Bài giảng môn Tiếng anh Lớp 8 - Unit 5, Lesson 5: Skills 1

Do you know about these festivals? Welcome to our classPERIOD 38:SKILLS 1UNIT 5FESTIVALS IN VIET NAMSunday, May 16, 2021VOCABULARY1.Buddha/ˈbudə/Đức Phật (n)2.emperor/ˈempərə/hoàng đế (n)3.founder/ˈfaʊndə/người sáng lập (n)4.incense/’ɪnsens/hương, nhang (n)5.lunar month /ˈluːnə //mʌnθ/tháng âm lịch (n)6.offering/ˈɒfərɪŋ/lễ vật (n)7.overseas /əʊvəˈsiːz/ở nước ngoài (adv)8.procession/prəˈseʃən/đám rước, diễu hành (n)9.specialityđặc sản (n)10.take place /teɪk//pleɪs/(v) diễn ra11.worship/ˈwəːʃɪp/thờ phụng (n)reading1. Below are pictures from websites about festivals in Viet Nam. Work in groups to answer the following questions.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?READING2. Now read the information about these festivals to check your ideas. 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 specialties 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. PHÚ THỌB. 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 1. Below are pictures from websites about festivals in Viet Nam. Work in groups to answer the following questions.1. What are the people doing in each picture? They are doing worshipping ceremony.2. Who do people worship at the Hung King Temple Festival? People worship Hung King at the Hung King Temple Festival. 3. Who do people worship at the Huong Pagoda Festival? People worship Buddha.3. Find words/ phrases in the passages that have similar meaning to these words or phrases.1. kings2. includes as an important part of something3. interesting, full of fun4. from abroad5. going for a long walk6. natural surroundingsA. 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.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.3. Find words/ phrases in the passages that have similar meaning to these words or phrases.1. kings2. includes as an important part of something3. interesting, full of fun4. from abroad5. going for a long walk6. natural surroundingsemperorsfeaturesjoyfulfrom overseashikingsceneryWhen does the Hung King Temple Festival take place? What is included in the offerings to the Hung Kings? Why is it joyful to go to the Hung King Temple Festival? 4. Read the information again and answer the following questionsA. 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.HUNG KING TEMPLE FESTVALWhen does the Hung King Temple Festival take place? The Hung King Temple festival takes place from the 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar month.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.HUNG KING TEMPLE FESTVAL2. What is included in the offerings to the Hung Kings? Incense, specialities such as chung cakes, day cakes and five-fruit trays.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.HUNG KING TEMPLE FESTVAL3. Why is it joyful to go to the Hung King Temple Festival? Because there are many joyful activities including bamboo swings, lion dances, wrestling and xoan singing performances.When does the Hung King Temple Festival take place? What is included in the offerings to the Hung Kings? Why is it joyful to go to the Hung King Temple Festival? The Hung King Temple festival takes place from the 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar month.Incense, specialities such as chung cakes, day cakes and five-fruit trays.Because there are many joyful activities including bamboo swings, lion dances, wrestling and xoan singing performances.4. Read the information again and answer the following questionsWhat do people do to worship Buddha at the Huong Pagoda Festival? Which of the activities at the Huong Pagoda Festival do you like most? 4. Read the information again and answer the following questionsB. 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.HUONG PGODA FESTIVAL4. What do people do to worship Buddha at the Huong Pagoda Festival? People join the procession and make offerings of incense, flowers, fruit and candles.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.HUONG PGODA FESTIVAL5. Which of the activities at the Huong Pagoda Festival do you like most? The activity I like most is exploring caves.What do people do to worship Buddha at the Huong Pagoda Festival? Which of the activities at the Huong Pagoda Festival do you like most? People join the procession and make offerings of incense, flowers, fruit and candles.The activity I like most is exploring caves.4. Read the information again and answer the following questionsHung King Temple Festivalofferingactivitiesincensespecialities: chung cakes, day cakes and five-fruit traysbamboo swingslion dancewrestlingsinging Xoan performmacesHuong Pagoda Festivalofferingactivitiesincenseflowersfruitcandlestaking photos of beautiful sceneryexplore caveshiking in the mountain5a. Work in pairs. Your teacher is organising a trip. You have two options: going to Huong Pagoda or going to Hung King Temple. You have to decide the following.speakingWhich place do you prefer to go to? What things should you take with you? Why?A: Which place do you prefer to go to? B: I prefer to go to Huong Pagoda because I want to travel along Yen Stream by boat. What is your view on this choice? A: I agree with you. And what things should you take with you? Why?B: I think we should take a bottle of water because we’ll need it when we’re climbing the mountain.A: Good idea! Example 1: A: Which place do you prefer to go to? B: I prefer to go to . What is your view on this choice? A: I agree with you. And what things should you take with you? Why?B: I think we should take .A: OK, let’s go there! 5b. Now report your decisions to the class. Which location is more popular and why?Hello, I’m . I’ve discussed with and we decided to go to because . . To have a good trip I think we should bring . because . I hope we’ll have an interesting trip.LÂM ĐỒNG PROVINCEWhich festival is it?Where is it?When is it? What is its purposeDa Lat Flower FestivalThis special celebration usually takes place in late December until early January and lasts around five days. The biennial festival will be held in December when Da Lat has the best weather of the year.Location: Da Lat City and some other localities in Lam Dong province of VietnamDate & Time: 7 pm, from Dec 20th to Dec 24th, 2019Theme: “Da Lat Flower – Miraculous Crystallization from the Mother of Soil”Purpose: to honor the value of flowers and floriculture, as well as the image of Da Lat–a dreamy, romantic and poetic city.A: Which place do you prefer to go to? B: I prefer to go to Hung King Temple because it's one of the most important festival of the country. Moreover, there are a lot of joyful activities there. What is your view on this choice? A: I agree with you. And what things should you take with you? Why?B: In my opinion, we must bring fruits to offer Hung Kings.A: Good idea! Example 2: - I think we should take a bottle of water because we'll because we'll need it when we're climbing the mountain.- In my opinion, we must bring fruits to offer Hung Kings.- I think we should bring snacks because it's very easy to serve.- I think flowers are very necessary because we need to offer them to the Buddha.- Incense is indispensable because we need it when we go to the pagoda.- I'd like to take a camera with me because I want to take pictures of the beautiful scenery.- We need to bring trainers because we will climb the mountain.- I think we should also bring an umbrella in case of the rain.