Thiết kế bài dạy môn Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 8: Celebrations - Quỳnh Như

UNIT 8 	CELEBRATIONS
GLOSSARY
agrarian [ə'greəriən] (thuộc) ruộng đất,
the agrarian problems các vấn đề ruộng đất
agrarian reforms cải cách ruộng đất
apricot ['eiprikɔt] quả mơ
à apricot flower: hoa mai
banner ['bænə] ngọn cờ, biểu ngữ, the banner of freedom ngọn cờ tự do
build up: tăng dần lên
candied ['kændid] tẩm đường, ướp đường, candied words những lời nịnh nọt
comment ['kɔment] (about / on sth.)lời bình luận, lời chú giải
to make comments on an event bình luận một sự kiện
dress up: diện bảnh; ăn mặc chải chuốt tề chỉnh
evil ['i:vl] xấu xa
fall: rơi vào
fireworks ['faiəwə:ks] pháo hoa, pháo bông; cuộc đốt pháo hoa
grand [grænd] rất quan trọng, rất lớn, vĩ đại, cừ khôi, xuất chúng, lỗi lạc, ưu tú
kimono [ki'mounou] áo kimônô
kumquat['kʌmkwɔt] quả quất vàng
longevity[lɔn'dʒeviti] tuổi thọ
lunar ['lu:nə] (thuộc) mặt trăng, lunar month tháng âm lịch, lunar New Year tết âm lịch
mask [mɑ:sk] mạng che mặt của phụ nữ ngày xưa; mặt nạ
 peach [pi:t∫] quả đào
plum [plʌm] (thực vật học) quả mận; cây mận
pray [prei] ( to pray to somebody) ( to pray for somebody / something) cầu nguyện
à prayer [preə] ( prayer for something) kinh cầu nguyện; lời cầu nguyện
shrine [∫rain] điện thờ, miếu thờ
spirit ['spirit] tinh thần, linh hồn,hồn ma
timing ['taimiη] sự quyết định thời gian, sự điều hoà thời gian, sự tính toán thời gian 
ward off [wɔ:d] ( to ward somebody / something off) chống, trừ khử
Reading comprehension
When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?
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How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past?
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What do streets look like before Tet?
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What do people often do to prepare for Tet? 
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What is banh chung made from?
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What is mut?
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What are some popular activities at Tet?
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PRACTICE TEST 1
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest. 
 a. celebration 	b. entertainment c. traditional 	d. preparation 
 a. special 	b. polite 	c. happy 	d. really 
 a. positive 	b. envelope 	c. occasion 	d. everyone 
 a. lucky 	b. banner 	c. begin 	d. lunar 
 a. sometime 	b. between 	c. apple 	d. color 
Make the correct choice 
 Peter is not 	work today. He is 	holiday. 
	a. at / on 	b. in / for 	c. from / away 	d. for / over 
 When I was in class, I often sat 	Tommy and Mike. 
	a. among 	b. between 	c. in 	d. within 
 In spring, all flowers are 	blossom colorfully. 
	a. at 	b. about 	c. over 	d. in 
Those foreign tourists are looking forward to enjoy Vietnamese Tet holiday with ____ 
	a. excite 	b. excited 	c. exciting 	d. excitement 
 To most Vietnamese people, Tet holiday is often well 	_ 
	a. prepare 	b. prepared 	c. preparation 	d. preparative 
 The 	of football spreads not only throughout England but also all over the world. 
	a. popular 	b. popularize 	c. popularly 	d. popularity
Ripe fruit is very good for our health. 
	a. Sugared and colored 	b. Cooked carefully 
	c. Picked by hand 	d. Fully grown and ready to eat 
 Some days before New Year, they 	greeting cards one another. 
	a. exchange 	b. show 	c. receive 	d. express 
	14. 	is a day or time of the year when people have a holiday from work and celebrate some special event, often a religious event. 
	a. Festival 	b. Decoration 	c. Occasion 	d. Celebration 
 Films are the most popular 	of entertainment. 
	a. style 	b. form 	c. area 	d. case 
 She is a Buddhist. She often goes to the 	twice a month. 
	a. house 	c. church 	c. pagoda 	d. banner 
 He sat down and 	and stirred his coffee. 
	a. cooked 	b. exchanged 	c. sugared 	d. decorated 
 One of Tet's 	most special foods is banh chung. 
	a. a 	b. an 	c. the 	d. Ø 
 They have found that New Year celebration in Vietnam is ___ that in any other countries. 
	a. more interesting than 	b. as interesting than 
	c. interesting more than 	d. more, interesting as 
 When some certain fruits 	, they will be a delicious food called Mut in Vietnamese. 
