1/ Mai's family custom is...............

2/ My family custom is...............

My family customs and tradition have dinner together, go to the cinema at weekends, visit relatives at weekends celebrate birthday of family members. Social customs and traiditions : go to the pagoda, make Chung cake on the Tet holiday.

Choose the correct answers

1. What / you / enjoy / do / free time ?

A. What do you enjoy to do in your free time?

B. What do you enjoy doing in free time?

C. What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

D. What are you enjoy doing in your free time?

2. How much time / week / you / spend / these activities?

A. How much time a week do you spend for these activities?

B. How much time a week do you spend to these activities?

C. How much time week do you spend on these activities?

D. How much time a week do you spend on these activities?

3. It / custom / family / visit / relatives / friends / Tet

A. It is a custom for my family to visit our relatives and friends at Tet.

B. It is a custom for my family to visit our relatives and friends on Tet

C. It is a custom for my family visiting our relatives and friends at Tet

D. It is a custom that my family visiting our relatives and friends on Tet

Exercise 1:

Hung Kings' Festival (Giỗ tổ Hùng Vương)

Exercise 2:

Annually, thousands of visitors from all over the country participate in a national festival – Hung King Temple Festival. It is a ceremony in honor of Hung Kings, who were instrumental in the founding of the nation. The Hung King Temple Festival is held from the 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar month, but the main festival day is on the 10th. On that day, Vietnamese working people can have a day off. The main ceremony takes place at the Hung Temple on Nghia Linh Mountain in Phu Tho Province. Many ancient and modern flags are hung along the road to the temple. During the Hung Temple Festival, there are many folk games such as bamboo swings, rice cooking competitions, human chess,… Banh Chung (square cake) and Banh Giay (circle cake) are also prepared to remind people of the Lang Lieu Legend. It’s true that the Hung King Temple Festival is one of the most important and sacred festivals of the Vietnamese people.

Tạm dịch:

Hằng năm, hàng ngàn du khách khắp đất nước tham gia vào một lễ hội toàn quốc – Lễ hội Đền Hùng. Đây là một dịp lễ tưởng nhớ các Vua Hùng, người đã có công dựng nước. Lễ Hội Đền Hùng được tổ chức từ ngày 8 đến ngày 11 tháng 3 âm lịch, những phần lễ chính sẽ diễn ra vào ngày 10, vào ngày đó thì người Việt sẽ được nghỉ làm. Phần lễ chính diễn ra tại Đền Hùng nằm trên núi Nghĩa Linh tỉnh Phú Thọ. Rất nhiều lá cờ cổ và cờ hiện đại được treo khắp dọc đường đến đề), có rất nhiều trò chơi như đánh đu, thi nấu cơm, cờ người. Bánh chưng và Bánh giày cũng được chuẩn bị để mọi người nhớ về truyền thuyết Lang Liêu. Không ngoa khi nói rằng Lễ hội Đền Hùng là lễ hội quan trọng và linh thiêng nhất của người Việt.

Exercise 3:

The Hung King Temple Festival

(Lễ hội Đền Hùng)

Introduction

King Hung Temple Festival is a traditional festival which honors the first King of Vietnam - King Hung. It's occasion for every Vietnamese to remember their origin and express their respect as well as gratitude to ancestor of Vietnamese people. Therefore, it's considered as national festival of Vietnam.

(Giới thiệu: Lễ hội Đền Hùng là một lễ hội truyền thống để tỏ lòng kính trọng đến những vị vua đầu tiên của người Việt – Vua Hùng. Đó là dịp để cho mỗi con người Việt Nam nhớ về cội nguồn của mình và bày tỏ sự tôn trọng và lòng thành kính đến tổ tiên của người Việt. Vậy nên, nó cũng được coi là một lễ hội quốc gia của Việt Nam.)

Place and time

King Hung Temple Festival takes place yearly at King Hung Temple from the 8^th to 11^th day of the third lunar month in the year. According to the legend, the 10^th day of that month is the death anniversary of King Hung. During the festival, Vietnamese people from all over the country as well as Vietnamese people living abroad head for King Hung Temple on Nghia Linh Mountain, Phu Tho Province to take part in this historical and meaningful festival.

