Unit 9 FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

HOBBIES

WARM-UP
- What can you see in the picture?
- Can you guess the name of the festival?
- Have you ever heard of this festival? What do you know about it?

VOCABULARY
Cozy (a) - Cosy  /ˈkəʊzi/ ấm cúng, ấm áp
folk / fəʊk /
dân gian, dân tộc
folk dance (n)
/ˈfəʊk dɑːns/ điệu nhảy/ điệu múa dân gian
costume (n) /ˈkɒstjuːm/
trang phục
float (n)
xe diễu hành
/fləʊt/
parade (n) /pəˈreɪd/
diễu hành
feast (n) /fiːst/
bữa tiệc
fireworks display (n) /ˈfɑɪəwɜ:rks dɪˈspleɪ/
màn bắn pháo hoa
Tulip /ˈtjuː.lɪp/ :
hoa tulip ( hoa uất kim hương)
Festival (n) /ˈfes.tɪ.vəl/ US /ˈfes.tə.vəl/ Lễ hội
take photos
chụp ảnh
Dutch (n)  /dʌtʃ/ Tiếng Hà Lan, người Hà Lan; Dutch (a)  /dʌtʃ/
Netherlands (n)  /ˈneð.ə.ləndz/ Hà Lan

thuộc Hà Lan

Mark and Trang: Good afternoon Ms. Hoa
Ms.Hoa: Oh, hi. Come in.
Trang: Wow. This is a nice cozy room, Ms.Hoa. I like the photos on the wall. I
can see you among all those tulips. Where did you take the photos?
Ms.Hoa: I took them at the Tulip Festival in Australia last September.
Mark: Really? I went to a tulip festival two years ago but it was in Netherlands.
It was the Dutch Tulip Festival.
Trang: What did you do at the festival?
Ms.Hoa: I watched Dutch folk dances. The dancers wore traditional costumes. I
also got a chance to try some delicious Dutch food and drinks. I also saw beautiful
tulip floats at a parade.
Trang: Do they hold the festival every year in Australia?
Ms.Hoa: Yes, they do.

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.

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.

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 ___________.

PRACTICE

5

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

1. At this festival, people eat moon cakes.

1. e

a. La Tomatina

2. At this festival, people throw tomatoes.

2. a

b. Cheese rolling

3. People eat banh chung at this festival.

3. d

c. Christmas

4. People decorate pine trees and give each other gifts.

4. c

d. Tet

5. People chase after a wheel of cheese.

5. b

e. Mid-Autumn Festival

CONSOLIDATION

2

HOMEWORK

o Name at leat 3 festivals around the world.
o Do exercises in workbook.
o Prepare for the Unit's project.

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