GROUP 4
Module 4.
SPECIAL
OCCASIONS
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Vocabulary &
Speaking
by Nguyễn Minh Anh
Ex
1.
Which are your favourite
months of the year? Why?
Ex 2.
Lunar New Year Father’s Day
St Valentine’s Day American Independence
Day
Mother’s Day
Halloween
Easter
Christmas Day
May Day
New Year’s Eve
Lunar New Year
St Valentine’s
Day
Mother’s Day
Easter
May Day
Father’s Day
American
Independence
Day
Halloween
Christmas Day
New Year’s Eve
Ex 3.
a. Match the words in column A with the words in column B to make phrases
connected with special occasions
A B
1. cook a a cake
2. dress cards to people
3. eat flowers
4. exchange late
5. have a day out
6. invite people presents
7. make relatives
8. send special meal
9. stay up to your home
10. visit up
11. buy off work
Ex 3.
a. Match the words in column A with the words in column B to make phrases connected
with special occasions
Answer:
1. cook a special meal
2. dress up
3. eat out
4. exchange cards to people
5. have a day off work
6. invite people to your home
7. make a cake
8. send cards to people
9. stay up late
10. visit relatives
11. buy flowers
Birthday Traditions around the In Argentina, Mexico and several other Latin American countries,
girls have a special birthday celebration when they reach the age of
World fifteen. After a religious ceremony, the girls dance a waltz with their
father and other boys.
The tradition of birthday parties started a long time ago. People
Eighteen is the traditional 'coming of age’ - the age where you have
thought that there was a special danger from evil spirits, so friends
the right to vote , join the armed forces and (in many countries),
and family came together to bring good thoughts and wishes and
drink alcohol and (in the UK) buy a house or become a member of
even presents. At one time, only kings had birthday parties but as
parliament!
time went by, children and then adults began to have their own
birthday celebrations. There are some traditions- such as sending
In many English - speaking countries, a twenty-first birthday cake
birthday cards, blowing out the candles on a birthday cake and singing
often has a key on top, or the cake itself is sometimes in the shape
the 'Happy Birthday' song, that you can find almost anywhere, any
of a key. The key means that the young person is now old enough to
time. Others are more specific to certain ages ...and certain countries.
leave and enter the family home at any time they want to!
In China, everyone celebrates their birthday on New Year's Day: they
In the past in parts of Europe, men who reached the age of thirty
become one year older on that day. On a child's second birthday,
and were still single, had to clean the stairs of the City Hall. This way
family members put a 5 variety of objects on the Roor around the
every girl could see that the man didn't have a girlfriend - and how
child. According to Chinese tradition, the first object that the child
good he was at cleaning the house!
picks up tells you what profession the child will choose later in life.
After the age of thirty, many people prefer to forget their birthdays
For Japanese children, the third, fifth and seventh birthdays are
rather than celebrate them... children often bring Mum (or Dad)
particularly important. At this age, there is a special celebration called
breakfast in bed, and it's traditional to give a bunch of flowers and
Shichi-Go-San (seven, five, three in Japanese) when children go to the
enjoy a special meal or party. It's also a day when your friends and 17
temple wearing a brand-new kimono. The priest gives them special
NEW WORD
● Tradition : truyền thống ● Key : chìa khóa
● Pick up : nhặt lên ● City Hall : tòa thị chính
● Particularly important: đặc biệt quan ● Religious ceremony : nghi lễ tôn
trọng giáo
● Special celebration: lễ kỷ niệm đặc biệt ● Temple : ngôi đền
● Priest : vị linh mục ● Single : độc thân
● Armed forces: lực lượng vũ trang ● Celebrate : kỉ niệm
● Member of parliament : thành viên quốc ● Stairs: cầu thang
hội
Ex 3.
b. Which of these things do you do on the special days in exercise 2.?
cook a special meal make a cake
dress up send cards to people
eat out stay up late
exchange cards to visit relatives
people buy flowers
have a day off work
invite people to your