Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 7 - Unit 9: Festivals around the world. Lesson 5: Skills 1

UNIT 9: FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD 
Lesson 5: Skills 1 
Unit 
9 
FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD 
Lesson 5: Skills 1 
WARM-UP 
Who is faster ? 
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1. Cannes Film Festival 
- The Golden Palm 
- It is the symbol of the winner's prize. 
2 . Easter 
- Easter Bunny 
- It is the symbol of a new life because it has a lot of babies. 
3 . Halloween 
- black cat 
- It is the symbol of bad luck. 
4. Mid-Autumn Festival 
- moon cake 
- It is the symbol of the moon, prosperity and family reunion 
VOCABULARY 
Form 
Pronunciation 
Meaning 
join 
/dʒɔɪn/ 
Tham gia 
feature 
 /ˈfiː.tʃər/ 
Trình diễn đặc biệt 
performance 
/pəˈfɔː.məns / 
M àn biểu diễn 
Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Which events do you think happen at the Twins Day Festival? 
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Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Which events do you think happen at the Twins Day Festival? 
=> I think the event Double Take Parade happened at the Twins Day Festival.  
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Match each word from the email in 1 with its meaning. 
1 - b 
2 - d 
3 - a 
4 - c 
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1. People hold the festival in Twinsburg on the _______ every August. 
2. There are twins from many _______. 
3. In the Double Take Parade, twins in uniforms _______. 
4. Mark enjoyed the _______ by the Korean twins the most. 
5. Mark and his twin sister ran in the _______. 
6. In his opinion, the festival was very _______. 
Read the email again. Complete each sentence with no more than TWO words. 
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1. People hold the festival in Twinsburg on the first weekend every August. 
Because : People here hold the Twins Day Festival every year. It happens on the first weekend in August. 
2. There are twins from many different countries . 
Because : Thousands of twins come from different countries. 
3. In the Double Take Parade, twins in uniforms walked together . 
Because : We wore uniforms and walked together. 
4. Mark enjoyed the performance by the Korean twins the most. 
Because : I loved the performance by the twins from Korea the most. 
5. Mark and his twin sister ran in the Fun Run . 
Because : This morning we ran in the Fun Run. 
6. In his opinion, the festival was very exciting . 
Because : :This is one of the most exciting festivals I've been to. 
Read the email again. Complete each sentence with no more than TWO words. 
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Match the questions and answers about a festival someone joined. 
1 - d 
2 - b 
3 - e 
4 - c 
5 - a 
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Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a festival you and your friend joined, using the questions in 4 as cues. Tell the class about the festival your partner joined. 
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Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a festival you and your friend joined, using the questions in 4 as cues. Tell the class about the festival your partner joined. 
A: What festival did you join? 
B: I and my friends joined the Buffalo – fighting Festival. 
A : Where and when did you join it? 
B : We joined the festival in Do Son on August 9th according to the Lunar calendar. 
A : Why do people celebrate it? 
B : They celebrate it to remember the merits of gods, maintain the village discipline, to play for the prosperity and happiness for the local people. 
A : What did you do there? 
B : We watched people play drum, dance and watch the buffalos. The drum sound and the scream of people urge the buffalo to play in a fierce way. 
A: Did you like the festival? Why or why not? 
B : Yes, very much because there was really fascinating and amazing. 
- Do exercise 5 in your notebook 
- Prepare for the next lesson: Skills 2. 
HOMEWORK