 15 – 02 – 2019 Dương lịch.
Decorating
the house
Watching fireworks
Receiving
“lucky money”
Going to the
flower market
Making Square
Glutinous rice cake
Which activities do you enjoy doing most at Tet ?
Receiving parallel from
the Master
The Kitchen god
New year’s Eve
Worshipping of
Uncle HO
What do children receive on the days of Tet?
They receive their “lucky money” inside red envelopes.
LUCKY MONEY – LI XI - TIEN MUNG TUOI
What is it?
LUCKY MONEY

– LI XI

- TIEN MUNG TUOI
What is it?
“Li xi” tradition has been preserved until today. A red envelope with some new notes carries Vietnamese’ hope for children to “eat more, grow rapidly” and to study well.
Question: “Lucky money” is given to everyone on New Year’s Day.
A. True
B. False
F (“Lucky money “ is given to children)
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS Reading
2. Apricot blossom (n)
 It is traditional flower in the South
3. Kumquat tree (n)
It is popular throughout the country
(in every part of……)
Peach blossom (n)
It is traditional flower in the North
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS - READING
Vocabulary
2. Apricot blossom (n)
South
3. Kumquat tree (n)
It is popular throughout the country (in every part of……) (both North + South)
Peach blossom (n)
North
Kumquat trees are popular both in the North and in the South of Vietnam.
A. True
B. False
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS - READING
Sugar apples
Tomatoes
Coconut
Candies B. Fruits are candied
C. Foods are salted D. Sugar
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What is Mut (Fruits jam)?
Candied ginger
3._____________
2._____________
1._____________
4._____________
For agrarian people, Tet marks the start of
a new year.
Agrarian people, who live by faming, depend on the lunar calendar to manage their crops.
Agrarian people = farmer = cultivator = peasant (n): someone who owns or looks after a farm
MATCHING
1. Lunar New Year
2. Agrarian people
3. Agrarian (adj)
4. Peach blossom
5. Apricot blossom
6. Kumquat tree
7. Candied fruit
8. Lucky money
Tiền Lì Xì
Mứt
Cây Quất
Hoa Mai
Hoa Đào
Tết Âm Lịch
Người nông dân
Thuộc về nông nghiệp
Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or
false (F). Correct the false information
2. According to the text, for people anywhere in the world, the beginning of spring is the start of a new year.

agrarian people
F
T
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS - READING
Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or
false (F). Correct the false information
3. Tet used to be longer than it is nowadays.

T
F
How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past?
last = spread (v): to continue to happen or exist
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS - READING
Over months
much shorter
Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or
false (F). Correct the false information
6. People try to be nice and polite to each other because they want to have good luck on New Year’s Day.

during the whole year
T
F
F
F
F
T
F
sometime between
19th Jan & 25th Feb.
agrarian people

children
during the whole year
longer
F
Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
 Correct the false information
3. What do the streets look like before Tet?
4. What do people often do to prepare for Tet?
7. What are some popular activities at Tet?
5. What is Banh Chung made from?
Task 3: Answer the questions
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS - READING
Traditional foods
Special foods
On special occasion
Meat pork in
coconut juice with eggs
Onion pickles
Port stuffed bitter melon soup
Have you ever eaten that cake at Tet holiday?
Have you ever taken part in making or cooking that cake at Tet holiday?
What is Cylindrical glutinous rice
cake (Banh tet) made from?

1. ……………..

2. …………….

3……………..

4. ……………

5. …………….

6. …………….
banana leaves
sticky rice
green beans (n)
Cylindric glutinous rice cake
dried coconut
fatty pork (n)
banana
banana leaves
sticky rice
green beans (n)
Cylindric glutinous rice cake
dried coconut
What is Banh Chung (Square cake) made from?
Green beans and fatty pork
Sticky
Sugared apples
Green beans, fatty pork and sticky rice
fatty pork (n)
banana
- Decorate … with (v): trang trí
Decoration (n): sự trang trí
Streets are _____with_______and__________at Tet holiday

What do the street look like before Tet?
Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners at Tet holiday.
colored lights: đèn màu
red banners; biểu ngử, khẩu hiệu
1. Going to the flower market
2. Playing traditional games
3. Exchanging New year’s wishes
4. Cooking traditional foods
5. Giving or receiving “lucky money”
6. Returning to hometown
7. Visiting relatives and friends
8. Buying foods and gifts…
9. Cleaning up the house
10. Going to the churches/ pagodas
11. Decorating the house
12. Enjoying special Tet foods
Put the following phrase in the correct column A or B
1. Going to the flower market
4. Cooking traditional foods.
6. Returning to hometown
8. Buying foods and gifts…
9. Cleaning up the house
11. Decorating the house
2. Playing traditional games
3. Exchanging New year’s wishes
5. Giving or receiving “lucky money”
7. Visiting relatives and friends
10. Going to the churches/ pagodas…
12. Enjoying special Tet foods.
A. big, huge, great
1. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Royal wedding was the grandest occasion in the United Kingdom.
Checking vocabulary
Choose the closest meaning of the underlined words
B. big, huge, smallest
D. tidy, huge, great
C. tidy, huge, less great
A. The state of being bored
2. If you walk on the street before Tet, you’ll find great excitement everywhere.
B. The state of being overjoyed
C. The state of being stressed
D. The state of being tired
excitement (n)
to speak to God, especially to
give thanks or ask for help
3. Many people go to the pagoda to pray for good luck for themselves and their family.
May I get 2.0 marks in the Speaking English exam.
B. to say something to somebody
C. to ask someone for something
D. to talk to someone about something
To pray for (v)
1. Grand
A. Sự nhộn nhịp, sự mong chờ
3. Banner
2. To pray for
4. Family reunion
5. Spring festivals
6. Excitement
B. Biểu ngữ
C. Lể hội mùa xuân
D. To lớn, hoành tráng
E. Cầu nguyện
F. Gia đình sum họp
Match the words or phrases with their meaning.
1. D
2. E
3. B
4. F
6. A
5. C
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS - READING
IN SUMMARY
At the end of the lesson……………………
Some activities to prepare for Tet

