Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Unit 8: Celebrations - Lesson 1: Reading

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Teachers’ Day Christmas Tet Holiday Unit 8: Celebrations
Lesson 1: Reading (p1) Making Banh chung Eating special Tet foods Going to pagoda Receiving “lucky money” Which of the following activities do you enjoy doing most at Tet?
 Ex: I enjoy watching 
 fireworks most.
 going to the flower market receiving “lucky money”
 eating special Tet foods going to the pagoda making banh chung
 decorating the house visiting relatives and friends watching fireworks Vocabulary
green bean /gri:n bi:n/ : đâụ xanh Vocabulary
grand /grỉnd/(a) : hoanh̀ trang,́ trọng đại
Ex: Tet is the grandest occasion in the year Vocabulary
banner /'bỉnə / (n): băng rơn, biêủ ngữ Pre-readingChecking vocabulary: Matching
 Match the words or phrases on the left with 
 their Vietnamese equivalent on the right
 1. grand a. cầu nguyện
 2. agrarian b. đậu xanh
 3. banner c. cây quất
 4. pray d. hồnh tráng, trọng đại
 5. kumquat tree e. thuộc về nơng nghiệp
 6. green bean f. biểu ngữ, băng rơn While-reading Task 1: Matching
 Read the text and match each paragraph with a 
 suitable heading
 1. Paragraph 1 a. Activities on Tet
 2. Paragraph 2 b. Tet’ foods and plants 
3. Paragraph 3 c. The significance of Tet
4. Paragraph 4 d. Tet’s preparations Task 2. Decide whether the statements are true (T) 
 or false (F)
1.Tet is always on 20th February on the Western T F
 calendar. sometimes between 19th Jan and 20th Feb
 (L2-3, P1) 
2. According to the text, for people anywhere in the 
 world the beginning of spring is the start of a new 
 year. agrarian people (L3-4, P1)
3. Tet used to be longer than it is nowadays. (L1-2, P2) 
4. According to the text, “lucky money” is given to 
 everyone at Tet. children
 (L5-6, P4) 
5. Kumquat trees are popular both in the North and 
 in the South of Vietnam. (L3-4, P3) 
6. People try to be nice and polite to each other 
 because they want to have good luck on New Year’s 
 Day. (L1-3, P4) during the whole year Homework
Learn the new words by heart.
Prepare the next lesson :Reading (p2) Preparation for Tet WARM UP
Look at the pictures. What time of the 
year is it ?
 Mid – Autumn Festival WARM UP
Look at the pictures.What time of 
the year is it ?
 Christmas WARM UP
Look at the pictures. What time of 
the year is it ?
 Thanksgiving