Unit 7 E 11 NC Celebrations

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Warm-up:

What can you see

from the calendar

page?

THÁNG 11 November

THÁNG MƯỜI

7

THỨ ba Tuesday

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THÁNG 11 November

4

THỨ BA TUESDAY
THÁNG MƯỜI

7

Gregorian calendar

( Western calendar)

/ grə’gɔriən /

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UNIT 7:

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I.Pre-reading

1.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

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Square glutinous rice cakes _{Cylindrical glutinous rice cakes}

Red envelopes

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Moon cake

Mid-Autumn Festival

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Vietnamese Teachers‘ Day

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3.Vocabulary

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1. glutinous rice cake

2. wrestling

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* Match the words in A with their definitions in B

A

B

1. To deem :

2. To haunt :

3. To mourn:

4. To fast:

5. Repentance:

a. Express sorrow.

b. Live without food or eat

only certain kinds of

food.

c. Sorrow for having done

sth.

d. consider, judge.

e. to keep coming to your

mind so that you can’t

forget it.

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II. While- reading

<b>Task1:Fill the table with the information from the text:</b>

<b>NEW YEAR'S Celebrations around the world</b>

Culture

What?

When?

Activities

1. Western

(European

and

American)

New year

- Ringing bells,

blowing horns,

and exchanging

wishes.

January 1

st

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Culture

What?

When?

Activities

2.

Muharram

/mu:’hærəm/

1

st

month of

Islamic

calendar

- Beating

chests

Shiite

/’ʃi: ait

/

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<b>Islamic Calendar</b>

1.Muharram
2.Safar

3.Rabi' al-awwal
4.Rabi' al-thani

5.Jumada al-awwal
6.Jumada al-thani
7.Rajab

8.Sha'aban
9.Ramadan
10.Shawwal

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Culture

What?

When?

Activities

3. Jewish

- Fasting

and repenting

Rosh

Hashanah

/ha’ ʃɔ:n ə/

( Tishri)

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Culture

What?

When?

Activities

4.

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

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<b>Task 2: Answer the following questions</b>

1. How long has January 1st been New Year’s Day?

Since 1582

2. What is the origin of January?

Its original meaning was Janus- the Roman god of doors
and of beginnings.

3. Do Shiite people celebrate their New Year in January?
No, they don’t. They observe their New Year in the first

month of the Islamic calendar.

4. What month on the Gregorian calendar does Tishri
normally fall on?

September or October.

5. Who may get Li xi or Tien mung tuoi? What is it?

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6. What foods and drinks are typically served

during Tet?

a. Glutinous rice cakes

g. Fast food

b. Bread

h. Dried watermelon seeds

c. Drinking water

i. Beer

d. Milk

j. Coke

e. Wine

k. Lamb

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7. What are Tet Nguyen Dan’s traditional forms of

entertainment mentioned in the text?

1. Soccer

6.Card playing

2. Dragon/unicorn dancing 7. Lottery drawing

3. Dancing

8. Swimming

4. Wrestling

9. Concerts

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8. What is the key difference between Shiite

and Jewish New Year observances and

those of the other countries described in

the text?

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III. Post- reading

One of the most common New Year

preparations is music. Give a list of your

favorite songs you would select for your

whole family to listen to during the New

Year days.

1. Happy New Year!

2. Jingle Bells

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<b>Homework:</b>

- Learn the new words and make sentences.

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