UNIT 8:

CELEBRATIONS

A: READING
Vocabulary
+ pagoda (n) /pd/ : cha
+ lucky money (n) / lki _ mni /: tin l x
+ fireworks (n) /fawk/: pho hoa
1. celebration (n) /selbren/:
-> celebrate (v) /selbret/
2. Lunar New Year: /lun(r)/:
3. grand (a) /rnd/
+ occasion (n) /ken/: dp, c hi
+ calendar (n) /klnd(r)/: lch
+ mark (v)/mk/: nh du
4. agrarian (a) /rerin/:
+ preparation (n) /prepren/: s chun b
-> prepare (v) /prpe(r) /: chun b
+ spread (v) /spred/: tri ra
5. excitement (n) /ksatmnt/:
-> excite (v)
excited (a) / exciting (a)
6. decorate (v) /dekret/:
-> decorated (a)
7. banner (n) /bn(r)/
+ goods (n): hng ho
* be busy + V-ing
Ex: I am busy buying something.
8. peach blossom (n): /pit_ blsm/:
9. apricot blossom (n) / eprkt_ blsm/
10. kumquat tree (n) / kmkwt _ tri/:
11. ripe (a) /rap/:
+ throughout / ruat/: khp, sut
12. sticky rice (n)/ stki_ ras/:
13. fatty pork (n)/ fti_ pk/:
+ candy (n) / kndi /
14. sugared apple (n) /
15. plum (n)/
16. comment (n)/kment/
17. exchange wish /kstend_ w/:
+ envelop (n)/nvelp/: phong b
18. pray (v) /pre/:
Ex: Ill pray for you
B. SPEAKING
1. thanksgiving (n) /ksv /
2. mask (n) /msk/

3. parade (n) /pred /

4. get together (phr) /te(r)/:
5. roast turkey /rst _ tki/:
C.LISTNING
Vocabulary

1. kimono (n) /kmn/

2. similarity (n) /smlrti /:
3. housewives (n) /haswavz/
4. household (n) / hashld/: all the people living together in a house or flat/apartment
5. get rid of (phr) :
6. pine tree (n) /pan_ tri/:
7. represent (v)/reprzent/:
8. longevity (n)/ lndevti/: long life; the fact of lasting a long time
9. constancy (n)/knstnsi/
10. fraction (n) /frkn/
11. shrine (n)/ran/:
D. WRITING
Describing a celebration
Outline
1. Name of the festival: Mid-Autumn Festival, National Independence
Day.
(I like Womens Day best./ Ill write about Womens Day/. Womens
Day is the one I like best./ Womens Day is one of the popular
celebrations in)
2. Time of the festival
(It is celebrated on../ It is held on/ It falls
on./ It takes place on..)
3. Purpose of the festival
( It celebrates ./ It is the time when)
4. Main activities of a festival
( On this day, people often do/ go/ visit..)
5. Your feeling about the festival
(I like this day very much because it is an opportunity for me to gather with my family
and friends to enjoy the moonlight and many special refreshments)

Celebration
1. Christmas

Date
25th December

Purpose
Celebrate the birth
of Christ

2. Teachers Day

20th November

3. Womens Day

8th March

4. National
Independence Day

2nd September

Express their love,

respect and
gratitude towards to
the teachers
Celebrate the
equality between
men and women
Celebrate the
independence day of
Vietmam

Activities
Decorate their
homes, eat a large
meal with pudding
cake, roast turkey or
goose
Give flowers and
best wishes to their
teacher
Give flowers and
gifts to women
Parade in the
streets, visit
historical places