WARM-UP

Call the names of these following celebrations.

Christmas

Valentine’s day

Tet Holiday

Lunar New Year

Halloween

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

Reading

1.What time of the year is it? It is spring and should be Tet holiday.

2. What are the people in the picture doing? In this family, grandmother is giving her niece and nephew some lucky money.

3. What else do you see in the picture? In the picture, we can also see many fruits, mut and flowers…

Questions:

1.What do you like best in Tet holiday?

2.What do you often do in Tet?

VOCABULARY

Lunar New Year

Agrarian

Banner

Apricot blossom Peach blossom

Kumquat tree

Candied fruit (n)

Pray

Look at the pictures and work in pairs, telling each other which activities people often do during Tet Holidays.

A.Making Banh Chung

B. Cleaning the house

C. Eating special Tet foods

D. Going to flower markets

E. Going to the pagoda

F. Watching fireworks

G. Receiving “lucky money”

H. Visiting relatives and friends

Activities Before Tet

New Year’s Eve

During Tet

1 Making Banh Chung

2 Decorating the house

3 Eating special Tet foods

4 Going to the flower market

5 Going to the pagoda

6 Watching fireworks

7 Receiving “lucky money”

8 Visiting relatives and friends

Reading

Task 1:

Find what the following words mean in the text. Match the words with their definitions

Words Definitions

1. grand a. To put hands together and wish for the god.

2. Banner b. Enjoyment

3. Sugar apples

c. A kind of flag attach to a spear or piece by crosspiece

4. Agrarian d. Of large size or extent

5. Pray e. Agricultural

6. Excitement f. Sweet apples

Task 2: True or False

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 nowadays.

4. According to the text, “lucky money” is given to every one in the south of Vietnam.

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. T

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1/ When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?

It’s sometime between 19th January and 20th February.

They used to be spread over months.

2/ How long did Tet’s preparations and celebrations last in the past ?

They are decorated with colored lights and red banners.

3/ What do streets look like before Tet ?

They buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods.

4/ What do people often do to prepare for Tet ?

It’s made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork

5/ What is banh chung made from ?

6/ What is mut ?

Mut is candied fruit such as sugared apples, plums or tomatoes.

Lucky Number

Visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda,

playing games, etc.

7/ What are some popular activities at Tet?

Work in groups. Tell each other about your last Tet holiday, focusing on the following main points:

Wh- questionsGroups’ members

A B C D

Do you prepare for tet?

How do you decorated your house?

Who do you visit?

What special foods you ate?

What activities you enjoyed doing most

during tet?

Thank you!