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lt of 7 ore aia Australia oe b, Their New Year is in April, the hottest time of the year. One ‘tradition is to throw water over people. They believe that this activity will bring alot of rain in the New Year. sce At midnight on December 31, Prepare pictures of flags. Walk around and meet temples all over their country F _ceople. Tell them where you are from. They will tll ring their bells 108 times. They you your nationality. believe that the ringing bells with can remove their bad actions example: from the previous year. Til ae : ; A: Hi, 'm from England. Actim from America. Soe boreme naan is very important. They believe i i 8: Youre English. B:Youte American. clean their houses. The first footer a that the first footer on New Year's 3 People in different countries celebrate Day decides the family's luck for New Yeardifferently.Matchthefourgroupsof the rest ofthe year people with the pictures. 5 Find and check the meaning of some new words as they are used in the text by matching them with the definitions. a feathers an adult male chicken b rooster the covers of a rooster, chicken or bird © remove __thefitstpersontoenteryour home after New Year's Eve ‘d firstfooter take away 6 Group work Each student chooses two facts from the four paragraphs he/ she is most interested in. Write them down and take turns to read them aloud to his/her group. The group decides which group of people he/ she is talking about. Unit 6/ Our Tet Holiday 63ISKKILLS}i) Reading 1 Children in different countries are talking about their New Year. Read the passage: {often go to Times Square with my parents to welcome the New Year. When the clock strikes midnight, colorful fireworks light up the sky. Everybody around is cheering and singing happlly. love that moment somuch. Hove the first day of the new year most. After getting up we dress beautifully and go to the main room. There my grandparents sit on a sofa. We bow and say our wishes to them. They will give us lucky money in red envelopes. After that, we go out and have a day full of fun, good food and laughter. 2. Say who the following statements refer to. Number 1 is an example. A. Russ B.Wu C.Mai Statements 1, Adog isa good present. 2. The child welcomes the New Year at Times Square. 3. The child gets lucky money, 4, Giving rice is wishing for enough food. 5, The child dresses beautifully. 6. One shouldn't eat shrimps at the New Year festival. 3 Test your memory! Tick ( ) the things which appearin the passages, and cross (X) the ones. which don't. 2. lucky money», aday fulloffun d. house decoration) +). visit relatives «c,cheeringand singing i. giving rice j. Trafalgar Square Speaking 4 The following practices and beliefs are from the passages in 1. Talk to your friends and say which one(s) you will do or won't do this New Year. Examples: «Go toTimes Square to welcome the New Year. I won't go to the Time Square to welcome the New Year. Have a time full of fun. Iwill have a time full of fun, Get lucky money from your grandparents. Give your cousin a cat as a present. . Eat shrimps. Cheer and sing when the clock strikes midnight. Dress beautifully. Watch fireworks,5 Workin groups os Write two popular beliefs you know about the New Year and tell your partners. Belief 1, Belief 2. playgamesall night | get up early _| invite friends home bringhomea black cat. buy some salt ask for lucky money at shrimps on New i | Playmusicloud | breakthings | tears Day oo | 2a See Example: Student A: We should make a wish. Student B: | agree. But we shouldn't get up early, Student C: No, we shouldn't, We should invite friends home, shouldn't we? StudentD: Yes, thinkwe should. — Listening Writing “1? Mai and her mother are going shopping forTet. 3 Now write an e-mail to a friend about your = Listen and tick (/) the things they will buy. Tet holiday. Include what you will and won't do, Also include things people should and and 1. peach blossoms - shouldn't do. Use your notes from Speaking this 2 a ee and the rest ofthe unit to help you. 3. new-lothes Ree Texmlatestmacomy ee x ‘superphongebamboa.com i. EE ‘Subject: Weekend away! s a3 2 Dear 6. fruit ea 7 (ea ze I feel very . Our Tet holiday is coming. , This year | will a '2" Listen again and write the names of the things iene they will buy for the people in column A. = SS 9 —- AtTet, people should. A. People B.Things light. 