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👉 SKILLS 1
Reading
1. Read the passages and decide who says sentences 1-5.
A. I often go to Times Square with my parents to welcome the New Year. When the clock strikes midnight, colourful fireworks light up the sky. Everybody cheers and sings.
B. On New Year's Day, we dress beautifully and go to our grandparents' houses. We wish them Happy New Year and they give us lucky money. Then we go out and have a day full of fun.
C. I learn some customs about Tet from my parents. People give rice to wish for enough food and buy salt to wish for good luck. Dogs are lucky animals but cats are not. A cat's cry sounds like "poor" in Vietnamese.
A. Russ B. Wu C. Mai
| Statements | Who |
| 1. Dogs are lucky animals. | C |
| 2. We welcome the New Year at Times Square. | |
| 3. Children get lucky money. | |
| 4. We give rice to wish for enough food. | |
| 5. Children dress beautifully. |
2. Test your memory!
Tick (✓) the things which appear in the passages, and cross (*) the ones which don't.
| a. lucky money ⬜ | b. a day full of fun ⬜ |
| c. a cat's cry ⬜ | d. decorating the house ⬜ |
| e. fireworks ⬜ | f. saying wishes ⬜ |
| g. cheering and singing ⬜ | h. visiting relatives ⬜ |
Speaking
3. Work in groups. These are some activities from the reading passages in 1. Tell your group if you do them during Tet.
Example: go to Times Square to welcome the New Year
-> I don't go to Times Square to welcome the New Year.
1. watch fireworks on New Year's Eve
2. sing when the New Year comes
3. get lucky money
4. go out and have fun
5. dress beautifully
6. buy salt for happiness
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4. Work in groups. Read the list and discuss what you should or shouldn't do at Tet.
Hey, you shouldn't eat all that banh chung!
- break things
- make a wish
- dress beautifully
- say "Have fun!" to friends
- help decorate our houses
- play games all night
- invite friends home
- ask for lucky money
- play loud music
Example:
A: We should dress beautifully at Tet.
B: I agree. Should we ask for lucky money?
C: No, we shouldn't.
