Unit 13. Festivals

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Class 8G
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BULL – FIGHTING FESTIVAL
MID- FALL FESTIVAL
RICE – COOKING FESTIVAL
BOAT - RACING FESTIVAL
CHRISTMAS
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Listen to the song and find out
on which festival this song can be sung.
RICE – COOKING FESTIVAL
CHRISTMAS
BOAT - RACING FESTIVAL
MID- FALL FESTIVAL
RICE – COOKING FESTIVAL
? Which song is it?
It’s ”We wish you a merry Christmas” song.

Unit 13: Festival
Lesson 3 : Read
I. Vocabulary :
1. Christmas tree (n)
2. Christmas card (n)
3. Christmas Carols (n)
4. Santa Claus (n)
5. Patron saint (n)
6. Decorate (V)
Jingle bells
Dashing though the snow
In a one – horse open sleigh,
O’er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
………………
Eg : Jingle bells is a Christmas carol.
This room is decorated very beautiful.
Eg : My room is decorated very beautiful.
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas Carols (n)
Santa Claus (n)
Decorate (V)
Patron saint (n)
Guess 4 things about Christmas :
1. Christmas tree
2. Christmas card
3. Santa Claus
4. Christmas Carols
1. Christmas tree
2. Christmas card
3. Santa Claus
4. Christmas Carols
It has been said he was the patron saint of children, a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children present on Christmas Eve
The custom of decorating it and putting it in a common place, spread thoughout Europe to American.
They were stories put to music and enjoyed by most people. First the leaders of the Church did not like them but later they became popular.
An English man had someone design it to send Christmas greetings to his friends. Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition.
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The Christmas tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas card
England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
IV. Complete the table
LUCKY NUMBERS
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Filling the missing words in the song
Jingle Bells
Dashing though the snow
In a one – horse open sleigh,
O’er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
........... on bobtail ring,
Making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and .........,
A sleighing song ...........
Oh !Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
Jingle all the way!
.........., what fun it is to ride
In a one – horse open sleigh!
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Bells
sing
to night !
Oh
Let`s sing a song about
Christmas.
1.The Christmas tree came to the USA in ..
A. 1950s
B. 1970s
C. 1980s
2. An Englishman wanted to express his Christmas greetings by using a ......
A. card
C. present
B. picture
3. Christmas Carols were first performed about ... ago .
A. 800 years
C. along
B. 180 years
4. Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem :
A visit from Saint Nicholas , came from ...
A. England
C. Germany
B. America
5. Santa Claus is based on the .. of Saint Nichonas .
A. picture
C. drawing
B. description
home work
Write it up:
- Use the information in the grid to write the brief paragraphs.
Learn how to sing the “Jingle Bells” song.
- Prepare Unit 13 : Write
Thanks for your Listening !
lucky number
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
More than a century ago
Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
Because He wanted to
send Christmas greetings
to his friends
When were Christmas songs first performed?
800 years ago
I`m sorry, You`re un lucky!
Who wrote the poem A Visit from
Saint Nicholas?
What is Santa Claus based on?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem
I`m sorry, You`re un lucky!
I`m sorry, You`re un lucky!
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