Revision unit 1-5
Lesson 3 International festivals
In this lesson students will learn about some international festivals.
1. Vocabulary
Read and remember the meanings of the following words/phrases.
2. Listen and repeat
Listen and repeat the words/phrases written above after the teacher.
3. Listen and practise
Listen to the dialogue and practise it in pairs.
Kham: When is Chinese New Year this year, Chin Tao?
Chin Tao: It’s on the 29th of January.
Kham: How do you prepare for the New Year?
Chin Tao: I clean the house, decorate the table for placing offerings, prepare food and drink, and invite friends to come over.
Kham: Are you lighting firework at night?
Chin Tao: Sure. Chinese people welcome spirits of their ancestors by lighting fireworks.
Kham: Well, it’s different from Lao culture. In Laos, if you light firework or fire a gun, you will chase spirits away.
Chin Tao: Oh, really?
Kham: Yes. People should be very quiet while welcoming spirits of their ancestors.
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4. Read and answer
Answer the questions
- What do you know about Chinese New Year?
- What do you know about International New Year?
Read the following text and answer the questions below.
International Festivals
Since tourism industry has spread across the world, people have visited different places where they can see different festivals. In China, the celebration of the New Year lasts about three days. On the first day, people make offerings of at least five different kinds of food. They place the offerings on a specially decorated table or an altar. At night, they light fireworks to welcome home spirits of their ancestors. In the evening, the family has dinner together and children receive red envelopes with money inside. On the second day of the festival, the first day of the New Year, family members stay at home. They wait at home and hope the first person to come through the door at the start of the New Year will be a nice man. This will bring them good luck for the whole year. On the last day of Chinese New Year, people go out to visit their friends and relatives. Sometimes, they have picnics or other gatherings.
In Scotland, Scottish people call their New Year Festival “Hogmanay”.
To prepare for the New Year, they clean the house and prepare traditional food for the New Year party. They celebrate the New Year at home in the evening of December 31st. They have a party that all friends and strangers are welcome. They eat, drink, and dance together. Just before midnight, everybody watches the clock and counts down the seconds: “ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one…” At exactly midnight, everyone shouts “Happy New Year”. Then they stand in a circle, join hands and sing
ສ . ວ . ສ
ສະ ຫງ ວນ ລິຂ ະສ ິດ
Unit 7 94 Auld Lang Syne, a traditional Scottish New Year song. The first person who comes into the house after midnight is called the first-footer. Scottish people believe they will have good luck for the next year if the first-footer is a healthy and wealthy dark-haired man who carries a piece of coal and a piece of mistletoe (a special plant).
Questions:
1. How long does Chinese New Year last?
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2. How many kinds of food do people prepare for offerings?
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3. Where do they place offerings?
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4. What do people do at night?
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5. What do Chinese people do on the second day of the festival?
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6. What is the name of Scottish New Year?
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5. Listen and complete
Listen to the teacher and fill in the missing words.
My friend Chin Tao (1) …………..… in Vientiane Capital. Every year, he (2) ……....….. his Chinese New Year because it is very (3) ….………..
for him. The New Year starts at the end of January or February, depending on the (4) ……….…… calendar. In the preparation for the celebration, he cleans his (5) …………. and prepares special food. He sometimes buys new things like clothes and furniture to (6) ………..…in the New Year. He decorates a special table for placing the (7) …………..…… for his ancestors.
During the day of the first day, he (8) …………...…. friends and neighbours to have lunch at his house. In the evening, his family has (9)
ສ . ວ . ສ
ສະ ຫງ ວນ ລິຂ ະສ ິດ
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……….…… together. After dinner, he gives red envelopes with money inside to his children. At night, he lights (10) ………..…… to welcome the spirits of his ancestors. Chin Tao always invites his friends to have lunch with his family every year.
6. Rearrange
Put the following words/phrases in correct sentences 1. has /A tourism industry / across / spread / the world.
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2. People / places / have visited / different.
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3. offerings / People / different / make / five /of /at least / kinds of food.
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4. the / offerings / They / place / on / a / specially decorated / table.
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5. They / New Year / celebrate / the / at home.
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6. are / All / welcome / friends and strangers.
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7. the clock / Everybody / the seconds / watches / and counts down.
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8. stand / in / a circle / join hands and sing / Auld Lang Syne / They.
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7. Read and match
Read and match the English words with Lao meanings.
1. chase …b… a. ģĿīŋĵ 2. firework ……. b. Ĥ ŀįŐĸŒ
3. ancestor ……. c. ŌĥņŒļĦĭŁĮ/ŌĥņŒļĦŐĻœĹ 4. offerings ……. d. ŌĥņŒļĦī ʼnģōīŒĦŌĽņļĮ 5. prepare ……. e. į ŀĮijĿįŇĸŇĪ 6. furniture ……. f. ģĿŎijģ/ijŇŐĴ
ສ . ວ . ສ
ສະ ຫງ ວນ ລິຂ ະສ ິດ
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8. Write
Make sentences by using the words given.
1. (picnic)……….………
2. (watch) ………
3. (visit) ………..….………
4. (decorate) …...……….………
5. (start) ………...………
6. (prepare) ………...………
9. Sing
Listen and repeat after the teacher. Then sing the song together.
Auld Lang Syne Should old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind Should old acquaintance be forgot For the sake of auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet For the sake of auld lang syne