II. Read the text carefully, then do the tasks.
Ok Om Bok is a traditional festival of Khmer people in Mekong Delta. Ok Om Bok Festival
takes place on the Full Moon day of the tenth month in Vietnamese Lunar Calendar, aiming at
worshipping the Moon.
At the night of the Full Moon day, Khmer people set up a table of offerings; new sticky rice,
yam, coconuts, bananas, sweeties, etc and bow their head to show their thanks to the Moon. After
that, there is a colorful and sparkling lanterns ceremony on Ba Om Lake. Khmer people not only
drop these lanterns on the lake but also fly them to the sky. Dozens of great lantern lighten the
night sky in bustling music and the joy of Khmer people. Khmer people believe that these lanterns
will bring bad luck and risk far away.
The most attractive and exciting activity of Ok Om Bok Festival is Ngo race (a special kind of
boat of Khmer people in shape of Nagar snake). Ngo race is a traditional sport of Khmer in Ok Om
Bok Festival. Ngo is a long boat with 25 - 30 meters in length and 1 - 1.4 meter in width. There are
about 40 to 60 boatmen in every “Ngo” with a leader at the top to guide the whole team. Before the
race, people gather along the riverbanks making an exciting atmosphere. During the race, the
boisterous sound of drum, trumpet, cheers and applause urge boatmen row as fast as possible to the
end.
Overall, Ok Om Bok is an important festival in Khmer people’s life. Ok Om Bok Festival has
sacred meaning in spiritual life of these people, making a cultural characteristic of this ethnic
community.
A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Ok Om Bok Festival is celebrated in October in the Western Calendar.
2. At the night of the festival, Khmer people drop lanterns on the lake and fly lanterns to the sky.
3. Ngo is a snake-shaped boat of Khmer people.
4. Ngo boat race takes place right after Ok Om Bok Festival.
5. The boatmen are encouraged by the people gathering along the riverbanks.
6. Ok Om Bok Festival promote traditional cultural identity of Khmer community.
B. Answer the questions.
1. When does Ok Om Bok Festival take place?
_______________________________________________________________
2. What is Ok Om Bok Festival celebrated for?
_______________________________________________________________
3. Where do Khmer people float their lanterns?
_______________________________________________________________
4. How long is a Ngo boat?
_______________________________________________________________

5. How many boatmen are there in every Ngo boat?_______________________________________________________________
6. Why is Ok Om Bok an important festival in Khmer people’s life?
_______________________________________________________________

Choose the correct option in each sentence below.

1. It takes more than a / an hour to drive to Can Tho.

2. It’s a / \(\varnothing\) tradition for children to wake up early on Christmas Day.

3. The Ok Om Bok Festival takes place in the / \(\varnothing\) October.

4. We went to Can Tho by an / \(\varnothing\) air.

5. A: Where’s a / the book?

 B: I thought you left it next to the TV.

Work in groups. Read the following pieces of advice for tourists at the Ok Om Bok Festival. Put them in the correct column.

a. dress up for the Moon God offering ceremony

b. keep quiet when the monks and the elders are talking

c. climb on the animal statues in the temple groundd. show respect to the monks and the elders

e. refuse young rice when the elders offer it to you

f. litter the temple ground

Mid-Autumn Festival

            Mid-Autumn Festival is held on 15^th day of the eight lunar month to celebrate biggest full moon in the year. In Viet Nam, this festival is for children (56)___________ children are center of all activities on that day. (57)_____________ the festival is coming, the adults and the parents prepare many different foods -  moon cakes, candies, biscuits, jellies, and fruit. (58)_____________, the children are given many nice lanterns – star lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks, (59)__________ they can light the lantern during the Mid-Autumn night.

            (60)______________ the autumn is the time of the beginning of the new school year, the adults and parents give gifts to the children. The festival takes place (61)_______________ people have had good crops. (62)____________, it is also the congratulation for the full harvest.

            Nowadays, (63)__________ some of the traditional toys have been replaced by modern toys, the meaning of the festival has been kept and developed. It is certain that Mid-Autumn Festival is a good example of the traditional culture of the Vietnamese.

Task 1: Complete each blank in the passage with the correct linking word. (There may be more than one possibility)

Task 2: Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions.

64.                        When is Mid-Autumn Festival held? What is it for?

________________________________________________________________________________

65.                        What do the adults and the parents do to prepare for the festival?

________________________________________________________________________________

66.                        What are children given besides moon cakes?

________________________________________________________________________________

67.                        What can children do with their lanterns?

________________________________________________________________________________

68.                        Why is Mid-Autumn Festival also considered the congratulation for the full harvest?

________________________________________________________________________________

69.                        What is the importance of this festival?

________________________________________________________________________________ 

Task 5: Read the text carefully, then do the tasks.

Ok Om Bok is a traditional festival of Khmer people in Mekong Delta. Ok Om Bok Festival takes place on the Full Moon day of the tenth month in the Vietnamese Lunar Calendar, aiming at worshipping the Moon.

On the night of the Full Moon day, Khmer people set up a table of offerings; new sticky rice, yam, coconuts, bananas, sweeties, etc and bow their heads to show their thanks to the Moon. After that, there is a colorful and sparkling lanterns ceremony on Ba Om Lake. Khmer people not only drop these lanterns on the lake but also fly them to the sky. Dozens of great lanterns lighten the night sky in bustling music and the joy of Khmer people. Khmer people believe that these lanterns will bring bad luck and risk far away.

