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4 read the four paragraphs below. use the
1 match the flags with the countries. then match pictures in 3 to help you decide which group

the countries with their nationalities. of people celebrates new year that way.
Japanese Scottish Thai H’Mong
new year People

1 4 6 a. On New Year's Eve, each family
Viet Nam, Holland, kills a rooster. They take some
Japan, the USA, red feathers from the rooster
Scotland, Thailand, and stick them to the drawings
2 Korea, Australia 7 of the Sun in their house. This
will start the New Year.

b. Their New Year is in April, the

3 5 8 hottest time of the year. One
tradition is to throw water over
Japanese, American, Scottish, Vietnamese, people. They believe that this
Australian, Dutch, Thai, Korean activity will bring a lot of rain in
the New Year.
2 Game
c. At midnight on December 31,
Prepare pictures of flags. Walk around and meet temples all over their country
people. Tell them where you are from. They will tell ring their bells 108 times. They
you your nationality. believe that the ringing bells
can remove their bad actions
Example: from the previous year.
A: Hi, I’m from England. A: I’m from America. d. To welcome the New Year, they
B: You’re English. B: You’re American. clean their houses. The first footer
is very important. They believe
that the first footer on New Year's
3 People in different countries celebrate Day decides the family's luck for
new year differently. match the four groups of the rest of the year.
people with the pictures.

The H’Mong, Viet Nam The Japanese, Japan 5 Find and check the meaning of some new words
as they are used in the text by matching them
The Scottish, Scotland The Thai, Thailand with the definitions.

1 3 text word definition

a feathers an adult male chicken

b rooster the covers of a rooster,
chicken or bird
c remove the first person to enter your
home after New Year’s Eve

2 4 d first footer take away
6 Group work
Each student chooses two facts from the four
paragraphs he/ she is most interested in. Write
them down and take turns to read them aloud to
his/ her group. The group decides which group of
people he/ she is talking about.

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