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What is this video clip about?

What is this video clip about?
=> It is about Tet.
What do you know about Tet in
Japan?
=> Our lesson today helps us answer
this question.

Lesson 3. C. Listening

Unit 8: Celebrations - Part C: Listening
I. Before you listen:
Which of the following activities the Japanese often
do on their New Year's Day

Exchanging gifts and cards

Unit 8: Celebrations - Part C: Listening
I. Before you listen:
Which of the following activities the Japanese often
do on their New Year's Day

Decorating the house with peach flowers.

Unit 8: Celebrations - Part C: Listening
I. Before you listen:
Which of the following activities the Japanese often do on their New
Year's Day

Wearing kimonos or special dress

Unit 8: Celebrations - Part C: Listening
I. Before you listen:
Which of the following activities the Japanese often
do on their New Year's Day

giving/receiving lucky money

Unit 8: Celebrations - Part C: Listening
I. Before you listen:
Which of the following activities the Japanese often
do on their New Year's Day

Going to the pagoda

Unit 8: Celebrations - Part C: Listening
I. Before you listen:
Which of the following activities the Japanese often
do on their New Year's Day

Visiting friends

Which activities do you think the Japanese
also do at the New Year?

Listen and repeat

1. similarities /simə'lærəti](n): Sự tương tự, sự giống nhau
chiếc áo kimono
2. kimono [ki'mounou](n)
các bà nội trợ
3. housewives ['hauswaif](n)
đền thờ, miếu thờ
4. shrine [∫riηk](n)
long life = tuổi thọ
5. longevity [lɔn'dʒeviti](n)
cây thông
6. Pine trees /pain tri:/ (n)
7. Constancy ['kɔnstənsi](n) sự bền lòng, k thay đổi, trường tồn
biểu trưng cho/ tượng trưng cho)
8. represent [,repri'zent](v)

Task 1: Listen and tick (√) the things you hear
1. They put on special clothes. √
2. Everyone cleans the house. √
3. Belts ring 108 times. √
4. Housewives prepare special foods. √
5. They decorate their houses with kumquat trees
Small pine tree
6. They go to a shrine √
7. They give each other “lucky money”
8. They drink rice wine √ 10. They watch television √
9. They play cards
11. They eat a special meal √

Unit 8: Celebrations - Part C: Listening

Task 2: Answer the following questions:
1. Why do Japanese do a big clean up before the
New Year comes?
2. Where do the Japanese hear the bells from?
3. What do the Japanese often wear when they go
to visit their shrines?
4. Do the Japanese often celebrate the New Year
with their friends?

Task 2: Answer the following questions
1.Why do Japanese do a big clean up before the New Year
comes? Because they want to get rid of the dirt of
the old year and welcome the new year
2.Where do the Japanese hear the bells from?
From television or radio
3.What do the Japanese often wear when they go to visit
their shrines? Special kimonos or dress
4. Do the Japanese often celebrate the New Year with their
friends? No, New Year's Day is mostly
celebrated among family only

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III. After you listen:
Work in pairs: Compare the following aspects of the Vietnamese New
Year with those of the Japanese one.

Activities
Preparations
Foods and
clothes

Japan
begin a few days before the
New Year

begin many days before
the New Year

cook special food, special
kimonos, or dress

traditional foods, dress,
ao dai, suits, no kimonos

clean up, pine trees, watch
Activities on
New Year's Eve the national singing contest
on TV,

Pp to celebrate
with

Vietnam

...is celebrated among family
only

clean up, peach/apricot
flowers, watch TV
...is celebrated with
every family / relatives

1. Learn by heart all new words and write down the
above content.
2. Prepare part D: Writing