The most attractive and exciting activity of the Ok Om Bok Festival is the Ngo race (a special kind of boat of Khmer people in the shape of Nagar snake). Ngo race is a traditional sport of Khmer in the Ok Om Bok Festival. Ngo is a long boat with 25 - 30 meters in length and 1 - 1.4 meter in width. There are about 40 to 60 boatmen in every “Ngo” with a leader at the top to guide the whole team. Before the race, people gather along the riverbanks making an exciting atmosphere. During the race, the boisterous sound of drum, trumpet, cheers and applause urge boatmen row as fast as possible to the end.

Overall, Ok Om Bok is an important festival in Khmer people’s life. Ok Om Bok Festival has a sacred meaning in the spiritual life of these people, making it a cultural characteristic of this ethnic community.

A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Ok Om Bok Festival is celebrated in October in the Western Calendar.

2. At the night of the festival, Khmer people drop lanterns on the lake and fly lanterns to the sky.

3. Ngo is a snake-shaped boat of Khmer people.

4. The Ngo boat race takes place right after the Ok Om Bok Festival.

5. The boatmen are encouraged by the people gathering along the riverbanks.

6. Ok Om Bok Festival promotes the traditional cultural identity of the Khmer community.

B. Answer the questions.

1. When does Ok Om Bok Festival take place?

2. What is the Ok Om Bok Festival celebrated for?

3. Where do Khmer people float their lanterns?

4. How long is a Ngo boat?

5. How many boatmen are there in every Ngo boat?

6. Why is Ok Om Bok an important festival in Khmer people’s life?

Listen again and tick (v) T (True) or F (False).

II. Read the text carefully, then do the tasks.
 Holi, known as the festival of colours, is the Hindu festival celebrated by Hindus all over Asia and also by the people from some parts of Europe and North America. It is mainly observed in India and
Nepal.
 Holi commemorates the victory of good over evil, marks the arrival of Spring, and a time to give thanks for the good harvest. The dates change each year according to the full moon, but it is normally in March and sometimes in late February and lasts for a night and a day.
Traditional Holi celebrations start the night before Holi with a Hollka Dahan where people gather around a bonfire and perform religious rituals praying that evil will be destroyed. The next morning is a free-for-all festival of colours. People chase each other, smear each other with paint, throw coloured paint powder over each other, and drench each other with coloured water. Some people carry waterguns
and coloured water-filled balloons for their water fight. In the evening, people visit houses of their friends and relatives and share sweets and other food items.
A. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. The ‘festival of colours’ is another name for Holi.
2. Only Hindus celebrate Holỉ.
3. Holi is celebrated on 1 March - the first official day of spring.
4. Holi activities start early In the morning.
5. The famous festival of colours is the second day of Hol . nd cojour each other.
6. Water guns and water-filled balloons are also used to play and colour each other.
B. Answer the questions.
1. Where is Holi mainly celebrated?
→ ____________________________________________________________________
2. When does Hol i take place?
→ ____________________________________________________________________
3. How long does the festival last?
→ ____________________________________________________________________
4. Why is Holi festival celebrated?
→ ____________________________________________________________________
5. How do people celebrate Holika Dahan?
→ ____________________________________________________________________
6. What do people do on the day of Holi?
→ ____________________________________________________________________

I) Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival, and do the tasks, and do the tasks that follow

Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid autumn Festival í held on \(15^{th}\) day of the eight lunar month to celebrate biggest full moon in the year. In Viet Nam, this festival is for children ............... children are center of all activities on that day. ................. the festival is coming, the adults and the parents prepare many diferent foods - moon cakes, candies, biscuits, jellies, and fruit. .............., the children are given many nice lanterns - star lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks, ............. they can light the lantern during the Mid- Autumn night.

..................... the autumn is the time of the beginning ò the new school year, the adults and parents give gifts to the children . The festival takes places .................... people have had good crops. ..............., it is also the congratulation for the full harvest.

Nowaday, .............. some of the traditional toys have been replaced by modern toys, the meaning of the festival has been kept and developed. It is certain that Mid-Autumn Festival is a good example of the traditional culture of the Vietnamese.

Task 1: Complete each blank in the passage with the correct linking word. (There may be more than one possibility)

Task 2: Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions.

1/ When is Mid-Autumn Festival held? What is it for?

______________________________________________

2/ What do the adults and the parents do to prepare for the festival?

____________________________________________________

3/ What are children given besides moon cakes?

______________________________________

4/ What can children do with their lanterns?

__________________________________

5/Why is Mid- Autumn Festival also considered the congralulation for the full harvest?

____________________________________________________________________

6/ What is the importance of thí festival?

___________________________________

MẤY BN ƠI GIÚP MK VS MK ĐG CẦN GẤP. MK SẼ TICK CHO CẢM ƠN TRC!!!!!!!!!!!!

II . Change each sentences into a question using the question words in brackets

 1. The girl with a shawl on her head is a member of the Thai ( who )

________________________________________________________

 2. The Khmer have three main festivals in a year . ( how many )

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 3 .Odu is the smallest ethnic group in vietnam . ( which )

_____________________________________________________

 4 Ok Om Bok Festival is the biggest festival of Khmer people .( what )

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5 . We can find terraced fields in the northern mountainous regions .( where )

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 6 . Bom Bo village is about 200 kilometres from HCM city ( how far )

______________________________________________________

7 . They built their houses on stilts to prevent flooding from tides or storms ( why )

______________________________________________________

8. The population of the Tay ethnic group is about 1.7 million ( what )

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9. The Tay have lived in Vietnam for thousands of years . ( how long )

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10 . The M'nong mainly live in Dak Lak province ( where )

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