Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 5: Festivals in Viet Nam

Nội dung text: Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 5: Festivals in Viet Nam

1. Welcome teachers to our class 8A3
2. FESTIVALS
3. HUNG KING TEMPLE FESTIVAL HUONG PAGODA FESTIVAL
4. 1. Answer the following questions. (Ex. 1 / p. 54) 1. What are the people doing in each picture? 2. Who do people worship at the Hung King Temple Festival? 3. Who do people worship at the Huong Pagoda Festival?
5. 2. Now read the information about these festivals to check your ideas (Ex2- p54) A. The Hung King Temple Festival takes B. This Buddhist Festival is held annually place from the 8th to the 11th day of the and lasts for three months from the first to third lunar month in Phu Tho. This the third lunar month. During the festival, festival is held to worship the Hung Kings visitors come from all over the country and who are the founders and also the first from overseas to join the procession and emperors of the nation. The festival make offerings of incense, flowers, fruit features a procession from the foot of and candles to worship Buddha at the the Nghia Linh mountain to the High pagoda. In addition to the ceremonies, Temple on top of the mountain. Here, people enjoy activities at this festival such there is a ceremony of offering incense as hiking in the mountains, exploring caves and specialties such as Chung cakes, Day and taking photos of the beautiful scenery. cakes and five-fruit trays to the Kings. Moreover, there are also many joyful activities including bamboo swings, lion dances, wrestling and Xoan singing performances.
6. 3. Find words/phrases in the passages that have similar meaning to these words/phrases. (Ex3- p54) 1. kings 2. includes as an important part of something 3. interesting, full of fun 4. from abroad 5. going for a long walk 6. natural surroundings A. The Hung King Temple Festival takes place B. This Buddhist Festival is held from the 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar annually and lasts for three months month in Phu Tho. This festival is held to from the first to the third lunar worship the Hung Kings who are the founders month. During the festival, visitors and also the first emperors of the nation. The come from all over the country and festival features a procession from the foot of from overseas to join the procession the Nghia Linh mountain to the High Temple and make offerings of incense, on top of the mountain. Here, there is a flowers, fruit and candles to worship ceremony of offering incense and specialties Buddha at the pagoda. In addition to such as Chung cakes, Day cakes and five-fruit the ceremonies, people enjoy trays to the Kings. Moreover, there are also activities at this festival such as many joyful activities including bamboo hiking in the mountains, exploring swings, lion dances, wrestling and Xoan singing caves and taking photos of the performances. beautiful scenery
7. 3. Find words/ phrases in the passages that have similar meaning to these words or phrases. (Ex. 3 / p. 54) A. The Hung King Temple Festival takes place from the 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar month in Phu Tho. This festival is held to worship the Hung Kings who are the founders and also the first emperors of the nation. The festival features a procession from the foot of the Nghia Linh mountain to the High Temple on top of the mountain. Here, there is a ceremony of offering incense and specialities such as chung cakes, day cakes and five-fruit trays to the Kings. Moreover, there are also many joyful activities including bamboo swings, lion dances, wrestling and xoan singing performances. 1. kings emperors 2. includes as an important part of something features 3. interesting, full of fun joyful
8. B. This Buddhist Festival is held annually and lasts for three months from the first to the third lunar month. During the festival, visitors come from all over the country and from overseas to join the procession and make offerings of incense, flowers, fruit and candles to worship Buddha at the pagoda. In addition to the ceremonies, people enjoy activities at this festival such as hiking in the mountains, exploring caves and taking photos of the beautiful scenery. 4. from abroad from overseas 5. going for a long walk hiking 6. natural surroundings scenery
9. 4. Read the information again and answer the following questions (Ex 4- p54). 1. When does the Hung King Temple Festival take place? → 2. What is included in the offerings to the Hung Kings? → 3. Why is it joyful to go to the Hung King Temple Festival? → 4. What do people do to worship Buddha at the Huong Pagoda Festival? → 5. Which of the activities at the Huong Pagoda Festival do you like most? → Lucky numbers
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