Unit 7. Celebrations

Welcome to our class
Teacher: Huỳnh Hoàng Giang
Class: 11A3
Unit 7:




Reading 1
CELEBRATIONS
* Warm – up:
Match the pictures with the suitable celebrations
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
Picture 5
Celebrations
a. Vietnamese National Day
b. King Hung’s Death Anniversary
c. Mid – Autumn Festival
d. Vietnamese New Year’s Day
e. Vietnamese Teachers’ Day
a. Vietnamese National Day
b. King Hung’s Death Anniversary
c. Mid – Autumn Festival
d. Vietnamese New Year’s Day
e. Vietnamese Teachers’ Day
I. Pre – reading:
Pre-teaching vocabulary:
+ horn (n): tù và
+ resolution (n): intention to do the best thing
+ procession (n); đám rước, đám diễu hành
+ mourn (v): cry
+ repentance (n): sự ăn năn, hối lỗi.
While-reading:
Listen to the tape
Silent reading:

Read the text silently
Task 1: Decide whether the statements are true or false:

New Year’s Day is observed on the 1st of February in Europe and the United States.
F ( the 1st of January)
2. Janus was the Roman god of doors and of beginning.
T
3. New Year’s celebrations were on March 25th before Gregorian calendar was introduced.
T
4. The Shiite have Muharram through the first ten days of Muharram, the first month of the Gregorian calendar.
F (Islamic )
Task 2: Answer the questions:

1. When was the Gregorian calendar introduced?
Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582

2. What happens on the New Year’s Eve in Europe and the United States?
On the New Year’s Eve, bells are rung, horns blown, wishes exchanged and resolutions made at midnight.

3. What happens during the celebration of Muharram first ten days in the Middle East?
During the celebrations of Muharram first ten days in the Middle East, processions from different villages gather and people mourn by beating their chests.

4. What is the very solemn holiday set aside for fasting and repentance?
The Jewish Rosh Hashanah is a very solemn holiday set aside for fasting and repentance.



Task 3:Look and listen to the text and say “Stop” when you hear a difference from the text.

In Europe and the United States, New Year’s Day is observed on the 1st of January, which was named for Janus – the Roman god of doors and of endings. If the Gregorian calendar had not been introduced in 1582, Westerners would instead have had their New Year’s celebration on May 25th, a tradition that had previously lasted for centuries. On their New Year’s Eve, bells are rung, horns blown, wishes exchanged and resolutions made at midnight.

In the middle East, the Shiite have Muharram through the first ten months of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. During this celebration, processions from different houses gather and people mourn by beating their chests. Similarly, the Jewish Rosh Hashanah, which takes place in the month of Tishi (November or Octorber on the Gregorian calendar), is a very solemn holiday set aside for fasting and repentance.
beginings
March
days
villages
September
III. Post reading:
list the things they usually do on Tet holiday.
Answer:
Giving and receiving lucky money
Eating traditional foods
Going to the pagoda
Decorating house
Watching fireworks
Going to flower market
Making banh chung
Thank you very much