	a. are sugared and cooked 	b. sugars and cooks 
	c. are sugaring and cooking 	d. have sugared and cooked 
 Why don't you come and see me as you 	? 
	a. was 	b. had 	c. do 	d. used to 
 When we were younger, we did 	allowed to drink coffee. 
 a. not to be 	 b. not 	c. to not be 	d. not use to be 
 Having a good diet gives me a sense that I am doing 	positive and that I am in control. 
	 a. one 	b. someone 	c. something	d. anything
 There is 	outside the house. 
	a. one 	b. someone 	c. anyone	d. anybody
I have not spoken to ____ all day because I have a sore throat. 
	a. someone 	b. nobody 	c. anybody 	d. ones 
I need ___ reliable to look after the baby while I am at work . 
	a. anyone 	b. someone 	c. everybody 	d. none 
 She was ____to leave without saying goodbye. 
	a. only one 	b. the only one 	c. ones 	d. the ones 
28. 	can attend so you don’t have to be invited. 
	a. Anyone 	b. Someone 	c. Somebody 	d. Only one 
29. 	told me she was ill so I did not pay her a visit. 
	a. Everyone 	b. Someone 	c. Anyone 	d. No one 
 Listen! I hear 	knocking at the window. 
	a. anyone	b. no one 	c. someone 	d. anybody 
Sentence building 
31. Vietnamese New Year celebration / last / at least three days 
Vietnamese New Year celebration lasts at least three days. 
Vietnamese New Year celebration which lasts at least three days. 
Vietnamese New Year celebration lasts at least on three days. 
Vietnamese New Year celebration, it lasts at least three days. 
Tet holiday / people often visit relatives / friends / go to the pagoda / pray for luck / happiness 
On Tet holiday, people often visit relatives and friends, then going to the pagoda praying for luck and happiness. 
When Tet holiday, people often visit relatives, friends, with go to the pagoda to pray for luck and happiness. 
In Tet holiday, people often visit relatives, friends, and then to go to the pagoda to pray for luck and happiness. 
On Tet holiday, people often visit relatives, friends, and go to the pagoda to pray for luck and happiness. 
many of them / go / see a fortune-teller / ask / their fortune in the new year 
Many of them had better go to see a fortune-teller to ask for their fortune in the new year. 
Many of them would like go to see a fortune-teller so as to they ask about their fortune in the new year. 
Many of them may go to see a fortune-teller to ask about their fortune in the new year. 
Many of them should go seeing a fortune-teller to ask for their fortune in the new year 
children / say / best wishes / adults / give / lucky money 
Children say the best wishes to adults and are given lucky money. 
Children say the best wishes with adults and given lucky money. 
Children say the best wishes for adults are given lucky money. 
Children say the best wishes with adults and being given lucky money. 
some wealthy families / pay / dragon dancers / perform / their house / get luck and prosperity 
Some wealthy families can pay for dragon dancers to perform at their house to get luck and prosperity. 
b. Some wealthy families would pay for dragon dancers performing at their house to get luck and prosperity. 
c. The fact that some wealthy families can pay for dragon dancers to perform at their house to get luck and prosperity. 
Because some wealthy families can pay for dragon dancers who to perform at their house to get luck and prosperity. 
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer. 
The New Year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of the next year. Cultures that measure yearly calendars all have New Year celebrations. 
Tet Nguyen Dan pronunciation, more commonly known by its shortened name Tet, is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It is the Vietnamese New Year which is based on the Chinese calendar, a lunisolar calendar. The name Tet Nguyen Dan is Vietnamese for Feast of the First Morning. 
Tet is celebrated on the same day as Chinese New Year though exceptions arise due to the one-hour time difference between Hanoi and Beijing. Tet shares many of the same customs of its Chinese counterpart. It is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, around late January or early February, until at least the third day. Many Vietnamese prepare for Tet by cooking special holiday foods, decorating and cleaning the house. During Tet holiday, Vietnamese visit their families, pagodas and temples, forgetting about the troubles of the past year and hoping for a better upcoming year. Tet traditionally marks the coming of Spring, so Spring is sometimes used interchangeably with Tet in Vietnamese. Vietnamese people usually return to their families during Tet. Some return to worship at the family altar or visit "the graves of their ancestors. Others return to where they grew up. Although Tet is a main holiday among all Vietnamese, each region and religion has its own customs. 
