Unit 13. Festivals

Good
afternoon


Unit
13
FESTIVAL
S


NEW WORDS
1. carol:
2. spread (v, n):
3. (un) suitable
4. jolly (adj):

Thánh ca
lan rộng

5. Santa Claus:
~ Father Christmas:

ông già Nôen

6. Patron saint:

Thánh bảo hộ

6. description:

Sự mô tả

( k) thích hợp
vui nhộn


MATCHING
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

spread (v)
description
carol
(un)suitable(v)
patron saint
Santa Claus
jolly (adj)

A. (k) thích hợp
B. Ông già Nôen
C. Lan, trải ra
D. vui nhộn
E. Thánh ca
F. thánh bảo hộ
G. Sự mô tả

READ. Christmas is an important festival

in many countries around the word.


Pre reading

MATCHING

1. It has been said he was the patron
saint of children, a fat jolly man who
wore a red suit and gave children
presents on Christmas Eve

A

2. The custom of decorating it and
putting it in a common place, spread B
throughout Europe to America
3. They were stories put to music and
enjoyed by most people. First the C
leaders of the Church did not like
them but later they became popular
4. An Englishman had someone design
it to send Christmas greetings to his D
friends. Now it is a part of the
Christmas tradition

Listen and following the text for
your practice reading


READ.
Santa
Claus
In 1823, the patron saint of children, Saint
The
The Christmas
Christmas
Christmas
Carols
Tree
Cardin a poem called A
Nicholas
appeared
One
In the
Eight
Christmas
hundred
mid-nineteenth
Eve
inago,
the
century,
early
Christmas
1500s,

Visit
From
Saintyears
Nicholas.
The an
character
some
Englishman
songs
were performed
wanted
decorated
send
for
a tree
people
Christmas
and
in
putwore
it
in
thepeople
poem
was
a fattojolly
man
who
in
greetings

the suit
market
andand
tovillages.
his
place
friends,
in
These
theso
Latvian
songs
he
hadcity
wereof
atowns
red
gave
children
presents
on
Riga.
someone
stories
This
putdesign
custom
to music
aspread
card.

and Forty
most
throughout
years
people
Christmas
Eve.
The
poem,
which
was
Europe,
later, cards
enjoyed
and
them.
were
finally
The
a part
to
leaders
America
of the
of the
Christmas
theChurch,
1800s
written
by

Clement
Clarke
Moore,
an
tradition did
however,
not. They
said the
songsin
American
professor,
became
popular
wereUSA.
unsuitable,
but about
180 on
years
the
Santa Claus
is based
the ago,
the songs became
again.
description
of Saintpopular
Nicholas
in this
poem.

Complete the table
Christmas
Place of origin
Specials
1 The Christmas
Riga
Tree
2 The Christmas
England
Card
Christmas
(no
3
Carols
information)
4
USA
Santa Claus

While reading

Date
early 1500s
mid-19th
century
800 years
ago
1823

Post reading

Say about the Christmas
-specials of Christmas
-What do you do at Christmas?


Homework:
-Learn by heart words
- Revise unit 13 for 15’ test
-Have a look Write


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