Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival is held on 15th day of the eight lunar month to celebrate biggest full moon in the year. In Viet Nam, this festival is for children (56)___________ children are center of all activities on that day. (57)_____________ the festival is coming, the adults and the parents prepare many different foods - moon cakes, candies, biscuits, jellies, and fruit. (58)_____________, the children are given many nice lanterns – star lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks, (59)__________ they can light the lantern during the Mid-Autumn night.
(60)______________ the autumn is the time of the beginning of the new school year, the adults and parents give gifts to the children. The festival takes place (61)_______________ people have had good crops. (62)____________, it is also the congratulation for the full harvest.
Nowadays, (63)__________ some of the traditional toys have been replaced by modern toys, the meaning of the festival has been kept and developed. It is certain that Mid-Autumn Festival is a good example of the traditional culture of the Vietnamese.
Task 1: Complete each blank in the passage with the correct linking word. (There may be more than one possibility)
Task 2: Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions.
64. When is Mid-Autumn Festival held? What is it for?
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65. What do the adults and the parents do to prepare for the festival?
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66. What are children given besides moon cakes?
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67. What can children do with their lanterns?
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68. Why is Mid-Autumn Festival also considered the congratulation for the full harvest?
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69. What is the importance of this festival?
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64. It's held on 15th day of the eight lunar month to celebrate the biggest full moon in the year
65. They prepare many different foods-moons cakes, candies, biscuits, jellies, and fruit
66. They are given many nice lanterns - stars lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks
67. They can light the lantern during the Mid-Autumn night
68. Because the festival takes place when people have had good crops
69. It's a good example of the tradition culture of the Vietnames
