Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival, and do the tasks that follow.Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Festival is held on 15th 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...
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Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival, and do the tasks that follow.Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival is held on 15th 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Nowadays, (63)__________ some of the traditional toys have been replaced by modern toys, the meaning of the festival has been kept and developed.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?
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65. What do the adults and the parents do to prepare for the festival?
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66. What are children given besides moon cakes?
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67. What can children do with their lanterns?
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68. Why is Mid-Autumn Festival also considered the congratulation for the full harvest?
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69. What is the importance of this festival?
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Mid Autumn is a special Festival in some countries of Asia in general and VietNam in parular. In fact, Mid Autumn is festival which intended for children. In VietNam, this festival springs from legend : The moon and a kid. The legend explains how the moon is shinest in mid autumn and why people see a banian tree and a kid on the moon. The moon is called Sister Moon and the kid is Cuoi.
Mid Autumn begins from 14 to 15 August, in Vietnamese lunar calendar. In these days, children are going to pick the lantern up and go around the streets or towns. Children will be given gifts such as pie, candy, star lantern... They will be seen lion dance or musical concert. almost children are really into seeing lion dance and follow it that go everywhere. Some children bring a small torch that includes oil and rag to burn. And others bring clarinet and drum to make the festival more eventful.
However, mid autumn festival is also festival for business. The streets have many stores that sale pie, cake. This is occasion that many people present cake each other. Pie mid autumn is a kind of special cake that is only in mid autumn festival. There are many kind of pies such as soft cake, pie with egg , hog pie, croissant… The Pie mid autumn have special taste. It is sweet smelling and very delicious. Almost Vietnamese people love pie mid autumn and buy it for family.
Mid Autumn became a traditional festival in VietNam. It is a part of Vietnamese culture. Anyone who grown up in VietNam, is regular knowing and joining in this festival.