Tet is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It is the Vietnamese New Year marking the arrival of spring based on the Lunar calendar, a lunisolar calendar. The name Tet Nguyen Dan is Sino-Vietnamese for Feast of the very First Morning.
Tet takes place from the first day of the first month of the Lunar calendar until at least the third day. Many Vietnamese prepare for Tet by cooking special holiday foods and cleaning their house. There are a lot of customs practiced during Tet such as visiting a person’s house on the first day of the new year , ancestral worship, wishing New Year’s greetings, giving lucky money to children and elderly people and opening a shop.

Tet is also an occasion for pilgrims and family reunions. During Tet, Vietnamese visits their relatives and temples, forgetting the troubles of the past year and hoping for a better upcoming year. They consider Tet to be the first day of spring and the festival is often called spring festival

Like other Asian countries, Vietnamese believe that the color of red and yellow will bring good fortune, which may explain why these colors can be seen everywhere in Lunar New Year. People consider what they do on the dawn of Tet will determine their fate for the whole year, hence people always smile and behave as nice as they can in the hope for a better year.
Above all, time to Tet is counting down, so if you want to experience this extremely special event at least once in a life, just pack up your luggage and reserve a Lunar New Year trip in Vietnam!

1 Do you have days on Tet holiday?

(Bạn có nghỉ Tết không?)

- Yes, I do. (Có mình có nghỉ tết.)

2How many days off do you often have on Tet holiday?

(Bạn thường được nghỉ tết bao nhiêu ngày/lâu?)

I often have + ngày (two, three...) days off on Tet holiday.

(Tôi được nghỉ tết ..... )

3Do you travel during Tet?

(Bạn có đi du lịch vào Tết không?)

+) Yes, I do.

+) No, I don't.

4Do you send cards to your friends at Tet?

(Bạn có gửi những thiếp chúc đến bạn bè của mình vào dịp Tết không?)

- Bạn đọc tham khảo câu 3.

5what do you often do you help your mother to prepair for Tet?

(Bạn thường giúp mẹ làm gì để chuẩn bị cho Tết?)

- I often help my mother by cleaning the house to welcome a new year.

6 Does your family cook Banh chung at Tet?

(Nhà bạn có nấu Bánh Chưng vào Tết không?)

+ Bạn hãy tham khảo câu 3.

7 do you enjoy traditional food during Tet?

(Bạn thích những món ăn truyền thống của ngày Tết không?)

+ Bạn hãy tham khảo câu 3.

8 What do you often do with lucky money?

(Bạn thường làm gì với số tiền mừng tuổi của mình?)

I often put it into my piggy bank to save for something.

9 What do you wish on new year's Eve?

(Bạn cầu điều gì trong đêm giao thừa?)

- I pray my family are peaceful all the time.

(Tôi cầu cho gia đình mình lúc nào cũng được bình an.)

10 How do you feel after Tet holiday?

(Sau tết bạn cảm thấy thế nào?)

I am full of the joys of spring.

Cụm: be full of the joys of spring = vui, hạnh phúc, tràn đầy năng lượng.

Task 2. Write an email to Nick and tell him about how you often celebrate Tet. (40-60 words). You can use the following ideas as cues.
- What do you do at Tet?
- What should children do? What shoudn’t they do?
- What do you like best about Tet?
Hello my Name Is ..... . I'm 11 years old . Now, I will tell you about things to do on Tet holiday. Before Tet, I clean the house, decorate the house and indispensable a peach tree in front of the door. During Tet, I get lucky money, watch a lion dance and watch fireworks. Students did not have to go to school that day