Unit 8: Celebrations
Part A: Reading
Teacher: Phan Thi Oanh
Listen to the song then answer the questions
1. What is the title of this song?
2. When do the people often sing it?
3. Look at the picture and guess the topic of the lesson.
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Unit 8: Celebrations
Part A: Reading



I. Before you read:


Task 1: Look at the pictures and tell the name of these activities in Tet holiday
eating special
foods
going to the pagoda
receiving
“lucky money”
decorating the house
going to the flower market
watching fireworks
visiting relatives & friends
making Chung Cake

CELEBRATIONS
- visiting relatives and friends
- watching fireworks
- going to the flower market
- decorating the house
- making banh chung
- eating special foods
- going to the pagoda
- receiving “lucky money”
Which of these activities do you enjoy most?
Ex: I like/ enjoy watching fireworks most.
Part A: Reading
II. While you read: Read the text about Tet in Vietnam
Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’ s main holiday. It is the grandest and most important occasion in the year which falls sometimes 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 the 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 throughout the country

Lunar New Year [`lu:nə nju jiə(r)] : Tết âm lịch
peach blossom /pi:t∫`blɔsəm/ (n.p):
hoa đào
Vocabulary
apricot blossom [`æprikɔt `bl ɔsəm] (n.p)
hoa mai
Vocabulary
kumquat tree [`kʌmkwɔt tri:] (n.p):

cây quất
Vocabulary
candied fruit /’kændid fru:t/ (n)
Mứt
vocabulary
lucky money /’lʌki ’mʌni/ (n)

Tiền lì xì
vocabulary
Vocabulary
green bean /gri:n bi:n/ (n.p) :
đậu xanh
CELEBRATIONS
vocabulary
* Lunar New Year
* Green bean
* Peach blossom
* Apricot blossom
* Kumquat tree
* Candied fruit
* Lucky money
[`kʌmkwɔt tri:]
[`lu:nə nju jiə(r)]
/gri:n bi:n/ đậu xanh
[pi:t∫`blɔsəm]
[`eiprikɔt `blɔsəm]
[’kændid fru:t]
[’lʌki ’mʌni]
hoa đào
tết âm lịch
hoa mai
cây quất
mứt
tiền lì xì
2. Task 2. (Page 92). Answer the following questions.
When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?
How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past?
What do streets look like before Tet?
What do people do to prepare for Tet?
What is banh chung made from?
What is mut?
What are some popular activities at Tet ?
LUCKY number
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1.When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?
 It’s sometime between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar.
Congratulation !
 They lasted for months in the past.
2.How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past?
3.What do streets look like
before Tet?
They are decorated with colored lights and red banners.
 They often buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods.
4.What do people often do to prepare for Tet?
It is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork.
5.What is banh chung made from?
 It is candied fruit such as sugared apples, plums or tomatoes.

6.What is mut ?
visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda.
7. What are some popular activities at Tet?
3. Task 3: Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank
On the days of Tet everyone tries to be nice and (1).............to each other. People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will (2)........ their luck during the whole year. Thus, only positive (3)............ should be made. People visit other family members or friends, and they exchange New Year’s wishes. Children receive their (4) “.........................” inside red envelopes. Many people go to the pagoda to (5)............for a happy year for themselves and their family. Both children and adults take part (6).......... games and various forms of entertainment. Tet is really a time of fun and festivals throughout the country

1/ a. polite b. impolite c. politeness d. politely
2/ a. be influenced b. influencing c. influence d. to influence
3/ a. comments b. ideas c. opinions d. thoughts
4/ a. cards b. lucky money c. gifts d. presents
5/ a. prayed b. to pray c. praying d. pray
6/ a. at b. with c. in d. for
a. polite
c. influence
a. comments
b. lucky money
d. pray
c. in
Period 43
Unit 8:







CELEBRATIONS

III. After you read
Part A: Reading
Tell others about your last Tet holiday.
1. how you prepared for Tet
2. how you decorated the house
3. who you visited
4. what special foods you ate
5. what activities you enjoyed doing most during Tet
suggestions
Go to market to buy food, flowers....
Wrap Chung cake
Cook Tet’s food
…
wash the house
Clean the rooms
Clean the floor
…
Visit the grandparents
Visit relatives
Visit friends
…
Eat banh chung
Eat pork paste
Eat salted onions
…
Play game
Go to the churches/ pagodas…
Homework
Write a short passage (about 80 words) to talk about the activities you did last Tet.
Christmas and new year are coming soon. I wish you a new year with a lot of happiness, healthy and success. Thank you for attending