 Tet is a 	holiday in Vietnam. 
	a. crucial 	b. lunisolar 	c. unpopular 	d. uncommon 
Vietnamese New Year is based on 	 
	a. the Vietnamese calendar 	b. the Chinese calendar 
	c. Chinese culture 	d. New Year celebrations 
Tet is celebrated at least 	 
	a. one day 	b. two days 	c. three days 	d. a fortnight 
Which is NOT done to prepare for Tet? 
	a. cooking special foods 	b. cleaning houses 
	c. decorating houses 	d. visiting relatives and friends 
Tet ______ 
has the same customs throughout the country 
has different customs, which are up to region and religion 
is not celebrated throughout the country 
is at end of spring 
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
	(41) 	the Vietnamese believe that the first visitor a family receives in the year determines their fortune for the (42) ____year, 	people never enter (43) ____house on the first day without (44)____ first. The act of being the first person to enter a house on Tet is called xong dat or dapdat. Usually, a person with a happy demeanor or who had experienced good luck during the previous year is invited first into the house. In some (45) 	, any person with names such as Phuc (happy), Tai (wealth), Loc (luck), will be invited to (46) ____this act of xong dat. However, just to be (47) ___, the owner of the house will leave the house a few minutes before midnight and come back just as the clock (48) ___ midnight to prevent anyone else (49)___ entering the house first who might potentially bring any unfortunate events in the new year to the household. Sweeping during Tet is taboo, since it symbolizes sweeping the luck away. It is also taboo for (50) ___ who experienced a recent loss of a family member to visit anyone else during Tet. 
a. Although 	b. Instead 	c. Due to 	d. Since
a. all 	b. whole 	c. round 	d. around
a. any 	b. each 	c. every 	d. one
a. to be invited b. to invite 	c. being invited 	d. inviting
a. cases 	b. examples 	c. kinds 	d. sorts
a. take 	b. perform 	c. do 	d. make
a. safe 	b. safety 	c. safetiness 	d. safely
a. hits 	b. knocks 	c. strikes 	d. shows
a. in 	b. for 	c. with 	d. from
a. the one 	b. anyone 	c. no one 	d. each one
PRACTICE TEST 2
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest. 
a. holiday 	b. important 	c. excitement 	d. tradition
a. sticky 	b. blossom 	c. throughout 	d. flower
a. orange 	b. country 	c. sugar 	d. receive
a. influence 	b. pagoda	c. various 	d. festival
a. decorate 	b. nowadays 	c. popular 	d. tomato
Choose the best answer. 
 That resort is popular 	young people, especially on Tet holiday. 
	a. for 	b. to 	c. with 	d. in 
 Those ladies often go to pagoda to pray 	happiness and luck. 
	a. for 	b. to 	c. on 	d. into 
 What do you often do 	the first day of the year? 
	a. at 	b. for 	c. in 	d. on 
 Tet is a 	occasion for all members of families to gather. 
	a. special 	b. specially 	c. specialize 	d. specializing 
During Tet holiday, all areas of amusement and __ are always crowded. 
	a. entertain 	b. entertainment 	c. entertainer 	d. entertaining 
By __ , people often try to do good things on the first day of the year. 
	a. tradition 	b. traditional 	c. traditionally d. traditionalist 
 Banh Chung and Mut are 	food on Tet holiday. The majority of families have them during Tet. 
	a. exciting 	b. popular 	c. ripe 	d. colored 
	13. 	are small, soft, red fruit that you can eat raw in salads or cooked as a vegetable. 
	a. Apples 	b. Plums 	c. Kumquat 	d. Tomatoes 
 When people 	, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help. 
	a. believe 	b. try 	c. entertain 	d. pray 
15. Thank you very much for your gift on my birthday. 
	a. present 	b. flower 	c. candy 	d. plant 
 There was a very 	response to our new design - people seemed very pleased with it. 
	a disappointed b. excited 	c. negative 	d. positive 
 He seemed to find fault on my doings. He often gave negative ___ 
	a. celebrations 	b. entertainments 	c. decorations 	d. comments 
 Tet is 	grandest and most important occasion in __ year. 
	a. a /a 	b. an / Ø 	c. the / the 	d. Ø/ a 
 I am used ___my sleep interrupted by the noise because I have lived in this region for more than 20 years. 
	a. to have 	b. to having 	c. having 	d. had 
 At Tet. areas of amusement and entertainment are ___ of any times throughout the year. 
	a. crowded most 	b. the more crowded 	c. as more crowded 	d. the most crowded 
 Banh chung 	 on the altar to worship during Tet. 
	a. put 	b. is put 	c. has put 	d. will put 
22 . We didn't use __	out much in the winter months. 
	a. to go 	b. go 	c. going 	d. gone 
23. I phoned last night but 	answered. 
	a. no one 	b. someone 	c. everyone 	d. ones 
24. 	in the street was shocked when they heard the news. 
	a. Ones 	b. Someone 	c. Everyone 	d. Anyone 
 She used to love cats but since 	attacked her and she has not liked them anymore. 
	a. the ones 	b. ones 	c. one 	d. the one 
 Good morning, ____ 
	a. someone 	b. anyone 	c. no one 	d. everybody 
 Laziness and crime are inseparable. You cannot have 	_____ without the other. 
	a. everyone 	b. someone 	c. ones 	d. one 
 Of the three sisters, Mary is the most beautiful ____ 
	a. someone 	b. anyone 	c. everyone 	d. one 
 You may have _____ or the other, but not both. 
	a. one 	b. ones 	c. the one 	d. the ones 
30. I need 	to help me because it is a hard work. 
	a. someone 	b. anyone 	c. anybody 	d. no one 
Error identification 
31. In the days leading up to Tet, each family traditional cooks special holiday foods such as mut, banh chung and banh day. 
