[Smart World] Giải Tiếng Anh 6 Unit 4: Festivals and Free Time (Lesson 3)

1. Number the pictures. Listen and repeat.  

2. decorate a house or tree

3. visit family and friends

4. get lucky money, candy, or gifts

5. play games or music

6. buy fruits or flowers

7. watch parades

8. eat traditional food 

b. Discuss the things you think people do during these holidays. 

New Year                 Christmas               Halloween 

=> Answer:

a. A. 1              B. 5             C. 3             D. 8             

E. 4              F. 2              G. 6             H. 7

b.

• New Year: clean houses, decorate, have parties, cooking,..         

• Christmas: exchange gifts, attending church, sharing meals,..             

• Halloween: carving pumpkin, tell scary stories,..

2. a. Listen to some people talking about traditional festivals. Are all the festivals celebrated in the same country?

b. Now, listen and draw lines. 

1. Kwanzaa                                     decorate trees 

2. Christmas                                    watch parades 

3. Thanksgiving                               give gifts

4. Lunar New Year                           wear traditional clothes 

=> Answer:

1. Kwanzaa - wear traditional clothes 

2. Christmas - decorate trees

3. Thanksgiving - watch parades

4. Lunar New Year - give gifts

3. Listen and practice

How do people prepare for Christmas?

They decorate their homes and buy gifts.

What do they do during Christmas?

They visit family and friends. 

4. a. Read the article and underline all the festival activities.

A Famous Festival in Vietnam

Cuong Nguyen, October 14

In Vietnam, people celebrate many different Festivals each year. The biggest festival in Vietnam is mt. This celebrates the beginning of the Lunar New Year. Vietnamese people have to prepare a lot for this festival Before T4 people buy fruits and flowers from the market and decorate their houses. Most people buy a special trip with lots of flowers In the north of Vietnam, people buy peach trees with pink flowers. In the south, people buy apricot trees with yellow flowers. Everyone cleans their house before Tee. This is very important because you shouldn't clean it during Tee. During TSt, people visit their family and friends. Few people go to school or work. Children wear new clothes and got lucky money. It's a great time to watch lion dances and fireworks. Everyone is happy and excited about the New Year Vietnamese people love to celebrate this festival. 

b. Read and write "Yes" or "No."

1. People buy fruits and Flowers during Tet.

2. Every house has the same type of tree.

3. People clean their houses during Tet.

4. You can watch lion dances during Tet

=> Answer:

a. buy fruits and flowers, decorate their houses, buy a special tree (peach trees with pink flowers, apricot trees with yellow flowers), cleans their house, visit their family and friends, wear new clothes, get lucky money, watch lion dances and fireworks

b. 1. No                 2. No                  3. No                4. Yes 

5. a. You are telling a friend from overseas about the Mid-Autumn Festival. Take turns talking about what people do before and during the festival. 

b. Talk about other festivals you know.

=> Answer:

• Before Tet, people should return all the things that they have borrowed from others and pay all the debts they owed, decorate different flowers represent different messages in the home, make traditional foods.
• During Tet, they are huge, delicious, and the room is typically full of laughter.

6. a. Read Nhiên and Sarah's messages. Guess what the emojis (pictures) mean and match the emojis to their meanings.

b. Writing similar messages about the Mid-Autumn Festival. Write 50 to 60 words.

=> Answer;

a.

a. karaoke               d. Vietnam                f. fireworks

b. happy                  c. party                     e. money 

b. A: Hi, how are you?

B: I'm great. It's Mid-Autumn Festival here in Vietnam.

A: What's that?

B: Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in Vietnam.

A: What do people do for Mid-Autumn Festival?

B: Before Mid-Autumn Festival, people buy lanterns and mooncakes. During Mid-Autumn Festival, people give the mooncakes to friends and family. They watch lion dances and parades.

A: Sounds fun!

B: It's great. I love it!