Unit 04 Our Customs and Traditions Lesson 1 Getting started

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Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
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Teacher: Vũ Đình Hùng


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CUSTOMS and TRADITIONS


Monday, September 12th, 2016

Unit 4:

OUR CUSTOMS AND
TRADITIONS
Getting started


Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS – Getting started

+ Vocabulary:
- accept
(v)
- pass down (v)
- generations (n)
- spot on
- manner
(n)

= agree (v)
truyền qua
thế hệ
=all correct
cách thức, phép tắc


Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS – Getting started
GETTING STARTED
A lesson on customs and traditions

CUSTOMS and TRADITIONS


Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS – Getting started
1. Listen and read:

a . Find a word/ phrase that means:
1.accepted
1. Agreed
2. grandparents, parents, and

children
3. totally correct

2.social

4. exactly on time

4.generations

3.table manners

5. relating to human society
6. a polite way of eating at
the dinner table

5.spot on
6.sharp


Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS – Getting started
b . True (T) or false (F).
1. Nick’s explanation of customs and
traditions is correct.

T

2. Only families have customs a traditions.

F

3. In the UK there's a tradition of having
afternoon tea.

T

4. In the UK there is no accepted way
behaving at the dinner table.

F


Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS – Getting started

C. Answer the following questions.
1. What is Mai's family custom?
2. How does Nick feel when Phong talks about one of his family
traditions?
3. What is the similarity between a custom and a tradition?
4. What is the difference between them?
5. What should students do for homework?

Answer:
1 It’s eating dinner at 7 p.m. sharp.
2 He’s surprised.
3 They both refer to doing something that develops over time.
4 A custom is something accepted. A tradition is something special
and is passed down through the generations
5 They should find information about a custom or tradition.

Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS – Getting started

d. Find these sentences in the conversation and fill
in the missing words.
have to be at the dinner table on time.
1. We..................
should find information about a custom or
2. You ..............
tradition.
What do you think these sentences mean?
have to Có ý bắc buộc ( bổn phận)
should

Có ý khuyên bảo (nên )


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Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS – Getting started

2 a. Match the pictures with the customs and traditions in the box.

c
c
t

c

1. smiling to accept a compliment
2.worshipping ancestors

3. wrapping gifts in colourful
paper
4. having lunch together on the
second day of Tet
5. placing the chopsticks on top
of the rice bowl when finishing a

c

t

meal

6. children in the family standing
in a row to greet guests
7.wearing aodai on special
occassions
8. giving children lucky money at
Tet

c/t

c/t


Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS – Getting started
* Homework:
- Learn vocabulary by heart and
rewrite them in sentences.
- Redo the exercise in your notebook.

- Prepare for a closer look 1



Unit 1: LEISURE ACTIVITES - A closer look 1
+ Vocabulary: