WELCOME TO
OUR CLASS

WARM-UP: Number the pictures.
A

E

C

B

1.
1 Do Son Buffalo fighting Festival
2.
2 Le Mat Snake Festival

F

3.
3 boat race
4.
4 ao dai fashion show

G

D

5.
5 Elephant Race Festival
6.
6 Cow Racing Festival
77. human chess

New lessons
UNIT 4
LESSON 2: A CLOSER
LOOK 1

New lessons

UNIT 4
LESSON 2: A CLOSER
LOOK 1

VOCABULARY
- preserve /prɪˈzɜːv/ (v)

: bảo tồn, giữ gìn

- ritual /ˈrɪtʃuəl/ (n)

: nghi lễ

- commemorate /kəˈmeməreɪt/(v)

: tưởng niệm

- companion /kəmˈpæniən/(n)

: bạn đồng hành

- competition /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃn/(n)

: cuộc tranh tài

- politician /ˌpɒləˈtɪʃn/ (n)

: chính trị gia

- good fortune / ɡʊd ˈfɔːtʃuːn / (n)

: vận may, hồng phúc

1. Match the words to their meanings.
1. to preserve

a. a show

2. to worship

b. an act of special meaning
that you do in the same
way each time

3. a performance

c. to keep a tradition alive

4. a ritual

d. to remember and celebrate
something or someone

5. to commemorate

e. to show respect and love
for something or someone

2. Complete the sentences using the words in 1.

1.

The Giong Festival is held every year to
commemorateSaint Giong, our traditional hero.
_____________

2. At Huong Pagoda, we offer Buddha a tray of fruit to
worship him.
_________
preserve our
3. Thanks to technology, we can now __________
culture for future generations.
4. In most festivals in Viet Nam, the _______
ritual often
begins with an offering of incense.
performance is about the
5. The Le Mat Snake ____________
history of the village.

3. Match the nouns with each verb. A noun can go
with more than one verb.
a ceremony
an anniversary
a ritual

a show
a hero
a god

a celebration
good fortune
a reunion

1. WATCH ________________________________
2. HAVE __________________________________
3. WORSHIP ______________________________
4. PERFORM ______________________________

Pronunciation:
Stress in words ending in:
–ion and –ian

4. a. Look at the table below. What can you notice
about these words?
compe'tition
competition

commemo'ration
commemoration

proce'ssion
procession

preser'vation
ma'gician
preservation con'fusion
confusion magician
mu'sician
vege'tariancompanion
com'panion
musician vegetarian

4. b. Now listen and repeat the words.
compe'tition

commemo'ration

proce'ssion preser'vation
con'fusion ma'gician
mu'sician
com'panion

vege'tarian

5. Listen and stress the words below.
Pay attention to the endings.
1. proce'ssion
procession 5. poli'tician
politician
2. com'panion
companion 6. mu'sician
musician
3. pro'duction
production 7. his'torian
historian
4. compe'tition
competition 8. li'brarian
librarian

–ion

–ian

6. Read the following sentences and mark (') the stressed
syllable in the underlined words. Then listen and
repeat.
1. Elephants are good companions
of the people in
com'panions
Don Village.
2. The elephant races need the participation
partici'pationof
young riders.
3. The elephant races get the a'ttention
attention of the
crowds.
his'torians
4. Vietnamese historians
know a lot about festivals
in Viet Nam.
tra'ditionfor us to burn incense when we go
5. It's a tradition
to the pagoda.

- Learn the new words by heart.
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- Practice pronunciation “-ion”, “-ian” again.
- Do exercises A1, 2 in workbook (page 36).
- Prepare Unit 5: Closer look 2.