(Nơi tổ chức và thời gian: Lễ hội đền Hùng được tổ chức hằng năm ở Đền Hùng từ ngày 8 đến ngày 11 tháng 3 âm lịch. Theo truyền thuyết thì ngày 10 tháng đó là ngày giỗ của Vua Hùng. Vào ngày lễ thì người Việt từ khắp nơi trên thế giới cùng kiều bào hải ngoại đều hướng về Đền Hùng trên núi Nghĩa Linh để tham gia một lễ hội ý nghĩa và mang tính lịch sử này.)

The ceremony

To begin with, the spotlight is on bronze drum performance and competition of procession with participation of about 40 villages. After that, a solemn national ceremony is held with incense-offering liturgy. Governmental leaders will lead the procession up to Upper Temple (“Den Thuong”) – the highest temple of King Hung Temple Complex on Nghia Linh Mountain. Offering involves five-fruit trays, specialties from all regions in the country and indispensably a couple of “chung” cakes and “day” cakes, which are two traditional foods of Vietnam.

(Phần lễ: Đầu tiên thì điểm đáng chú ý của buổi lễ chính là phần trình diễn với trống đồng và hội rước với sự tham gia của 40 ngôi làng. Sau đó là một phần nghi lễ trang trọng được tổ chức với một đền thờ để dâng hương. Các nguyên thủ quốc gia sẽ dẫn đoàn rước kiệu lên Đền Thượng – nơi cao nhất của Khu Đền Hùng. Đồ cúng gồm mâm ngũ quả, sản vật từ khắp mọi miền đất nước và không thể thiếu một cặp bánh chưng bánh dày, hai món ăn truyền thống của người Việt.)

The festival

The festival is featured with many folk games such as “danh du” (bamboo swings), “nem con” (game of throwing a sacred ball through the ring), rice cooking competitions, lion dance, human chess, water puppet performance, wrestling, etc. All folk games contribute a bustling ambiance to the festival and attract participation of various people. Besides, “xoan” singing and “gheo” singing are also performed at the festival by local residents.

(Phần hội: Hội có rất nhiều trò chơi dân gian như đánh đu, ném còn, thi nấu cơm, múa lân, cờ người, múa rối nước, đấu vật. Tất cả các trò chơi dân gian đều mang lại một không khí nhộn nhịp và thu hút sự tham gia của rất nhiều người. Bên cạnh đó, người dân còn trình diễn những điệu hát xoan, hát ghẹo ở lễ hội.)

Conclusion

Hung King Temple Festival is not only a festival but also a special occasion where tradition embodies spiritual solidarity and provides a good time to acknowledge national origins and sources of Vietnamese cultural and moral identity.

(Lễ Hội Đền Hùng không chỉ là lễ hội mà còn là dịp đặc biệt để những phong tục truyền thống thể hiện qua tinh thần đoàn kết và có thời gian để bày tỏ lòng biết ơn về cội nguồn và nguồn gốc bản sắc văn hóa đạo đức của người Việt. )

1 similarity

2 elderly

3 permitted

4 necessity 

5 obligation

6 host

7 strictly

8 social

9 obligated

10 beauty

11, similarity

12,oldest

13,permissible

14,necessity

15,being obliged

16,host

17,strictly

18,social

19,oblige

20,beauty

Vietnam is a country that has thousands of years of history. Like many other countries in the world, Vietnam has a culture of its own identity that carries the most typical is the Lunar New Year. It is these features that make mannrs, shape and identity of the people in Vietnam.
Lunar New Year is the most important occasion in Vietnam. Lunar New Year, according to the Vietnamese called Tet Nguyen Dan. "Nguyen" is to start, "Dan" is a new day. "Tet Nguyen Dan" is to start a new year, to welcome Spring with everything in its newest appearance. A new year comes with goodluck and in the mean time, all of the badluck will be gone, together with the passed year. "Tet Ta" (Lunar new year) is affected by Chinese Lunar New Year and East Asia Traditional Circle so that "Tet Ta" comes after New Years Eve. According to the old rule: 3 even years/a month of the Lunar Calendar, so the first day of the year is never before Jan 21st or after Feb 19th. Normally, this day will come from about the end of Jan to mid of Feb. The Lunar New Year lasts for 7-8 days of the passed year and 7 days of the new year.

