Unit 8. Celebrations

Monday,February 23,2009
- How many celebrations are mentioned in the text?
- What are they?
Although there are many celebrations throughout the year, Tet or the Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February. It is a time for families to clean and decorate their homes, and enjoy special food such as sticky rice cakes. Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet.
Passover is in late March or early April. This festival is celebrated in Israel and by all Jewish people. On this festival, people celebrate freedom from slavery. Passover is also an ancient spring festival. On the first and second nights of Passover, Jewish families eat a special meal called the Seder.
Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries. It happens at around the same time as Passover. On Easter Day (Easter Sunday), young children receive chocolate or sugar eggs – as long as they are good. In many countries, people crowd the streets to watch colorful parades.
LISTEN AND READ
(to) occur
= (to) happen
(to) decorate
Ex: Mr and Mrs Thanh live in the countryside. Their children live in Ho Chi Minh city. They live apart.
(to) live apart
freedom (n)
slavery (n)
a parade
Jewish(a.)
joyful(a.)
(to) occur
(to) decorate
(to) live apart
freedom (n)
slavery (n)
a parade
Jewish (a.)
joyful (a)
(to) occur
(to) live apart
freedom (n)
slavery (n)
a parade
joyful (a)
sống xa nhau
vui vẻ
sự nô lệ
sự tự do
cuộc diễu hành
diễn ra
Tet is a festival which occurs in late January
or February.
2. Family members who live apart try to be
together at Tet.
Tet is a festival. Tet occurs in late January or February.
Family members try to be together at Tet. They live apart.
Although there are many celebrations throughout the year, Tet or the Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February. It is a time for families to clean and decorate their homes, and enjoy special food such as sticky rice cakes. Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet.
Passover is in late March or early April. This festival is celebrated in Israel and by all Jewish people. On this festival, people celebrate freedom from slavery. Passover is also an ancient spring festival. On the first and second nights of Passover, Jewish families eat a special meal called the Seder.
Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries. It happens at around the same time as Passover. On Easter Day (Easter Sunday), young children receive chocolate or sugar eggs – as long as they are good. In many countries, people crowd the streets to watch colorful parades.
LISTEN AND READ
Tet , Passover or Easter?
It occurs on Sunday in late March or early April.
It happens in late January or early February.
It is celebrated in Israel.
People crowd the streets to watch colorful parades.
People celebrate freedom from slavery.
People clean and decorate their homes.
Young children receive chocolate or sugar eggs - as long as they are good.
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Now, complete the table.
in late January or early February
cleaning and decorating homes, and enjoying special food
sticky rice cakes
special meal called the Seder
Viet Nam
Passover
late March or early April
( Not available)
Israel
Easter
around the same time as Passover
People crowd the streets to watch colorful parades
chocolate or sugar eggs
in many countries
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6
2
3
8
7
5
4
The background picture represents a festival which doesn’t occur in Viet Nam.
Rewrite the answers in your notebooks.
Learn new words and model sentences.
Prepare Lesson 2: SPEAK – LISTEN

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3. On ______ _____, young children receive chocolate or sugar eggs – as long as they are good.
Easter Day
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4.In Viet Nam, it is just for children and it is celebrated in mid-fall.
Which festival is it?
It’s the Mid-Fall Festival.
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5. Easter is a joyful festival ___________ is celebrated in many countries.
(who / which)
which
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6.Family members __________ live apart try to be together at Tet.
who
(who / which)
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7. On the Passover festival, people celebrate freedom from ________.
decorate
parades
c. slavery
slavery
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