Unit 13. Festivals

To class 8A
I am keen on pottery
I am interested in ancient cities
David
I like mountain- climbing
I am fond of crowded places
Oliver
Tom
Huckleberry
Robinson
Where should they go on their visits to Viet Nam?
I like swimming and sunbathing
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Lesson 80: Getting started
Listen and read
FESTIVALS
To yell
To urge
Welcome to Rice- cooking festival
Liz
Ba
True or False? Check (? ) the boxes. Then correct the false sentences
1) Two team members take part in the water - fetching contest.
2) One person has to collect four water bottles.
4) Pieces of wood are used to make the fire.
5) In the final contest, the team members taste the rice .
6) The grand prize is given to the team with the most points..
3) The fire is made without matches or lighters.
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Only one team member takes part in the water - fetching contest.
Two team members
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One person has to collect one water bottle.
wood
Pieces of bamboo are used to make the fire.
In the final contest, the judges taste the rice .
team members
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Liz: Thanks for inviting me to the rice- cooking festival,Ba.Can you explain what is happening?
Ba: Sure. There are three competitions: water- fetching, fire -making and rice - cooking.
Liz: Where does the water come from?
Ba: There`s a river about one kilometter away. One person from each team has to run to the
river. There are four bottles of water on the river bank and each runner must take a
bottle and return to the starting position.
Liz: That man seems upset. What did he just yell?
Ba: He urged his teammate to run faster.
Liz: What`s special about the fire - making contest?
Ba: The fire is made in the traditional way. Two team members try to make a fire by rubbing
pieces of bamboo together. The winners are the first ones to make a fire.
Liz: I`m interested in the rice - cooking contest, too.
Ba: Six people from each team participate in this event. They have to separate the rice from
the hush and then cook the rice.
Liz: How do they decide who wins the contest?
Ba: The judges try the finished products and the most delicious rice is the winner. Then all
the point are added and the grand prize is awarded
Liz: Is that what is happening now?
Ba: The council leader just said that he was pleased to award the prize to the Thon Trieu team.

* Listening
* Reading
Liz: Thanks for inviting me to the rice- cooking festival,Ba.Can you explain what is happening?
Ba: Sure. There are three competitions: water- fetching, fire -making and rice - cooking.
Liz: Where does the water come from?
Ba: There`s a river about one kilometter away. One person from each team has to run to the
river. There are four bottles of water on the river bank and each runner must take a
bottle and return to the starting position.
Liz: That man seems upset. What did he just yell?
Ba: He urged his teammate to run faster.
Liz: What`s special about the fire - making contest?
Ba: The fire is made in the traditional way. Two team members try to make a fire by rubbing
pieces of bamboo together. The winners are the first ones to make a fire.
Liz: I`m interested in the rice - cooking contest, too.
Ba: Six people from each team participate in this event. They have to separate the rice from
the hush and then cook the rice.
Liz: How do they decide who wins the contest?
Ba: The judges try the finished products and the most delicious rice is the winner. Then all
the point are added and the grand prize is awarded
Liz: Is that what is happening now?
Ba: The council leader just said that he was pleased to award the prize to the ThonTrieu team.

water- fetching, fire -making rice - cooking.
The council leader just said that he was pleased to award the prize to the ThonTrieu team.
The fire is made in the traditional way
* Questions
1. Who are talking?
3. How many competitions are there ? What are they?
2. Where are they?
4. What is awarded to the winners?
5. What did the council leader say in the end?
Water - fetching contest
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Group 1
Group 2
* Answer key
1. Liz and Ba are talking.
2. They are at the rice - cooking festival.
3.There are three competitions. They are water -fetching, fire-making and rice- cooking.
4. The grand prize is awarded to the winners.
5. He said he was pleased to award the prize to the Thon Trieu team.
"Last week, I watched a rice - cooking festival with Ba."
Retelling
- Learn new words by heart.
- Imagine you are Liz or Ba to retell how the rice - cooking festival was held.
- Do exercises 1 (77), 2 (P.78) VBT
Have a nice day
- Liz and Ba are talking.
Who are talking?
They are at the rice - cooking festival.
Where are they?
There are three competitions. They are water-fetching, five-making and rice- cooking,
How many competitions are there ? What are they?
- The grand prize is awarded to the winners.
What is awarded to the winners?
- He said he was pleased to award the prize to the Thon Trieu team.
What did the council leader say in the end?
Exercise 1 (P. 77): Make a compound word by choosing a word from column A and a word from column B
Sun- bathing
Exercise 2 (P. 78): Change these sentences into passive:
They painted their house yellow.
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b) They made VWs in Germany.
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c) Bell invented the telephone in 1876.
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d) The factory produces 10.000 cars each year.
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e) We bought this house last year.
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