Friday, December 21st 2007
Unit 8: Celebrations
Reading
Thanks giving
celebration
Mid – Autumn festival
Giving and receiving
lucky money
Making banh chung
Eating special Tet foods
Going to the pagoda
Receiving “ lucky money”
Work in pairs
Which of these activities you enjoy
doing most at Tet
Decorating the house
Going to the flower market
Watching fireworks
Visiting relative and friends
Work in pairs
Which of these activities you enjoy doing most at Tet
Reading
Task 1: matching
Banner (N)
Agrarian (adj)
Pray (V)
Spread (V)
Grand (adj)
Excitement (N)
Positive comments
To be full of
a. To speak God, especially to
give thanks or ask for help
b. The state of feeling excited
c. Connected with farming and
the use of land for farming
A long piece of cloth with a
message on it to be hung
in a public place to show
support for smt
e. Impressive and large
Having or containing a large
number or amount of smt
g. Nice sayings
3
6
2
1
5
8
7
Task 2: True or false
and correct the false one
1. Tet is always on 20th February on the Western calendar
2. According to the text, for people any where 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 VN.
6. People try to be nice and polite to each other because they want
to have good luck on New Year`s Day.
1. F
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. T
6. T
( between19th and 20th February)
( just for agrarian people)
(tends to be given to children)
Task 3: answer the questions
1. It’s sometimes between 19th and 20th February
2. It used to be spread over months
3. They are decorated with colored lights
and red banners.
4. They buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses
and cook traditional foods.
Task 3: answer the questions
5. It is made from sticky rice, green beans
and fatty pork.
6. Mut is candied fruit
7. Visiting friends and others family members,
exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda,
playing games, .....
Work in groups
Tell each other about your last Tet holiday
. how you prepared for Tet.
. how you decorated your house.
. who you visited.
. what special foods you ate.
. what activities you enjoined
doing most during Tet.
Good bye!
see you again!