Unit 8. Celebrations

Match the names with the pictures they represent .
Christmas
Birthday
Lunar New Year
Mid-Fall Festival
Easter
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Wedding Easter Mid-Fall Festival Christmas Lunar New Year Valentine Birthday
Wedding
Valentine
Unit 8 :
CELEBRATIONS
Listen and Read
Chào các em đã đến với buổi học hôm nay!! Chào các em đã đến với buổi học hôm nay!!

_ Easter (n ) :
_ Passover (n) :
_ celebrate (v) :
celebration (n):
_ occur (v) :
I - NEW WORDS
diễn ra
happen
lễ Quá hải
lễ Phục sinh
tổ chức lễ kỷ niệm
hoạt động kỷ niệm
_ decorate ( v ) :
e.g.: My father asks me to decorate
the living-room before Tet holidays
every year.
_ sticky rice cake :
trang trí
bánh chưng
_apart (adv):
_be together :
_freedom (n) :
_freedom from :
_slavery ( n)
_Jewish (n) :
_ancient (v) :

separately
riêng biệt
gather
đoàn tụ
sự thoát khỏi điều gì
ách nô lệ
người Do Thái
traditional
sự tự do
A
1/ occur (v)
2/ decorate ( v )
3/ Passover (n)
4/ Easter ( n)
5/ freedom from n) :
6/ slavery ( n)
7/ Jewish (n)
8/ ancient (v)
9/ celebration (n)
10/ sticky rice cake
11/ apart
12/ to be together
B
a _s? thốt kh?i di?u gì
b_ ho?t d?ng k? ni?m
c_ l? ph?c sinh
d_ di?n ra
e_ dồn t?
f_ trang trí
g_ b�nh chung
h_ ri�ng bi?t
i_ �ch nơ l?
j_ truy?n th?ng
k_ ngu?i Do Th�i
m_ l? Qu� h?i
II- Structures
a_Tet is a festival
b_Family members
NOTES :




occurring in late January or early February .
which occurs in late January or early February .
who live apart
living apart
Relative clauses :
which occurs in late January or early February .
who live apart
Relative pronouns :
which
for animals or things .
who
for people .
try to be together.
III- PRACTICE :
1 _ Listening :
2 _ Reading :
3 _ Exercise :
Answer the following
questions:

When do Passover and Easter happen ?
What special food do Vietnamese families enjoy on Tet holidays ?
What do people often give young children on Easter’s Day ?
4. What do Jewish people do on Passover ’s Day ?
When does Lunar New Year occur ?
What do Vietnamese families often do before Lunar New Year ?
7 Where is Easter celebrated ?
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LUCKY NUMBER
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LUCKY NUMBER
In early April.
When do Passover and
Easter happen ?
Sticky rice cakes.

families enjoy on Tet holidays
What special food do Vietnamese

Chocolate and sugar eggs.

What do people give young children
on Easter ‘s Day ?
In early February.
When does Lunar New Year occur ?
What do Jewish people do
on Passover`s Day ?

What do Vietnamese families often do
before Lunar New Year ?

Where is Easter celebrated ?
In many countries in the world.
Answer key :
In early April .
Sticky rice cakes .
Chocolate and sugar eggs .
They celebrate freedom from slavery .
In early February .
They clean and decorate their homes .
In many countries in the world .
IV- Free- practice :
Talk about Mid-Fall Festival .
( Suggested Questions )
Where and when does Mid-Fall Festival happen ?
What do people give young children on Mid-Fall Festival ‘s Day ?
What do young children often do on Mid-Fall Festival ‘s Day ?
V-Extra-exercise :
Fill in each blank with the missing word
( freedom , happened , decorate , festival , are together )
She is going to .......................................... her room on
her birthday .
The soccer match between Arsenal and Liverpool ............................................. last night .
The ................................. atmosphere over Lunar New Year is always warm and friendly .
Everyone’s help him .................................... from poorness .
I hear they ............................................. after a separation of five years .

decorate
happened
festival
freedom
are together
VI- Homework :

_ To learn the new words and
the structure by heart.
_ To translate the text into
Vietnamese .