Read the passage carefully then answer the question:
TET holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh Chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family get together for a reunion dinner. Every member of the family should be present during the dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served. On the New Year morning, the young member of the family pay their respects to the elders. And the children receive lucky money waspped in red tiny envelops. Then people go to visit their neighbors, friends and relatives.
1. Is TET holiday celebrated on the second day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam?
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2. What do the Vietnamese often do some weeks before the New Year?
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3. What do people do on one or two days before the festival?
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4. Who do people often visit on TET holiday?
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5. How many kinds of dishes are served in the reunion dinner?
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Using the given words to make meaningful sentences:
1. When/ ogre/ roar/ anger/ prince/ hit/ eye/ sword/.
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2. While/ Tam/ sort/ rice/ flock/ sparrow/ come/ help/.
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3. Frog/ turn/ handsome/ prince/ and/ marry/ princess/.
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4. One day/ knights/ patrol/ around/ castle/ when/ hear/ someone/ cry/ help
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5. Little Red Riding/ pick/ flowers/ while/ grandmother/ wait/.
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The Olympic games
Every four years people all over the world watch the Olympic Games. It is a time for all kinds people to unite in peace. Some of them join together to comepete for gold medals. Millions of other people watch them on television.
Why do we have the Olympic? How did they begin? The first Olympic Games were in Greece in 776 B.C. There was only one event. People ran a race the length of the stadium. The Games lasted one day.
Slowly people added more events. The Games were only men, and women could not event watch them. Only Greeks competed. They came from all parts of the Greeks world. The time of the Games was a time of peace, and the government let everyone travel safely. Kings competed against common people. The winners became national heroes.
The first modern Games were in 1896 in Athens. The Greeks built a new stadium for the competition. Athletes from serval countries competed. Then there were Olympics every four years in different cities in Europe and the United States until 1952. After that they were held in Melbourne, Tokyo, Mexico City, and Montreal besides in European cities. Each year there were athletes from more nations. The first Winter Olympics were in 1924. The athletes compete in skiing and other winter sports.
Today there must be Olympic Games every four years. The Games must have at least fifteen events, and they cannot last more than sixteen days. There is no age limit people of any age can compete.
The competitors must not be professionals. They must be amateurs. The athletes compete for gold medals. The winners are still national heroes, as they were in the early Olympic Games in Greece.
In 1956, Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon boycotted the Games. They did not compete in the Games because several countries took the Suez Canal from Egypt that year. Other countries boycotted the Games in 1964 and 1976. In 1980, the Soviet Union and other countries boycotted the Games in Moscow. In 1984, the Soviet Union and other countries boycotted the Games in Los Angeles. How can the nations of the world solve this problem? Maybe the Games should be in Greece every year, where they began. Then athletes from all over the world could compete without any boycotts.
Questions
1. What was the only event in the first Olympic Games?
2. How many nations played in the first Games?
3. What's the age limit?
4. Are the competitors professionals or amateurs?
5. Where and when is the next Olympic Games?
1.Why is the first person who visits our home during Tet holiday important?
2. Why do Vietnamese people avoid sweeping the floors on Tet days?
3. What do people do on the second day of Tet?
4. When do people visit their teacher, bosses or help person?
Use the suggested words and phrases to make meaningful sentences
1. Internet / change / way / we / communicate
2. Hoa ethnic group / have / the / colourful clothing
3. Yesterday / beautiful day / so / my friend / I / go / picnic
4. It / known / Cambodian Royal Ballet
5. The dance / use / gestures / tell myths / or religious stories
6. It / have / a soft movement / loudly traditional Khmer music / during its performance
7. Apsara dance / not require / physical ability / but / it / require / smooth movement
Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences:
1. A fable is an.....short story that teaches a moral lesson ( IMAGINE)
2. Once upon a time there was a happy and.....ladybug (CHEER)
3. Alice was......when she suddenly heard footsteps behind her. (FRIGHT)
4. While Cam lived......, Tam had to work very hard (LUXURY)
5. Although the old and wicked fairy was not invited, she came to the......anyway (CELEBRATE)
Topic 2: Talk about the changes in the countryside
1. Where is the place?
2. How often do you go there?
3. What are the changes?
4. Do you like it ?
5. Why or why not?
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The tradition of birthday parties started a long time ago.People thought there was a special danger from evil spirít on birthdays , ............. , friends and family came together to bring good thoughts and wishes and even presents . There are some..............traditions in different countries around the world.
In VN, on a child is first birthday,family members put many things on the floor around the child for him or her to choose .............to tradition , the first thing the child picks up will tell us or her future job. In some countries,............. 21st birthday cake is sometimes in a shape of a key. The key .......... that the young person is now old enough to leave and build up to their own family at any time they want to. For Japnese children, the third, fifth and seventh birthdays are ........important. There is usually a special party on these birthdays.
"Li xi" is an important part in Vietnam’s customs of Tet Festival, especially with children. It is a small amount of money that can bring good fortune to the upcoming year. However, "li xi" is not limited only on the first day, but can even last to the 9th or 10th day of Tet Festival, and given when the adults first met the kids. Besides the money, the tiny red envelope also has its own meaning. It represents the secrecy and privacy to avoid comparison as adults want children to regard the money as the gift of New Year, instead of being jealous of receiving less than other kids. The red color, the most popular color appearing in Vietnamese festivals, signifies the prosperity and great luck according to Asian’s beliefs. In the morning of the first day of Lunar New Year, children and parents will visit grandparents’ home, wishing for a happy new year and great health, showing respect and gratitude, and giving gifts. After that, it is grandparents and adults’ turn to give children lucky money to welcome their new age.
1. By whom is the custom loved most?
2. For how long can the custom be applied?
3. Why is a red envelope used?
4. What does the red color signify?
5. Why do adults give "li xi" to children?