1. Mai and her brother People'shouldy? == 2 Maisdad | ie 3. Mal’ grandparents Unit 6/ Our Tet Holiday 6sVocabulary I Draw lines to match the actions on the left with the things on the right. 2 Game: "About or Not about Tet?" About Tet Five volunteers stand in front of the class. They take turns to read aloud each phrase from the list. The quickest student with the right answer gets one point for one right answer. ‘The student with the highest score wins. Example: Volunteer A: play games Student A: about Tet Volunteer B: Student 8: go swimming not about Tet Unit 6/ Our Tet Holiday 3 Phong is visiting Thailand at their New Year Festival, Lookat the list of what he will or will not do. Then write out complete sentences. will Won't travel by plane stay at home wearshortsandaT-shirt eat banh chung getwet go to school throw water at others get lucky money watch the elephants _wait for the first footer Example: This year Phong will travel to Thailand, ‘Phong won't eat banh chung in Thailand, OY ‘Tom is asking Phong what children in Viet Nam should or shouldn't do at Tet. Listen and fill in the summary with should or shouldn't. Phong thinks that children in Vietnam (1)__ visit their grandparents at Tet. They (2)___ also wish them good health. To make their house beautiful they (3) help decorate it with flowers and pictures. But children (4)__ eat too much. They (5) either. One more thing: they (6) ask for lucky money, make a Wish at Tet, too,Finished ucan.. to + use words and phrases for Tet (things and activities) « use will/ won't for | good health intentions Iwi Jood we ag «use should/ shouldn't 1, Va Happy New for advice 2. Have/ with/ gree | « ask and talk about Tet 4, wish/ Va joyful ail ee alee “I will have asister."EXE Pronunciation ‘T¥Read these tongue twisters. » Acheap ship trip. 2. MrTongue Twister willlst the best forests to visit. 3. We surely shall see the sun shine soon, Vocabulary 2 Find in the box the opposites of the words. Write them in the spaces provided, 1. big 2. quiet 3. expensive 4. high 5. happy 6. cold 7. important 8. long 9. polluted 10. interesting 3 Choose the correct word for each of the definitions. 1. Anatea of approximately square-shaped land ina city ora town, often including the buildings that surround it. square/supermarket 2. The first person visiting your house at Tet. relative/first footer 3: Water, especially from a river or stream, ‘dropping from a higher to a lower point, sometimes from a great height. waterfall/iake 4. Abuilding, or a room in a building, where you an buy goods or get services. school/shop Abuilding where objects of historical, scientific Or artistic interest are kept. theatre/museum 6. Anarea, often covered with sand or rocks, Where there is very litle rain and not many plants. desert/rocks 7. To hope or express hope for another person's success or happiness or pleasure on a particular occasion. wish/greet 8. Children often receive itn red envelopes at Tet. lucky money/new clothes 9. Araised part of the Earth’ surface, much larger than a hill. forest/mountain 4 Write the words in bold from 3 in the correct, group. 1. Places in a village, city or town: eiNatiital sroriciers: Se = 5 eee 3. New Year festivals: HII 68 REVIEW 2 Grammar 5 Rewrite the sentences, using the comparative or superlative of the adjectives in 2 above, without changing the meaning, 1. Sweden is much colder than Viet Nam, > Viet Nam is 2. The Andes is longer than all the other mountain ranges in the world. — The Andes is the : 3. Amotorbike is often cheaper than a car. + Acatis often 5 4. Hol An is quieter than Ho Chi Minh City, => Ho Chi Minh City is 5. Theairin the countryside is often cleaner than that in the city. ~ The air in the city is often ‘©. Ba Be Lake is bigger than all the other natural lakes in Viet Nam. > Ba Be Lake is the 6 These are some tips from EOP, Child Exploitation and ni Online Protection Centre, so UK police agency (www.You might also like
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