Unit 13. Festivals

ENGLISH 8
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UNIT13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 4: Read (p. 124-126)
* Vocabulary:
Christmas tree:
cây thông noel
(to) decorate:
trang hoàng
( to) design:
thiết kế


* Vocabulary:

- Christmas tree : cây thông noel
- (to) decorate : trang hoàng
- (to) design: thiết kế
- a saint : vị thánh
- custom: phong tục
*What and Where:
design
custom
decorate
saint
Christmas tree
* Pre-questions:
1. What do you often do at Christmas?
2. Does your family celebrate Christmas?
Lucky Number
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Question
a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
→ More than a century ago.
lucky number
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b. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
→ Because he wanted to send Christmas greeting to his friends
Question
c. When were Christmas songs first performed?
→ 800 years ago
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d. Who wroye the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?
→ An America professor, Clement Clarke Moore
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e. What is Santa Claus based on?
→ On the description of Saint Nicholas in Professor Moore’s poem
* Grid:
Riga
mid-19th century
Christmas carols
USA
Christmas tree
Christmas cards
Santa Claus
England
No information
early 1500s
800 years ago
1823
* Homework:
-Learn vocabulary by heart.
-Write the answer and the table into exercise
- Prepare Unit 13 part “writing” page (126-128)
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