Unit 13. Festivals

ANH SON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Dinh Son Lower Secondary School
March 17 th ,2010
Welcome to our English Lesson in class 8
GV:Nguyen Thi Thuy
UNIT13: FESTIVALS
LESSON 3: READ
(P. 124- 126)
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what celebration is it?
Christmas
VOCABULARY
- Spread (v): lan truyền
- Christmas carol (n): bài hát giáng sinh
- Christmas claus (n): ông già nô en
- patron saint (n): thánh báo hộ
- Jolly (a): vui nhộn
- Decorate (v): trang trí/ trang hoàng
MATCHING




It has been said he was a patron saint of children, a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas eve.
2. The custom of decorating it and putting it in a common place, spread throughout Europe to America.
3. 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.
4. An English man had someone design it to send Christmas tradition
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QUESTION AND ANSWER
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?


More than a century ago
2. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
He wanted to send Christmas greeting to his friends
3. When were Christmas songs first performed?
800 years ago
4. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?
An American professor named Clement Clark Moore
5. What is Santa Claus based on?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem
WRITE IT UP
Use the information in the grid to write the brief paragraphs
thanks for your listening. Goodbye and see you again
Thanks for your listening. Goodbye and See you again