Unit
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Festival around the world
Lesson 1:
GETTING STARTED

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Unit
9:

Festival around the world
Lesson 1:
GETTING STARTED

A tulip festival

Vocabulary
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costume /ˈkɒs.tjuːm/ (n)
folk dance /fəʊk dɑːnts/(n)
feast /fiːst/(n)
parade /pəˈreɪd/ (n/v)

- firework display/ˈfaɪə.wɜːk dɪˈspleɪ/
- float /fləʊt/( v/n)

Vocabulary
- tulip/ˈtjuː.lɪp/(n) : hoa tulip (uất kim hương)
- costume /ˈkɒs.tjuːm/ (n): trang phục
- folk dance /fəʊk dɑːnts/ : dân vũ/ điệu nhảy dân
gian
- feast /fiːst/(n): bữa tiệc
- parade /pəˈreɪd/(n) : cuộc diễu hành
- firework display/ˈfaɪə.wɜːk dɪˈspleɪ/ : bắn pháo hoa
- float /fləʊt/(n) : xe diễu hành

Listen and read
Read and tick
1. Went to the Tulip festival in Australia
2. Went to the Tulip Festival in the
Netherland
3. Tried Dutch food and drinks
4. Watched traditional Dutch dancing
5. Saw tulip floats

Ms Hoa

Mark

2. Listen and read
Mark and Trang: Good afternoon Ms. Hoa
Ms.Hoa: Oh, hi. Come in.
Trang: Wow. This is a nice cozy room, Ms.Hoa. I like the photos on the
wall. I can see you among all those tulips. Where did you take the
photos?
Ms.Hoa: I took them at the Tulip Festival in Australia last September.
Mark: Really? I went to a tulip festival two years ago but it was in
Netherlands. It was the Dutch Tulip Festival.
Trang: What did you do at the festival?
Ms.Hoa: I watched Dutch folk dances. The dancers wore traditional
costumes. I also got a chance to try some delicious Dutch food and
drinks. I also saw beautiful tulip floats at a parade.
Trang: Do they hold the festival every year in Australia?
Ms.Hoa: Yes, they do.

2. Read the conversation and tick
Read and tick
1. Went to the Tulip festival in Australia

Ms Hoa

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2. Went to the Tulip Festival in the
Netherland
3. Tried Dutch food and drinks
4. Watched traditional Dutch dancing
5. Saw tulip floats

Mark

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3. Write a word or phrase from the box under
costumes
feast
float
fireworks display
each
picture.
parade
folk dance

parade
1. ________

float
4._________

costumes
2. ________

feast
3._________

fireworks display 6._________
5._______________
folk dance

4. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase
from 3
folk dances at the Tulip Festival.
1. The dancers performed ___________
2. On New Year's Eve, we went to Hoan Kiem Lake to watch the

fireworks display
______________.
3. For Tet, we usually prepare a ___________
with special food.
feast

parades in several countries to
4. People hold flower ___________
welcome the new season.

floats
costumes
5. The _________
carried the dancers in special ___________.

Quiz
What festival is it? Match each description with a festival.
1. At this festival, people eat moon
cakes.

a. La Tomatina

1-e

2. At this festival, people throw
tomatoes.

b. Cheese
2-a rolling

3. People eat banh chung at this
festival.

3-d c. Christmas

4. People decorate pine trees and
give each other gifts.

4-c

5. People chase after a wheel of
cheese.

e. Mid-Autumn
5-b Festival

d. Tet

Homework
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Learn vocabulary
Practice the conversation
Name at least three festivals you know
Prepare for A closer look 2