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Choose the best answers
1. I suggest ……………………. to school by bike
A. go B. going C. to going
2.. I was late yesterday……………I got up late
A. And B. So C. Because
3. He …………..the TV to watch the news
A. turns on B. turns off C. switchs off

Tuesday March 11th , 2008
Unit 8 : CELEBRATIONS

LESSON 1 : GETTING STARTED
LISTEN AND READ

TUESDAY, MARCH 11th, 2008
UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS
1.GETTING STARTED
Wedding
Birthday
Lunar new year
Mid –fall festival
Easter
Christmas
Matching
Which celebration do you like best ?
1.
2.
3.

4,
5.
6.

TUESDAY, MARCH 11th, 2008
UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS
2. LISTEN AND READ
Although there are many celebrations throughout the year , Tet or Lunar
new year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people .
Tet is a festival which occurs in the late January or early February . It is a
time for families to clean and decorate their homes ,and enjoy special food
such as sticky rice cakes .Family members who live apart try to be
together at Tet .
Passover is in late March or early April.This festival is celebrated in Israel
and by all Jewish people.On this festival, people celebrate freedom from
slavery . Passover is also an ancient spring festival. On the first and second
nights of Passover, Jewish families eat a special meal called the Seder
Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries .It
happens at around the same time as Passover . On Easter day
( Easter Sunday ) , young children receive chocolate or sugar
eggs-as long as they are good . In many countries ,people crowd
the streets to watch colorful parades .

TUESDAY, MARCH 11th, 2008
UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS
2. LISTEN AND READ
News words :
(to )celebrate
lunar( a) :
(to) occur

Sticky rice:
(to )decorate :
Passover (n) :
Jewish (n) :
Slavery (n) :
ancient (n) :
joyful (a)
parade (n) :
=(To) hold
=(To) happen
Thuộc mặt trăng
To make ..beautiful
Lễ quá hải
Người do thái
Very very old
Sự nô lệ
=Happy (a)
1. Tet is a festival which occurs in the late January or early February
2.Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet .