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Look at the pictures.What time of the year is it ?
Tet Holiday
Can you tell me about these activities which you enjoy doing most at Tet ?
a. making banh chung b. decorating the house

c. eating special Tet foods d. going to the flower market

e. going to the pagoda f. visiting relatives & friends

g. receiving “lucky money” h. watching fireworks


Unit 8:
Lunar New Year
(n):
UNIT 8:
VOCABULARY:
Period 46 : Reading
agrarian (adj) :
agrarian people (n) :
peach blossom (n)
apricot blossom (n)
kumquat tree (n)

candied fruit (n)
lucky money (n)
* Lunar New Year [`lu:nə njujiə]
* agrarian people [ә’greәriәn ‘pi:pl](adj)
* agrarian [ә’greәriәn]:
* peach blossom [pi:t∫`bl ɔsəm]
* apricot blossom [`eiprikɔt `bl ɔsəm]
* kumquat tree [`kʌmkwɔt tri:]
* candied fruit [’kændid fru:t]
* lucky money [’lʌki ‘mʌni]
:Tết âm lịch
: (thuộc) ruộng đất
: nông dân
: hoa đào
: hoa mai
: cây quất
: mứt
: tiền lì xì

Match these words with their meanings
Task 1
Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F):

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 nowadays

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 polite to each other because they want to have good luck on New Year


T
F
T
F
T
F
F
F
Tast 3 : Answer the following questions.
1/ When is Tet holiday in Vietnam ?

2/How long did Tet preparations and celebrations
last in the past ?

3/ What do streets look like before Tet ?

4/ What do people often do to prepare for Tet ?

5/ What is banh chung made from ?
6/ What are some popular activities at Tet?

Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months.
2/How long did Tet preparations and celebrations
last in the past ?
->They are decorated with coloured lights and red banners.

3/ What do streets look like before Tet ?
->They buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods.


4/ What do people often do to prepare for Tet ?
->It’s made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork
5/ What is banh chung made from ?
-> Visiting friends and other family members,
exchanging wishes,going to the pagoda, playing games, etc
6.What are some popular activities at Tet?
* How you prepared for the Tet
*How you decorated your house
*You visited your friends
*What special foods you ate
*What activities you enjoyed doing most during Tet.
* Read the text again and learn the new words by heart.
*Write a passage about your last Tet holiday .
* Prepare the next part
-Prepare new words in “Speaking” on page 93,94