According to East Asian culture and history of China, the origin of Lunar New Year from Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and change from time to time. According to folk beliefs, the New Year started from the concept "Thankfully the rain to sunshine", as well as originating from "tiet" (weather) upon under the operation of the universe, expressed in the cycle times the Spring - Summer - Fall - Winter, which, with a very special meaning for an agricultural country like Vietnam. Farmers for this is the occasion to commemorate the gods are related to agricultural land as the god of rain, thunder god, the god of water ... Farmers do not forget to thank the animals which help them farm work like cattle, poultry and they also thank others food crops, food to feed them.

The Vietnamese concept that everything in Lunar New Year must be very new and soon. So before Tet more than 2 weeks, the family prepare to celebrate. They are usually cleaning, decorating their house with apricot blossom, peach blossom, kumquat, couplets or festival painting. Preparation-work for the day of the Vietnamese New Year usually starts from December 23, the day that the Vietnamese dedicate Kitchen God. Some rural families still keep the tradition planting named “Neu”, while in the city, this custom has been forgotten. According to tradition, the tree is raised up against the devil and the ominous. the tree is often referred to hang or decorate what is considered to scare the devil as: garlic, cactus, effigies and Pandan. Before Tet, the Vietnamese also prepare chung cakes , day cake and hearty dishes to dedicate to their ancestors.

New Year's Day may be the 30th December (for full year) or December 29 (for shortage year). This day family reunion dinner together for the New Year. Between the 30th (or 29th) of December and 1 January, is the most important moment of the festival.It marked the transfer of the old year and new year, called Eve (Giao Thua). In recognition of this moment, people often make two trays. A tray of worship to ancestors at the altar in his house and a tray of worship Heaven and Earth in the front yard. Arrangements the altar of Vietnamese families usually have an altar ancestors, grandparents.The decoration and altar arrangements vary according to each house. However, on the altar every home always display two cane on either side as to the instrument for carrying on with the grandchildren and leading spirits from the sky on the lower boundary. At the same time on the altar also has a tray of five fruits expressed desire of the owner by the name, colours and their arrangement.

In addition, during public holidays are also customary forth. Many people view A day "opened" a new year. They said that on this day, if all goes smoothly, good luck for the whole year, would also be good, convenient. Right after the countdown time, anyone who steps outside into the home with new year wishes are considered to have stormed the land for their home. Moreover, referring to the lunar new year, people cannot help mentioning the continuing exodus, picking fortune, burn votive, congratulated, visiting, receiving lucky money, etc. All this rules are expressed wishes of the people of a prosperous new year, families are healthy, well off, warmth.

And indispensable in the New Year is the traditional dish. First to mention are chung cake, day cake associated with the legend of the same name. The legend tells that King Hung Vuong sixth looking for some twenty sons, one who truly virtuous to the throne should have the conditions: not necessarily the eldest son, who gratify the first king ceremony will be hereditary. The prince racing festival truly post-shopping, delicious. Lang Lieu, the son of the eighteenth, very sad for the poor, only grown accustomed to potatoes, rice, do not know where to get the ceremony delicacies like the other prince. After a night's dream, a hint gods, he took his sticky rice, green beans and pork buns in two things, the type of round, square type for father. King find delicious cakes, again express profound meaning he should take two bread ceremony Heaven, Earth and First King ceremonies, naming round cake is day cake, square cake is chung cake and throne to Lang Lieu. Since then, the chung cakes, day cakes worship ancestors become indispensable traditions of Vietnam's Tet.

1  Let’s play soccer.

ð  Why don’t we ……play soccer……….?

  What is your address?

ð  Where …do you live……?

1.      When is your birthday?

ð  What is ……your date of birth…..?

2.      My family has 5 people .

ð  There ……are 5 peoples in my family…………..

3.      What’s is his job?

ð  What does ……he do………..?

4.      Vietnamese have fewer vacations than America students.

ð  America students have ………more vacations than Vnese ………

5.      The living room is very nice.

ð  What ……a nice room…….!

6.      I like pink best.

ð  Pink is ……my favourite colour……….

7.      What time do you have English class?

ð  When ……do you have E class……?

8.      That school has five hundred students.

ð  There are ……500 students in that school………..

9.      Which subject do you like best?

ð  What is ……your favourite subject….?

10.  My brother swims very well.

=> My brother is good ……at swiming……..

...play soccer?

.... do you live?

...is the date of your birth?

...are 5 people in my family

...he do?

...longer vacations than Vietnamese ones

...a nice living room!

...my favorite color

... do you have English class?

...5 hundred students in that school

... your favorite subject?

...at swimming