Unit 8
Celebrations
What celebration is it?
What time of the year is it?
What people usually do during this celebration?
Celebrations
Celebrations
Celebrations
Celebrations
Celebrations
Celebrations
Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam`s main holiday. It is the grandest and most important occasion in the year which falls sometime between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar. Tet marks the beginning of spring and, for agrarian people, the start of a new year.
Tet`s preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months, but nowadays the holiday is much shorter. A great deal of excitement still builds up well before Tet, however. Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners. Shops are full of goods. People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating their houses and cooking traditional foods.
Homes are often decorated with plants and flowers at this time. Peach blossom is traditional at Tet in the North while apricot blossom is traditional in the South. The kumquat tree with its ripe deep orange fruits is popular throughout the country. One of Tet`s most special foods is banh chung, which is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork. Mut, which is candied fruit such as sugared apples, plums or tomatoes, is also popular.
On the days of Tet everyone tries to be nice and polite to each other. People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will influence their luck during the whole year. Thus, only positive comments should be made. People visit other family members or friends, and they exchange New Year`s wishes. Children receive their `lucky money` inside red envelopes. Many people go to pagoda to pray for a happy year for themselves and their family. Both children and adults take part in games and various forms of entertainment. Tet is really a time of fun and festivals throughtout the country.
Work in pairs - 5 minutes
Tell each other about your last Tet holiday, focusing on the following main points:
1. How you prepared for Tet
2. How you decorated your house
3. Who you visited
4. What special foods you ate
5. What activities you enjoyed doing most during Tet
/kɪˈməʊnəʊ/
/lɒnˈdʒevəti/
longevity
Indefinite Pronoun
to refer to people or things without saying exactly who or what they are
PEOPLE
THINGS
SOMEONE
SOMEBODY
NO ONE
NOBODY
EVERYONE
EVERYBODY
ANYONE
ANYBODY
-THING
?
everyone/ hate/ homework
Everyone hates homework.
=> use a singular verb after an indefinite pronoun
Everybody enjoyed the concert. ...........stood up and clapped.
=> Use plural pronoun to refer back to indefinite pronoun.
nobody/ come/ yesterday
Nobody came yesterday.
=> DON`T use another negative in the clause with No-
They
I went to the Bakers’ house this morning but there was ................... home.
The fridge is empty. We need to buy ............. for dinner tonight.
I don’t want to talk to Stewart. I don’t have .............to say to him.
The shop is closed. ................... has gone home.
Isabelle is a really popular manager. ............... likes and respects her.
Hello? Is ....................... there?
I’ve had flu for the past three weeks and .............. seems to make it any better.
nobody/ no one
something
anything
Everyone/ Everybody
Everybody / Everyone
anybody / anyone
nothing
Everybody ........ saying that Nadal will win the match, but I`m not so sure.
If anybody has any questions, .................... very welcome to come and ask me.
Nobody in my family .............. meat.
Somebody stole my wallet yesterday. ............. took it from my desk.
Helena sent twenty job applications but ............ replied.
My home town is the same as it was twenty years ago; nothing ............. changed!
is
they are
eats
They
nobody
has
....................is going to her party, you know. She`s going to be so disappointed. Maybe we should go and cheer her up.
I don`t really want to drink ................. I`ve just had some coffee.
........................ really strange. It`s never so quiet around here.
It was really dark and I couldn`t see ...........

Nobody/ No one
anything
Something is
anything

Somebody told me about this book -
Nobody doesn’t like homework.
Nobody likes homework.
Does anybody here play chess?
Would you like something to drink?
Is there something wrong?
You can ask me anything. I don’t mind.
when you think you know the answer
it doesn’t matter
offers and requests
questions
affirmative
Someone forgot .............. umbrella.
It`s really quiet at night. Everything (shut).............. at around 10 o`clock.
Every letter and parcel (carefully/ check) .............................. before posting to make sure it has the correct address.
if anybody................(want) to leave early, they can.
As it`s your birthday you can order ......... you like from the menu.
their
shuts
is carefully checked
wants
anything
use one (singular) and ones (plural) to avoid unnecessary repetition.
1. How old are my children? The younger ....... is four and the older ......... is seven.
2. The new mobiles are much lighter than the old .......... .
3. I don`t mind what kind of car it is, I just want ....... that gets me there.
4. Which do you prefer; this ............... or that ....... ?
5. I need some new glasses. The ........ I have at the moment are broken.
6. I hope this holiday will be .......... to remember.
one
one
ones
one
one
one
ones
one
Somebody/ Someone
anybody/ anyone
You get it!
Nnnnnooooohhhhhhhh!
Nobody/ No one
Nothing.
Maybe somebody`s left a message on my mobile phone.
Perhaps the dog ate it.