Unit 8. Celebrations

Week period
Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS
Lesson: Read
Check homework

Summarize main points of the song
“ Auld Lang Syne”
Answer
Auld Lang Syne is one the best known songs in Enghlish-speaking countries. Auld Lang Syne means The times gone past; the good old days.
In Scots Auld= old; lang= long;
syne= since.
What is day?
It’s first ceremony was held in Vancuver, Wasington.
It’s on the third Sunday in June.
It’s the day when children show the feelings, respect and great love to their fathers.
FATHER’S DAY
Vocabulary
Hug(v):
embrace
Considerate(a):
thoughtful for other’s feelings and behaviours
Groom(n):
the man on his wedding day
Lose heart (v):
feel discouraged
Generous(a):
open-handed, free to give

Priority(n):
an interest should be given more attention
Sense of humor(n):
quality of being amusing
Distinguish(v):
identify
Terrific(a):
horrible, terrible
Pround of (a):
feeling or showing pride on smt/smb
Rita (Australia)

To the one who teaches me how to love, cry and laugh.
To the one who says never lose heart and always finish what you start.
To the one whose feelings for me are so strong that the word love can’t describe them.
Can you guess who it is?
It’s not too hard to tell…

Jane( USA)

Daddy, I am writing this to tell you how much
you are missed and loved. I will always rememer that day_ my wedding day. You were standing there with tears in your eyes while I was walking towards my groom. You gave me a hug, and the feeling that you never wanted to let me go. But at last I had to leave you and start my new life… a moment in time that lasted forever. I now have children, Dad, but I will always be your little girl!
Happy Father’s Day.











Bob(Australia)
You ask me what I think about my dad. Great! Great! I must tell you my dad is the best person in the world. Do you know what I mean? He is a considerate and generous man who is loved not only by his family but also by all his friends. His priority is always his family. His sense of humor distingsishes him from others. In a word, my dad’s teriffic! I’m so pround of him and love him so much.
Happy Father’s Day, Daddy!
Answer the questions
A. Who do you think Rita sends this card to?
B. Is Jane’s father alive or dead? How do you know this?
C. What quality makes Bob’s father different from other?
D. What image of a father can you draw from the three passages?
Answer
A. Rita sends this card to her father.
B. He is possibly dead. These ideas may tell about that:”…how much you you are missed…,…I now have childlen, Dad…”
C. His sense of humor makes him different from others.
D. A father can be a teacher, a care taker and a friend.
Discuss: tell your classmates about your father
How old is he?
What does he do?
What does he look like?
What do you like best about him?
What are your feelings and opinions about him?
Which memories do you have about your father that you remember until now?
Father’s Day
(third Sunday in June)
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an offical day on which fathers are honored by their children. On the third Sunday in June, father all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or made to feel special.
The origin of Father’s Day is not clear. Some say that it began with a church service in west Virginia in 1908. others say the first Father’s Day ceremony was held in Vancuver, Wasington.
However, until 1924, fathers have been
hononred and recognized by their families throughout the country on the third Sunday
in June.
On this day, if children can’t visit their
fathers or take them out to dinner,they send a greeting card. Tranditionally, father prefer greeting cards that contain too many feelings. Most greeting cards are funny so fathers laugh when they open them. Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the chirdren needed Dad


Homework
1.Translate three passages about Rita, Jane and Bob into Vietnamese.
2.Find the information about Mother’s Day
Thanks for your listening!
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