english 6 unit 6 places

Match the four groups of people with the pictures
3. People in different countries celebrate New Year differently.
The H’Mong, Viet Nam
The Scottish, Scoland
The Japanese, Janpan
The Tai, Thailand

New Year People
4. Read the four paragraphs below. Use the pictures in 3 to help you
decide which group of people celebrates New Year that way.
Japanese Scottish Thai H’Mong
a. On New Year’s Eve, each family kills a rooster. They take
some red feathers from the rooster and stick them to
the drawings of the Sun in their house. This will start
the New Year.
b. Their New Year is in April, the hottest time of the year.
One tradition is to throw water over people. They
believe that activity will bring a lot of rain in the year.
c. At midnight on December 31, temples all over their
country rings their bells 108 times. They believe that
the ringing bells can remove their bad actions from the
previous year.
d. To welcome the New Year, they clean their houses. The
first footer is very important. They believe that the first
footer on New Year’s Day decides the family’s luck for
the rest of the year.

a. On New Year’s Eve, each family kills a rooster. They take some red feathers from the
rooster and stick them to the drawings of the Sun in their house. This will start the New
Year. H’Mong people
b. Their New Year is in April, the hottest time of the year. One tradition is to throw
water over people. They believe that activity will bring a lot of rain in the year. Thai
people
c. At midnight on December 31, temples all over their country rings their bells 108
times. They believe that the ringing bells can remove their bad actions from the
previous year. Japanese people
d. To welcome the New Year, they clean their houses. The first footer is very
important. They believe that the first footer on New Year’s Day decides the
family’s luck for the rest of the year. Scottish people
a feathers an adult male chicken.
b rooster the covers of a rooster, chicken or bird
c remove the first person to enter your home after
New Year’s Eve.
d first footer take away
Text word definition
5. Find and check the meaning of some new words as they are used in
the text by matching them with the definitions

6. Choose two facts from the four paragraphs you like most and write them down.

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