Unit 8. Celebrations

Celebrations
all over the world
Christmas
Valentine Day
May Day
Lunar New Year
Easter
Mid Autumn Festival
Lesson 1: Getting started
Listen and read
I: Getting started
Look at the pictures and match the icons with the names of the celebrations
Easter Christmas Mid-Fall Festival
Lunar New Year birthday wedding
Easter
birthday
wedding
Christmas
Mid-Fall
Festival
Lunar New
Year
Lesson 1: Getting started
Listen and read
II: Vocabulary
sticky rice cake (n):
bánh chưng
occur (v):
xảy ra
Jewish (a):
người Do Thái
joyful (a):
vui vẻ
slavery (n):
Sự nô lệ
parade (n):
Cuộc diễu hành
decorate (v):

trang trí
Lesson 1: Getting started
Listen and read
III: Practice
1. Listen and repeat
Lesson 1: Getting started
Listen and read
2. Answer the following questions :
a. What is the most important celebration in Vietnam?
b. What is the special food on Tet Festival?
c. When and Where is the Passover occur?
d. What do the young children receive on Easter Day?
Tet is the most important celebration in Vietnam
It is Sticky Rice Cake
Passover occurs in late March or early April in Israel
They receive chocolate or sugar eggs - as long as they are good
Lesson 1: Getting started
Listen and read
I: Getting started
II: Vocabulary
III: Practice
3. Now, Complete the table
Celebrations
Tet
When?
Activities
Food
Country
Lunar New Year
Passover
Easter
in late January
or early February
in late March
or early April
around the
same time
as Passover
cleaning and decorating
homes, wearing new
clothes and enjoying
special food
eating special meal
watching colorful
parades
sticky rice
cake
Special
called
Seder

chocolate or
sugar eggs
Vietnam
Israel
in many
countries
Lesson 1: Getting started
Listen and read
I: Getting started
II: Vocabulary
III: Practice
IV: Homework
Write a short paragraph about one celebration that you like best