Vocabulary Articles – A Day To Remember

Article 1 Translation :
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A Birthday Party

Last Saturday was Ah Seng’s ___________________________________

twelfth birthday. He threw a big ___________________________________

party in his house. Many of his ___________________________________

friends came to the party. Ah ___________________________________

Seng’s mother prepared a lot of ___________________________________

food and drink for everyone. Ah ___________________________________

Seng and his friends sang several ___________________________________

songs and played games. When he ___________________________________

blew the candle, everyone sang the ___________________________________

birthday song. ________

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Article 2 Translation :
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A Famosa

My school made an ___________________________________

educational visit to Malacca. The ___________________________________

first place we visited was the ___________________________________

famous ‘A Famosa’. There were ___________________________________

many foreign tourists at that place. ___________________________________

Many were taking photographs of ___________________________________

the building. The building was built ___________________________________

by the Portuguese. After visiting ___________________________________

the ‘A Famosa’, we visited the ___________________________________

Christchurch. ___________________________.

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Article 3 Translation :
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The Wedding

Last Sunday, I attended a ___________________________________

Malay wedding ceremony. It was ___________________________________

such a beautiful and colourful ___________________________________

occasion. Both the bridegroom and ___________________________________

his bride look so elegant and ___________________________________

radiant. The couple were treated ___________________________________

like a ‘king and queen’ on that day. ___________________________________

I was later treated to a scrumptious ___________________________________

lunch. I enjoyed watching the ___________________________________

traditional wedding. _________________________.

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Article 4 Translation :
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Chinese New Year

It was the eve of Chinese New ___________________________________

Year. Lina and her family were at ___________________________________

their grandparents’ house. Lina ___________________________________

was very excited because her ___________________________________

aunts, uncles and cousins were ___________________________________

there for the reunion dinner. On the ___________________________________

first day of Chinese New Year, ___________________________________

everybody woke up early. The ___________________________________

children put up new clothes and ___________________________________

received ‘ang pow’ from the elders. ________

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Article 5 _____________
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Deepavali
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Mr Shankar and his family
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celebrate Deepavali. On Deepavali
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morning, his daughters wear lovely
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saris. They also light up oil lamps in
___________________________________
front of their house. The girls look
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forward to this day as they get to
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meet many of their friends and
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relatives. The guest usually come
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in the afternoon and stay for lunch.

Article 6
Translation :
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Read and translate. Translation :

World environment Day
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It is World Environment Day!

Let’s do a bit to keep our ___________________________________

surroundings clean. We should ___________________________________

send all recyclable and unwanted ___________________________________

waste products to recycling ___________________________________

centres. We also can throw these ___________________________________

items into coloured bins. Brown bin ___________________________________

is for glass and bottles, blue is for ___________________________________

papers and orange is for all kinds ___________________________________

of metal. So please recycle to save ___________________________________

the world.

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___________________________________ Mr Amir and the pupils really

_____. enjoyed the concert.

Article 7 Translation :
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A Concert

Last Monday, my school held a ___________________________________

concert for Mr Amir. It was his last ___________________________________

day in school. He was transferred ___________________________________

to another school as a headmaster. ___________________________________

Everyone liked him because he was ___________________________________

kind and understanding. The pupils ___________________________________

of 6 Pintar presented a dance for ___________________________________

Mr Amir. They danced gracefully. ___________________________________

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___________________________________ money that is collected will be used

___________________________________ for the Scout Movement. The Scout

___ Movement will hold a campfire at

the end of the year.

Article 8

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Translation :
The Job Week
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The Job Week for the Boy

Scouts will start on the 16th May ___________________________________

and ended on the 22nd May. The ___________________________________

Scout Master will give out The Job ___________________________________

Week Cards this week. The Scouts ___________________________________

must work hard and collect as ___________________________________

much money as possible. The ___________________________________

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___________________________________ they worked hard. Since they were

___________________________________ poor, the village Headman gave

___________________________________ them some money to buy things.

___________________________________ Some women cooked food for

_ them. They worked happily.

Article 9 Translation :
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Working Together

The people of Kampung Indah ___________________________________

were very kind and helpful. One ___________________________________

morning, they got together ___________________________________

because they wanted to repair the ___________________________________

bridge. Although they were tired, ___________________________________

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___________________________________ her teeth twice daily. She also

___________________________________ must use special toothpaste to

___________________________________ make her teeth stronger and cut

___________________________________ down on sugar, sweets and soft

____________________________ drinks which can make holes in her

teeth.
Article 10

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Translation :
A Visit To The Dentist
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Nadia went to the dentist

yesterday to take out her tooth. ___________________________________

Before she left, the dentist gave ___________________________________

her some advice on how to take ___________________________________

care of her teeth. She must brush ___________________________________

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___________________________________ There are twelve candles on the

___________________________________ cake. Everyone claps when Asyikin

___________________________________ blows out all the candles. All her

___________________________________ friends sing the birthday song.

___________________________________ Asyikin also receives presents from

________ her friends. Asyikin is very happy.

Article 11 Translation :
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Asyikin’s Birthday

Today is Asyikin’s birthday. ___________________________________

She has invited all her friends to ___________________________________

her party. Asyikin’s mother has ___________________________________

baked her a big chocolate cake. ___________________________________

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