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6.,//6
Test your memory! Tick ( ) the things which
appear in the passages, and cross (X) the ones
Reading which don’t.

Children in diff erent countries are talking
a. lucky money
about their New Year. Read the passages. b. a day full of fun

I often go to Times Square with my
parents to welcome the New Year.
When the clock strikes midnight,
colourful fi reworks light up the sky.
Everybody around is cheering and c. a cat’s cry d. house decoration
Russ - the USA
Russ - the USA singing happily. I love that moment
so much.

I love the fi rst day of the New Year f. say wishes
most. After getting up we dress e. fi reworks
beautifully and go to the main
room. There my grandparents sit on
a sofa. We bow and say our wishes to
Wu- Chinau- China
W them. They will give us lucky money
in red envelopes. After that, we go out and h. visit relatives
have a day full of fun, good food and laughter. g. cheering and singing

I learnt some beliefs about Tet from
my parents. At Tet people present j. Trafalgar Square
rice to wish for enough food, red i. giving rice
fruits for happiness. Dogs are lucky
animals. Their barking sounds like
Mai - Viet NamViet Nam
Mai - ‘gold’. But one shouldn’t present a
cat because its cry sounds like the
Vietnamese word for poverty. Don’t eat shrimps. Speaking
They move backwards and you will not succeed
in the New Year.
The following practices and beliefs are from
the passages in . Talk to your friends and
say which one(s) you will do or won’t do this
Say who the following statements refer to.
New Year.
Number 1 is an example.
Examples:
A. Russ B. Wu C. Mai
1. Go to Times Square to welcome the New Year.
Statements Who → I won’t go to the Time Square to welcome the
New Year.
1. A dog is a good present. C
2. Have a time full of fun.
2. The child welcomes the New Year at
→ I will have a time full of fun.
Times Square.
3. Get lucky money from your grandparents.
3. The child gets lucky money.
4. Give your cousin a cat as a present.
4. Giving rice is wishing for enough food.
5. Eat shrimps.
5. The child dresses beautifully.
6. Cheer and sing when the clock strikes midnight.
6. One shouldn’t eat shrimps at the New
7. Dress beautifully.
Year festival.
8. Watch fi reworks.

126 Unit 6/ Our Tet Holiday