Unit 13. Festivals

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Tuesday, March 15th 2011
Unit 13: FESTIVAL
Period 86: READ
Match the sentences with the pictures:
1- The patron saint of children ,a
fat jolly man who wore a red
suit and gave children presents
on Christmas Eve

2-The trees were decorated and
put in the common place.

3-They were stories put to music
and enjoyed by most people.

4-People send together by it.
A
B
C
D
1. Newwords:
Christmas Tree (n)
Christmas Eve (n)
decorate (v)
spread (v)
Christmas Card (n)
Christmas Carol (n)
perform (v)
Santa Claus (n)
patron saint (n)
jolly(a)

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: đêm Nô-en (24/12)
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: trải rộng,truyền bá
: thiếp mừng Nô-en
: thánh ca
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: thánh bảo hộ
: vui nhộn, vui vẻ
Tell the name of the pictures:

Christmas Card
Patron Saint
Santa Claus
Christmas Carol
Christmas Tree
decorate
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.
Match the sentences with the pictures:
1- The patron saint of children ,a
fat jolly man who wore a red
suit and gave children presents
on Christmas Eve

2-The trees were decorated and
put in the common place.

3-They were stories put to music
and enjoyed by most people.

4-People send together by it.
A
B
C
D
2. Complete the table:
The Christmas Tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas Card
England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
3. Answer the questions:
a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
-> The Christmas tree came to the USA more than
a century ago
b. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
-> Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings
to his friends
c. When were Christmas songs first performed?
-> Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago
d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?
-> An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote A Visit From Saint Nicholas
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?
-> Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in Professor Moore’s poem.
4. Discussion:

a, What do you often do at Christmas?
b, Do you like Christmas Day ?
*Homework:
- Learn by heart vocabulary
- Copy down exercises 1,2 / 126
- Prepare write / 126,127 ( vocabulary , questions on page 127 )
Thank you very much.
See you next time.
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