Unit 13. Festivals

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Unit 13: Festivals
Lesson 3: Read
Thursday, March 28th, 2013
1. Vocabulary
Custom (n)
Spread (v)
Design (v)
Perform(v)
Patron saint (n)
Description (n)
Phong tục, tục lệ
Lan truyền, truyền bá
Thiết kế, vẽ kiểu
Biểu diễn, trình diễn
Thánh đỡ đầu
Diện mạo, hình dáng
carol (n) = song
Bài hát
Christmas tree
Christmas card
Christmas Carols
Santa Claus

Christmas
specials
The Christmas Tree
One Christmas Eve in the early 1500s , some people decorated a tree and put it
in the market place in the Latvian city of Riga .This custom spread throughout Europe, and finally to America in the 1800s

The Christmas Card
In the mid-nineteenth century , an Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends , so he had someone design a card. Forty years later , cards were a part of the Christmas tradition


Christmas Carols
Eight hundred years ago , Christmas
songs were performed for people in towns
and villages.
These songs were
Stories put to music
And most people
enjoyed them. The leaders
of the Church , however,
did not. They said
the songs were unsuitable,
but about 180 years ago, the songs became popular again.
Santa Claus
In 1823 , the patron saint of children , Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called “A Visit From Saint Nicholas”. The character
in the poem was a fat jolly man
who wore a red suit
and gave children
presents on Christmas Eve, The poem , which was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA. Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
The Christmas
Tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas
Card
England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
3. Complete the Table
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. Answer the questions:
5. What is Santa Claus based on ?
4. Who wrote the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas?
LUCKY NUMBERS
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B
lucky number
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?


The Christmas tree
came to the USA in the
1800s
Lucky Number
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?
Christmas
songs were
first performed
800 years ago
Who wrote the poem A Visit from
Saint Nicholas?
Clement Clarke Moore,
an American
professor,
wrote this poem
lucky number
lucky number
What is Santa Claus based on?
Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the poem
More than a century ago
Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends
On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem
800 years ago.
An American professor Clement Clarke Moore
a.How long ago did the Christmas Tree
come to USA?
b.Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
c.When were Christmas songs first performed?
d.Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?
e. What is Santa Claus based on?

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