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

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Tet Holiday
Cooking Festival
Christmas
Easter
Halloween
Period 69. Getting started
1. Getting started: The festival project
* New words:
fascinating (adj):
amazing (adj):
religious (adj):
firework (n):
make a camp (v):
seasonal (adj):
superstitious (adj):
hấp dẫn
đáng ngạc nhiên
thuộc tôn giáo
pháo hoa
cắm trại
thuộc về mùa
mang tính mê tín
a. Answer the following questions:
1. No, she didn’t because she said “Oh really?” to show her surprise.
2. People light candles and display fireworks.
3. It’s La Tomatina.
4. Because to celebrate the festival people go to the desert, make a camp, and have a party.
5. They should write up reports and hand them in to the teacher.
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F. for one hour
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b. Tick (v) T (true) or F (false):

Nick chose the festival because he would like to see elephants racing.
The “Festival of Lights” is another name for
Diwali.
People throw tomatoes at each other for one day at La Tomatina.
Burning Man is held in the desert.
2. Write the festivals in the box under the pictures.
Then listen and repeat:
1. Water festival
2. Cannes Film Festival
3. Ghost Day
4. Tet
5. Rock in Rio
6. Christmas
7. Halloween
8. Easter
3. Match the festivals below with the reasons they are held:
Religious/ Superstitious:

Music /Arts:

Seasonal:
Religious:
Halloween, Ghost Day
Rock in Rio, Cannes Film
Festival
Tet, Water Festival
Christmas, Easter
4. Compare your answers with a partner:
Example:
A: I think Rock in Rio and the Cannes Film
Festival are music or arts festivals.
B: I agree.
A: Which do you think are seasonal festivals?
B: I think Christmas and Easter. How about you?
A: I think Halloween and Ghost day.
5. Can you add more festivals to the groups in 3? (At home)
- Learn by heart vocabulary and the content of the dialogue.
- Complete Ex5 into their notebook.
- Prepare: A closer look 1
homework