Unit 09. Festivals Around the World. Lesson 1. Getting started

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UNIT 9:FESTIVAL AROUND THE WORLD
GETTING STARTED
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Listen and read
Teacher: Which festival did you choose, Nick?
Nick: Actually, I chose a Vietnamese festival!
Teacher: Oh really ?Which one did you choose?
Nick: I chose the Elephant Race Festival in Dak Lak. I think elephants are fascinating
animals! It must be amazing to see them racing.
Teacher: OK, that’s interesting. How about you, Mai?
Mai: I chose Diwali. It’s an Indian festival.
Teacher: Why did you choose it?
Mai: Well, it’s called the ‘Festival of Lights’ and it’s a religious festival. I think candles are so
romantics, and I love fireworks. There are lots of both during Diwali.
Teacher: That’s a great choice. And you, Phong?
Phong: I chose La Tomatina. It’s held in Spain, in a small town called Bunol. It’s a season festival
to celebrate to tomato harvest.
Teacher: What do you like about it?
Phong: For one hour, people get to throw tomatoes at each other!
Teacher: Wow! That does unusual. Ok, finally, Mi.
Mi: I chose something a little different. It’s a music festival called Burning Man. It’s held
every year at the end of August. People go to the desert, make a camp, and have a
party!
Teacher: Wow, that’s a new one on me! Sounds fascinating. Ok, I’d like you to write up your
reports and hand them into me by …
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Write the festival in the box under the pictures. Then listen and repeat.
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Water Festival
Easter
Christmas
Tet
Cannes Films Festival
Halloween
Rock in Rio
Ghost Day
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Match the festivals below with the reasons they are held
Religious seasonal
Music/arts superstitious
Water Festival
Ghost Day
Rock in Rio
Halloween
Cannes Films Festival
Tet
Christmas
Easter
Compare your answers with a partner
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Example:
A: I think Rock in Rio and the Cannes
Film festival are music or arts festival.
B: I agree.
A: Which do you think are seasonal
festival?
B: I think Christmas and Easter. How
about you?
A: I think Halloween and Ghost Day.
Can you add any more festivals to the groups in
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