tieng anh 8 bai 13

Welcome to our
English class

Thursday, March 18
th
2009

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Christmas Day

Tet holiday

Halloween

Rice- cooking

Mid-Fall festival

Bull-fighting

(to) wrestle: vật

The cock – fighting:
chọi gà

The Rice-cooking Festival
This report shows how the (1) festival was held.

The festival was held in the communal house yard about
(2) kilometer away from a river. There were three
competitions: (3) fire-making and rice-cooking.
The festival took one day.
In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to
(4) to the river to get the (5) In the fire-
making contest two team members had to make a fire in the
(6) way. They tried to rub pieces of (7)
together to make the fire. (8) people from each team
took part in the rice-cooking contest. They had to (9) the
rice from the husk and then cook the rice.
After the three contests, all the points were (10) and the
Thon Trieu group won the grand prize. The festival was wonderful.
by Festival Councilor Pham Phuong Linh
rice - cooking
one / a
water - fetching
run
water
traditional
bamboo
Six
separate
added

a) What is the name of the festival?
b) Where was the festival held?
c) How long did the festival last?
d) How many activities were there? Were there any competitions?
e) How were the activities organized?

f) How many people took part in each activity?
g) What did you think about the festival?
Ask and answer


Write a similar report on a festival you joined recently. The
answers to the questions below can help you.
a) What is the name of the festival?
=> Rice cooking festival
b) Where was the festival held?
=> In the communal house yard about one km away
from the river
c) How long did the festival last?
=> It lasted one day.

e) How were the activities organized?
=> In the water- fetching contest one person …
f) How many people took part in each activity?
⇒
Six people took part in the rice – cooking
contest.
⇒
One person took part in the water-fetching
contest
⇒
Two people took part in the fire – making
contest.
g) What did you think about the festival?
=> The festival was wonderful.

Modal report
This report shows how the Christmas Festival was
held.
The festival was held in every family so everyone
took part in this activity and it lasted in two days.
On Christmas Eve people stayed up late to have
pudding and greeted to each other. At the midnight the
Santa Claus came from the chimney and gave presents
for children.
On Christmas Day people went to the Church. The
festival was wonderful. Everyone were very excited
about it.

Homework
- Write a similar report on a festival you joined
recently.
- Prepare Language Focus