UNIT 9: FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD
Lesson 1: Getting started

Trịnh Thị Mai Dung
Quang Trung secondary school

Unit 9 FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

A Tulip Festival

HOBBIES

Chatting
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What can you see in the picture?

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Can you guess the name of the festival?

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Have you ever heard of this festival? What do you know about it?

VOCABULARY

folk dance (n)
/ˈfəʊk ˌdɑːns/

điệu nhảy/múa dân gian

VOCABULARY

costume (n)
/ˈkɒs.tʃuːm/

trang phục

VOCABULARY

float (n)
/fləʊt/

xe diễu hành

VOCABULARY

parade (n)
/pəˈreɪd/

diễu hành

VOCABULARY

feast (n)
/fiːst/

bữa tiệc

VOCABULARY

fireworks display
(n)
/ˈfɑɪərˌwɜrks dɪˈspleɪ/

màn bắn pháo hoa

VOCABULARY
New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

folk dance

/ˈfəʊk ˌdɑːns/

điệu múa/ nhảy dân gian

costume

/ˈkɒs.tʃuːm/

trang phục

float

fləʊt/

xe diễu hành

parade

/pəˈreɪd/

diễu hành

feast

/fiːst/

bữa tiệc

fireworks display

ˈfɑɪərˌwɜrks dɪˈspleɪ/

màn bắn pháo hoa

PRACTICE
1 Listen and read.

PRACTICE

2

Read the conversation again. Who did the following activities? Tick (✓)
the correct column. Sometimes you need to tick both.

PRACTICE

2

Read the conversation again. Who did the following activities? Tick (✓)
the correct column. Sometimes you need to tick both.
Ms Hoa

1. went to the Tulip Festival in Australia
2. went to the Tulip Festival in the Netherlands
3. tried Dutch food and drinks
4. watched traditional Dutch dancing
5. saw tulip floats

Mark

✓
✓
✓
✓

✓
✓

PRACTICE

3

Write a word or phrase from the box under each picture.

PRACTICE

3

Write a word or phrase from the box under each picture.
costumes
folk dance

feast

float

fireworks display

parade

parade
1. ___________

costumes
2. ___________

feast
3. ___________

float
4. ___________

fireworks display
5. _________________

folk dance
6. ___________

PRACTICE

4

Fill in each blank with a word or phrase from 3. You may have to change the form of
the word or phrase.

PRACTICE

4

Fill in each blank with a word or phrase from 3. You may have to
change the form of the word or phrase.
folk dances at the Tulip Festival.
1. The dancers performed ___________
fireworks display
2. On New Year's Eve, we went to Hoan Kiem Lake to watch the ______________.
feast
3. For Tet, we usually prepare a ___________
with special food.
parades in several countries to welcome the new season.
4. People hold flower ___________
floats
costumes
5. The ___________
carried the dancers in special ___________.

PRODUCTION

5

What festival is it? Match each description with a festival.

1. At this festival, people eat moon cakes.
2. At this festival, people throw tomatoes.
3. People eat banh chung at this festival.
4. People decorate pine trees and give each other gifts.
5. People chase after a wheel of cheese.

1-e
2-a

a. La Tomatina
b. Cheese rolling

3-d

c. Christmas

4-c

d. Tet

5-b

e. Mid-Autumn Festival

CONSOLIDATION
WRAP-UP

Festivals around
the world

Topic of the unit

Vocabulary
Festivals

CONSOLIDATION
HOMEWORK
o Name at leat 3 festivals around the world
o Exercises in workbook