2. Some popular activities during the days of Tet

3. Traditional foods

4. Vietnamese’ customs

5. Trees - flowers - Fruits

*Home work:
Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main _(n)___(1) It is the grandest and most _(adj)___(2)___ occasion in the year which falls sometime between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar.
On the days of Tet, everyone tries to be nice and _(adj)___(3) to each other. People believe that what they do _(prep)___(4) the first day of the year will influence their luck during the whole year. Thus, only positive comments should be _
(V - 3/ed)____(5)____.
1. A. day B. excursion C. holiday D. vacation
2. A. big B. important C. boring D. importance
3. A. impolite B. rude C. polite D. please
4. A. on B. at C. for D. of
5. A. done B. taken C. had D. made
Homework: Choose the correct answers
3. Trees and flowers
Pickled onion
Port stuffed bitter melon soup
Good luck
Prosperity
Marigold
Exchanging New year’s wishes
Kumquat trees
Peach blossom
Healthy
Happiness
Apricot blossom
Water melon
Making - Cooking Square glutinous rice cake
Meat pork in coconut juice with eggs
Pawpaw
Dragon fruit
17. Decorating the house with traditional flowers
18. Returning to hometown
19. Mango
20. Giving “lucky money” to children







2. Traditional foods
1. New year’s wishes
4. Fruits
5. Vietnamese` custom
Put the word or phrases with the group:
TET HOLIDAYS
IN VIETNAM
1. New year’s
wishes
2. Traditional
foods
3. Trees and flowers
4. Fruits
5. Vietnamese’ customs
Put the word or phrases with the group:
1. New year’s
wishes
Put the word or phrases with the group:
2. Traditional
foods
Put the word or phrases with the group:
3. Trees and flowers
Put the word or phrases with the group:
4. Fruits
Put the word or phrases with the group:
5. Vietnamese’ customs
Put the word or phrases with the group:
1. New year’s
wishes
Put the word or phrases with the group:
- Good luck: Điều tốt lành
- Healthy: mạnh khỏe
- Happiness: hạnh phúc
- Prosperity: thịnh vượng
2. Traditional
foods
Put the word or phrases with the group:
Pickled onion
Dưa hành
- Port stuffed bitter melon soup
Canh khổ qua hầm thịt
- Making - Cooking
Square glutinous rice cake
Gói Bánh chưng -
Nấu Bánh chưng
- Meat pork in coconut
juice with eggs
Thịt Heo kho trứng nước dừa
3. Trees and flowers
Put the word or phrases with the group:
Kumquat trees
Cây Quất
- Peach blossom
Hoa Đào
Marigold
Hoa Vạn Thọ
- Apricot blossom
Hoa Mai
4. Fruits
Put the word or phrases with the group:
- Water melon
Quả Dưa Hấu
Pawpaw:
Qủa Đu Đủ
Dragon fruit
Quả Thanh Long
- Mango
Qủa Xoài
5. Vietnamese’ customs
Put the word or phrases with the group:
- Exchanging
New year’s wishes:
chúc mừng
- Returning to
hometown:
về quê ăn tết
Giving “lucky money”
to children:
Tiền mừng tuổi
- Decorating the house with
traditional flowers
Trang trí nhà bằng loài hoa
truyền thống
Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main _(n)___(1) It is the grandest and most _(adj)___(2)___ occasion in the year which falls sometime between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar.
On the days of Tet, everyone tries to be nice and _(adj)___(3) to each other. People believe that what they do _(prep)___(4) the first day of the year will influence their luck during the whole year. Thus, only positive comments should be _
(V - 3/ed)____(5)____.
1. A. day B. excursion C. holiday D. vacation
2. A. big B. important C. boring D. importance
3. A. impolite B. rude C. polite D. please
4. A. on B. at C. for D. of
5. A. done B. taken C. had D. made
Homework: Choose the correct answers

Talk about your last Tet holidays.
1. How did you prepare for Tet holiday?
2. How did you decorate your house?
3. Who did you visit?
4. What special foods did you enjoy?
5. What activities did you enjoy doing most during Tet
Last Tet, I……………………………………
Past simple
HOMEWORK
THANK YOU
GOOD BYE