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👉 COMMUNICATION
Everyday English
Thanking and responding
- Listen and read the conversations. Pay attention to the highlighted parts. 🎧
1. Kate: Thank you very much for showing us around Angkor Wat.
Guide: You're welcome.
2. Alice: Thanks a lot for telling us about life in the countryside.
Mi: No problem. - Work in pairs. Make similar conversations to express thanks and respond in the following situations.
1. You thank the village head for showing you around the craft workshop.
2. You thank your friend for lending you an interesting book.
How our families keep traditions alive - Read the passage and complete the table.
Most of Vietnamese families have customs and traditions that they have observed for many generations. Firstly, they worship their ancestors, and they celebrate their death anniversaries every year. That's the way they show their gratitude to their ancestors and teach their young children about traditions. Secondly, they take part in many national and regional festivals, for example the Mid-Autumn Festival and the New Harvest Festival. Thirdly, they celebratemany holidays during the year such as Tet and National Day. In this way, they keep their traditions alive and pass them down to the next generation.
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Anniversaries Festivals Holidays 1. _____ anniversaries
2. _____ Festival
3. _____ Festival4. _____
5. _____ - Work in pairs. Ask and answer about how your family observes customs and traditions.
You can refer to 3 above.
Example: A: What festival(s) does your family celebrate every year?
B: We celebrate Hung Kings' Temple Festival. - Work in groups. Give a short talk one of the things in 4 that you and your family do to preserve traditions, for example celebrating family members' birthdays.
You can begin your talk like this:
We celebrate each family member's birthday every year. When someone's birthday is coming, all of us happily prepare for it,...
