Reading
UNIT 8
CELEBRATIONS
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
I.VOCABULARY
Lunar New Year [`lu:nə nju jiə(r)] :
Tết âm lịch
candied fruit /’kændid fru:t/ (n)
Mứt
peach blossom /pi:t∫`blɔsəm/ (n.p):
hoa đào
apricot blossom [`æprikɔt `bl ɔsəm] (n.p)
hoa mai
kumquat tree [`kʌmkwɔt tri:] (n.p):

cây quất
lucky money /’lʌki ’mʌni/ (n)

Tiền lì xì
Agrarian person = Farmer (n)
người nông dân
I. Vocabulary
1. Lunar New Year [`lu:nə nju jiə(r)] :
Tết âm lịch
2. candied fruit /’kændid fru:t/ (n) :
Mứt
3. peach blossom /pi:t∫`blɔsəm/ (n.p):
hoa đào
4. apricot blossom [`æprikɔt `bl ɔsəm] (n.p) :
hoa mai
5. kumquat tree [`kʌmkwɔt tri:] (n.p):

cây quất
6. lucky money /’lʌki ’mʌni/ (n):

Tiền lì xì
7. Agrarian person = Farmer (n):
người nông dân
I. Vocabulary
1. Lunar New Year [`lu:nə nju jiə(r)] :
Tết âm lịch
2. candied fruit /’kændid fru:t/ (n) :
Mứt
3. peach blossom /pi:t∫`blɔsəm/ (n.p):
hoa đào
4. apricot blossom [`æprikɔt `bl ɔsəm] (n.p) :
hoa mai
5. kumquat tree [`kʌmkwɔt tri:] (n.p):

cây quất
6. lucky money /’lʌki ’mʌni/ (n):

Tiền lì xì
7. Agrarian person = Farmer (n):
người nông dân
1. grand
2. agrarian
3. banner
4. pray
5. sugared apples
6. excitement
a. cầu nguyện
b.mứt táo
c. sự nô nức, nhộn nhịp
d. to lớn hoành tráng
e. thuộc về nông nghiệp
f.biểu ngữ
II. Task 1. Work in pairs Find out the Vietnamese equivalent
for the following words
2. III.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
5
1.When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?
 It’s sometime between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar.
Line 2 – 3,paragraph 1
 They lasted for months in the past.
2.How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past?
Line 1,paragraph 2
3.What do streets look like
before Tet?
They are decorated with colored lights and red banners.
Line 3 – 4 , paragraph 2
 They often buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods.
4.What do people often do to prepare for Tet?
Line 4 – 5 , paragraph
It is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork.
5.What is banh chung made from?
Line 5 – 6,paragraph 3
 It is candied fruit such as sugared apples, plums or tomatoes.

6.What is mut ?
Line 6 – 7,paragraph 3
7/ What are some popular activities at Tet ?
-> Visiting friends and other family members,
exchanging wishes,going to the pagoda, playing games, etc
Last paragraph
Congratulation !
IV. Task 3
Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F):
1. Tet is always on 20th February on the Western calendar.
2. According to the text, for people anywhere in the world the beginning of spring is the start of a new year.
3. Tet used to be longer than it is nowadays.
4. According to the text, “lucky money” is given to everyone at Tet.
5. Kumquat trees are popular both in the North and in the South of Vietnam.
6. People try to be nice and polite to each other because they want to have good luck on New Year’s Day.
F
T
F
F
T
T
WEIRD NEW YEAR TRADITIONS
A strange and weird New Year tradition in Denmark is breaking the dishes at neighbor’s door. Strangely this makes them happy instead of annoying them. The family with the hugest tower of broken plates, glasses, cups and other crockery is considered to be the luckiest one because it means that they have lots of loyal friends.
WEIRD NEW YEAR TRADITIONS
Talca is a small town in Chile with a very strange, weird and freaky New Year custom. The people of Talca celebrate the new year with their dead relatives in the cemetery. People are welcomed in the cemetery with light classical music and dim blinking lights making the cemetery are perfect party place. They believe that their loved ones wait for them in the cemetery and they should start the new year with them. The tradition began in 1995, when a local family jumped the cemetery fence to spend New Year’s near their father’s grave. Now over 5,000 people have adopted this tradition.

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
HOMEWORK
PREPARE FOR THE NEXT LESSON