Unit 8. Celebrations

WELCOME TO
OUR CLASS
a.
* Match the icons with the names of the celebrations they represent.
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a.Easter
b.Christmas
c.Mid-Fall Festival
d.Lunar New Year
e.birthday
f.wedding
Monday, February 27th, 2012
Unit 8: Celebrations
Lesson 1 : Getting started + Listen and read
* New words:
occur
- (to)
: diễn ra, xảy ra
- a
sticky rice cake
: bánh chưng
- a
Passover
: Lễ Quá hải
- slavery
(unc)
: cảnh nô lệ
(adj)
- Jewish
: thuộc người Do thái
parade
- a
: cuộc diễu hành
* Fill in the blanks:
1.Tet ___________ in late January or early February. The
special food at Tet is_________________.
2.___________is celebrated by all___________people.
4.There are usually ___________on public holidays.
3.People celebrate freedom from ____________.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
occurs
sticky rice cake
Passover
Jewish
slavery
parades
* Questions:
1. How many celebrations are there in the text?
2. What are they?
- Three.
- Lunar New Year, Passover and Easter.
in late January
or early
February
cleaning and decorating homes, and enjoying special food
sticky rice cakes
Vietnam
Passover
in late March or early April
special meal called the Seder
Israel
Easter
around the same time as Passover
people crowd the streets to watch colorful parades
chocolate or sugar eggs
in many countries
* Complete the table :
Tet
(Not available)
Relative pronouns (Đại từ liên hệ):
Easter is a festival. It occurs in late March or
early April.
Relative pronoun
Easter is a festival which occurs in late March or early April.
2.The teacher can’t come to class today.He teaches us English.
* Grammar:
1.
2.The teacher who teaches us English can’t come to class today.
Relative clause
Relative pronoun
Relative clause
* Combine the two sentences by using relative clauses.
I know some people. They live in London.
2. I live in Da lat. Da lat is one of the most beautiful
cities of Vietnam.
I know some people who live in London.
3. I bought some pencils. They are in different colors.
I live in Da lat which is one of the most beautiful
cities of Vietnam.
I bought some pencils which are in different colors.
* Question:
What did you do last Tet holiday ?

- Learn the new words and grammar.

- Write the table in notebook.

- Prepare “Speak”.
* Homework:
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