Unit 7 Readinng 11 NC.ppt

UNIT 8:
Period I : Reading
Warm-up:
a. Match the pictures with the appropriate
celebrations
A
B
C
D
E
1. Vietnamese National Day
2. King Hung’s Death Aniversary
4. Vietnamese New Year’s Day
5. Vietnamese Teacher’s Day
3. Mid-Autumn Festival
These are
Celebrations
Square glutinous rice cakes
Cylindrical glutinous rice cakes
Red envelopes
Vietnamese New Year’s Day
( 1
st
of the first lunar month)
c. Vocabulary
+. Lunar New Year :Têt Âm lịch
+. Positive comments: những lời nói tốt đẹp
+. Candied fruit: mứt
+. Grand(a): lớn, quan trọng
+. Banner(n): băng rôn, khẩu hiệu

+. Agrarian(a): thuộc về nông nghiệp
+. Pray(v): cầu nguyện,
+.spread(v): kéo dài, trải ra
+. To be full of: đầy, nhiều
+. To fall between… and…rơi vào khoảng thời
gian từ…đến…
Matching game
Paragraph 1 Tet’s preparation
Paragraph 2 The purpose of the
Tet
Paragraph 3 During the Tet
Paragraph 4 Tet’s plants and foods
Task 2: T/F statements
1. Tet is always on 20th February on the Western
calendar.
2. According to the text, for people anywhere in
the world the beginning of spring is the start of a
new year.
3. Tet used to be longer than it is nowdays.
4. According to the text, “ lucky money” is given
to everyone at Tet.
5. Kumquat trees are popular both in the North
and in the South of Vietnam.
6. People try to be nice and poline to each other
because they want to have good luck on New Year
Day.
F
F
F
T

T
T
Task 3: Answer the following
questions
1. When is Tet holiday in Vietnam ?
It’s sometime between 19 January and 20
February.
2. How long did Tet preparations and
celebrations last in the past ?
For months.
3. What do streets look like before Tet ?
Streets are decorated with colored lights
and red banner.
Task 3: Answer the following
questions
1. When is Tet holiday in Vietnam ?
* It’s sometime between 19 January and 20
February.
2. How long did Tet preparations and
celebrations last in the past ?
* For months.
3. What do streets look like before Tet ?
* Streets are decorated with colored lights
and red banner.
4.What do people often do to prepare for Tet?
4.What do people often do to prepare for Tet?
* They buy gifls, clean and decorate their houses
* They buy gifls, clean and decorate their houses
and cook traditional foods.
and cook traditional foods.

5. What is
5. What is
banh chung
banh chung
made from ?
made from ?
* It is made from sticky rice, green beans and
* It is made from sticky rice, green beans and
fatty pork.
fatty pork.
6. What is
6. What is
mut
mut
?
?
* Mut is candied fruit.
* Mut is candied fruit.
7.What are some popular activities at Tet ?
7.What are some popular activities at Tet ?
* Visiting friends and other family members,
* Visiting friends and other family members,
exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda,
exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda,
playing game, etc.
playing game, etc.
Culture What? When? Activities
Tet
Nguyen
Dan

Vietnamese The first
3 days of
the first
lunar
month
- Cooking traditional
foods, buying gifts
and ornamental trees
and flowers
-Visiting family
members,neighbors
…..
- Engaging in games
and entertaining
activities
Homework:
- Learn the new words and make sentences.
- Read the text again and translate it into Vietnamese
- Prepare listening skill for the next period.