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skILLs 1 5 Work in groups

3 test your memory! tick ( ) the things which
appear in the passages, and cross (X) the ones Write two popular beliefs you know about the
reading which don’t. new year and tell your partners.
Belief 1. __________________________________
1 children in different countries are talking
about their new year. read the passages. a. lucky money b. a day full of fun Belief 2. __________________________________

I often go to Times Square with my
parents to welcome the New Year. 6 look at the list. Discuss with your friends what you should or shouldn’t do at tet.
When the clock strikes midnight,
colorful fireworks light up the sky.
Everybody around is cheering and c. a cat's cry d. house decoration “Hey, you shouldn’t play games all night get up early invite friends home
russ - the uSa singing happily. I love that moment eat all the cake!”
so much. bring home a
buy some salt ask for lucky money
black cat
I love the first day of the new year f. say wishes eat shrimps on New
most. After getting up we dress e. fireworks play music loud break things
beautifully and go to the main room. Year’s Day
There my grandparents sit on a sofa. Example:
We bow and say our wishes to them.
Wu- china They will give us lucky money in Student A: We should make a wish.
red envelopes. After that, we go out and have g. cheering and singing h. visit relatives Student B: I agree. But we shouldn’t get up early.
a day full of fun, good food and laughter. Student C: No, we shouldn’t. We should invite friends home,
shouldn’t we?
I learnt some beliefs about Tet from Student D: Yes, I think we should.
my parents. At Tet people present i. giving rice j. Trafalgar Square
rice to wish for enough food, red skILLs 2
fruits for happiness. Dogs are lucky
animals. Their barking sounds like
mai - Viet nam ‘gold’. But one shouldn’t present a listening Writing
cat because its cry sounds like the
Vietnamese word for poverty. Don’t eat shrimps. Speaking 1 mai and her mother are going shopping for tet. 3 now write an e-mail to a friend about your
They move backwards and you will not succeed listen and tick ( ) the things they will buy. tet holiday. include what you will and won’t
in the new year. 4 the following practices and beliefs are from do. also include things people should and
the passages in 1. talk to your friends and 1. peach blossoms shouldn’t do. use your notes from Speaking
say which one(s) you will do or won’t do this and the rest of the unit to help you.
2 Say who the following statements refer to. new year. 2. banh chung
number 1 is an example. 3. new clothes To: mi@fastmail.com;
A. Russ B. Wu C. Mai Examples:
4. a tie superphong@bamboo.com
1. Go to Times Square to welcome the New Year.
Statements Who → I won’t go to the Time Square to welcome the 5. sweets Subject: Weekend away!

1. A dog is a good present. C New Year. 6. fruit Dear _________,
2. Have a time full of fun. I feel very _______. Our Tet holiday is coming.
2. The child welcomes the New Year at 7. chocolate biscuits
Times Square. → I will have a time full of fun. This year I will ____________________________

3. The child gets lucky money. 3. Get lucky money from your grandparents. 2 listen again and write the names of the things I won’t __________________________________
they will buy for the people in column a.
4. Giving rice is wishing for enough food. 4. Give your cousin a cat as a present. At Tet, people should ______________________
5. Eat shrimps. a. People b. things
5. The child dresses beautifully. People shouldn’t _________________________
6. Cheer and sing when the clock strikes midnight. 1. Mai and her brother
6. One shouldn’t eat shrimps at the New Write soon,
Year festival. 7. Dress beautifully. 2. Mai’s dad
8. Watch fireworks. ____________
3. Mai’s grandparents

64 Unit 6/ Our Tet holiday