32. Preparations for these foods are quite extensive, and cook them can take several days. 
33. Family members often take turns to keep watching on the fire overnight, telling one other stories about Tet of past years. 
34. It is most wonderful time for members of a family to gather to chat and share feelings. 
35. Even poor or rich, every Vietnamese family also get some special foods and decoration for Tet. 
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer. 
Preparations for Tet, Vietnamese New Year, start two or three months before the actual celebrations. People try to payoff their debts in advance so that they can be debt-free on Tet. Parents buy new clothes for their children so that the children can wear them when Tet arrives. Because a lot of commercial activities will cease during the celebrations people try to stock up on supplies as much as possible. 
In the days leading up to Tet, the streets and markets are full of people. Everyone is busy buying food, clothes, and decorating for their house. Each family prepares some special foods for the holiday. Those who live far away from home will try to come home to celebrate Tet with their family. Vietnamese families usually have a family altar to pay respect to their ancestors. During Tet the altar is thoroughly cleaned and new offerings are placed there. 
On New Year's Eve each home is thoroughly cleaned and decorated with flowers and offerings for ancestors by the night before Tet. Many people stay up until midnight to welcome the New Year or go to the pagoda to pray for luck, prosperity, and happiess 
In the morning, actual Tet celebrations begin. The first day of Tet is reserved for the nuclear family. In big cities, the streets are usually empty as most people stay at home or leave the city to visit their close relatives in the countryside. Usually, children dress their new clothes and give their elders the traditional Tet greetings before receiving the lucky money. 
 This passage is about 	_ 
	a. New Year's Eve 	b. the first day of the New Year 
 c. preparation for Tet and Tet holiday 	 d. paying debt before Tet 
 Vietnamese children 	_ 
a. have to payoff debt before Tet 	b. should not receive any money during Tet 
c. are not allowed to wear new clothes at Tet 	d. receive lucky money from adults during Tet 
Which is NOT mentioned as a preparation for Tet? 
a. Visiting friends and relatives.	b. Cooking special foods. 
	c. Decorating houses. 	d. Paying off debts 
Which is NOT referred during Tet celebration? 
	a. Going to the pagoda 	 b. The increasing of commercial activities 
	c. Visiting relatives 	d. Wearing new clothes 
Vietnamese families 	____ 
a. do not celebrate Tet if they are poor 	b. only celebrate Tet when they are wealthy
have an altar to worship their ancestors 	d. gather in the streets on the first day of Tet 
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
One of the most traditional special foods for New Year of Vietnamese people (41)___ Banh Chung (42) __ sticky rice cake. Banh Chung is made of sticky rice, pork meat and green bean. (43) ___ the ingredients are (44) inside a special leaf which calls Dong. Making the Banh Chung requires (45) __ and precision in every step. The rice and green bean have to be soaked in water for a day to make it (46) 
The pork meat is usually soaked with pepper for several hours. Squaring off and tying the .cakes with bamboo strings require skillful hands to make it a perfect square.
Banh Chung is a (47)___ among other foods to be placed on the ancestors' altars during Tet holiday. In the old time, one or two days before Tet, every family prepares and cooks the Banh Chung around the warm fire. It is (48) ___ the time for parents, or grandparents, (49) ___ their children folklore stories. Nowadays, families which live in villages still maintain making Banh Chung before New Years but the people in the city do not. They do not have (50) ___time and prefer to go shopping at the supermarket for Tet. 
 a. is 	b. are 	c. were 	d. will be
 a. and 	b. or 	c. but 	d. nor
 a. Every 	b. Each 	c. Some 	d. All
 a. hugged 	b. embraced 	c. wrapped 	d. rolled
 a. care 	b. careful 	c. careless 	d. carefully
 a. stickier 	b. more stickier 	c. the stickier 	d. the stickiest
 a. should 	b. must 	c. have 	d. need
 a. too 	b. still 	c. also 	d. either
 a . tell 	b. to tell 	c. telling 	d. told
 a. a 	b. an 	c. the 	d. Ø