Unit 13. Festivals

LISTEN TO THE SONG AND TELL WHAT IT IS ABOUT
What symbols tell us about Christmas?
New words:
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas Carols (n)
Santa Claus (n)
Patron saint (n)
Decorate (V)
Cây thông Noel
Thiếp mừng Noel
Những bài hát thánh ca Giáng sinh
Ông già Noel
Thánh đỡ đầu
Trang trí
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas Carols (n)
Santa Claus (n)
Decorate (V)
Patron saint (n)
GRAMMAR

Ex:
a. Christmas songs were performed for people in towns and villages.
b. The poem was written by Clement Clarke Moore.
Structures:
S + was / were + P.P
1.Passive voice: The past simple tense
2.The causative sentences:
Ex: He had someone design a card
S + have / has + O + Bare inf
He is also known as father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick...He is kindly, round – bellied, marry...in a red suit trimmed with white fur, with a long white beard. On Christmas Eve, he rides in his flying sleigh lifted by reindeer from house to house to give presents to children.
A beautiful decorated evergreen tree with colored lights . It is known Christmas Symbol.
It has played an important part in winter celebrations for many countries
Whether to greet the advent of the festival season, or for wishing each other well in Christmas, the evergreen Christmas Carols like “We wish you a merry Christmas” or “Jingle bells”. They have never failed to enliven our spirits.
An English man had someone design it to send Christmas greetings to his friends. Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition.
The Christmas tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas card
England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
Answer the questions
1. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
2. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
3. When were Christmas songs first performed?
4. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?
5. What is Santa Claus based on?
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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?
He wanted to send
Christmas greeting to
his friends
When were Christmas songs first performed?
800 years ago
lucky number
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
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Mind map
Mind map
home work
Learn by heart the vocabulary
Redo the exercise
Prepare Write
Thank you all !