Topic 1: Describe a custom in your family

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.

31. A. in                    B. a                                    C. on                                 D. of

Question 32. A. the                  B. an                                  C. a                                   D. all

Question 33. A. to share          B. sharing                          C. share                             D. shared

Question 34. A. as                   B. for                                 C. by                                 D. in

Question 35. A. by                   B. of                                  C. to                                  D. as

E - WRITING

Rearrange the following words to make a meaningful sentence.

Question 36. people / Kinh / in / together / lived / a harmony / the village / under.

=> ___________________ Kinh people lived together in a harmony under the village____________________________________ .

Question 37. villages / the / are / by / surrounded / bamboo groves.

=> ____________________________ Villages are surrounded by the bamboo groves___________________________ .

Question 38. considered / the husband / is / the family / of / the head.

=> ____________________ The husband is considered the head of the family___________________________________ .

Question 39. to / went / live / the bride / with / husband’s / her / family.

=> ___________________ The bride went to live with her husband's family____________________________________ .

Question 40. my / grandfather / water pipes / smoking / enjoys / drinking / tea / and.

=> ______________________________ My grandfather enjoys smoking water pipes and drinking tea_________________________ .

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Mk cx ko có giỏi TA lắm, nhưng mk giúp bn chỉnh lại những câu mk bik nha, có gì sai sót mong bạn bỏ qua cho. Những câu sai mk sẽ in đậm và chỉnh ở dưới nha.

In my family, we have 3 customs and traditions very important. (ở đây bạn nên dùng như thế này: we have three customs and traditions which are very important.)

Firstly, there is a custom in my (Vì ở đoạn trên bạn có dùng chủ từ là "we" nên ở đây mk dùng "our" cho hợp) family of visiting grandparents to having (have) lunch together on the second day of (at) Tet.

Secondly, we celebrate birthday for each member in family. At that time, we will be going (go) out to dinner ( trong câu này sử dụng cấu trúc to+V nên mk sẽ dùng to have dinner, còn dinner là danh từ) together.

Thirdly, there is a tradition of (sau giới từ of phải đi với 1 phrase hoặc V-ing nha bn, còn bn dùng 1 clause sau nó thì phải dùng that) we go out in the summer. Sometimes (sometimes, always luôn luôn có s ở cuối), we go to the sea or other places we have not been. (câu cuối này mk chưa hiểu ý nghĩa nên không sửa nha)

I think our customs and traditions are very meaning ful because they help us get closer and better understand each other

of - go - picnic - tradition - dish - come 

Last week we published an article that discussed why and how to establish family traditions. Traditions offer numerous benefits: they strengthen your family’s bonds, enrich the life you share together, contribute to your children’s well-being, and create lasting memories. For this reason, they form one of the three pillars of family culture.

Today we offer a list of over 60 specific family tradition ideas. You can incorporate some of these directly into your family, or use them as inspiration for creating your own traditions.

Before we get started, let’s cover a few things that will help ensure that your establishment of new traditions will be met with success:

While it’s tempting to go crazy with starting lots of traditions, shoot for quality over quantity. If you do a couple from within each category, you’re gold.
Choose traditions that most resonate with you. Having said that, as you review the list, try not to immediately write off some as silly or not elaborate enough. This isn’t only about what appeals to you as a jaded adult, but what will appeal to your kids. If you think back to your childhood, some surprisingly silly and simple stuff was a lot of fun and created great memories.
Traditions need to be practiced regularly to be effective. It’s easy to throw a tradition out the window when life gets busy and you’ve had a long day. Commit to the tradition and do your best to be as consistent as possible with it.
The ideas below come from The Book of New Family Traditions, from mine and Kate’s respective families, from our friends’ families, and from those we’ve come up with for our own family.

In my opinion, customs and traditions are very important for the Vietnamese life. Like other families, my family has our own customs and traditions. Firstly, there’s a custom in our family of children standing in a row to greet guests. It expresses respect to the guest from the host. Secondly we have the tradition of having lunch together on the second day of Tet. Everyone has to be there before 7 p.m to have the dinner and talk about the Tet holiday. Thirdly, It is the custom for my family to spend Sunday together. We usually go to supermarket or go for a picnic. Sometimes, my family celebrates grilled party. We all enjoy this customs and traditions because they provide our family with sense of belonging.Moreover, it makes us closer as a family and help make life better.

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The culture of Vietnam is one of the oldest in Southeast Asia, with the ancient Bronze age Dong Son culture being widely considered one of its most important progenitors. Some elements generally considered to be characteristic of Vietnamese culture include ancestor veneration, respect for community and family values, handicrafts and manual labour, and devotion to study. Important symbols present in Vietnamese culture,include dragons, turtles, lotuses and bamboo. Vietnamese cuisine is extremely diverse, often divided into three main categories, each pertaining to Vietnam's three main regions (north, central and south).Among the traditional holidays, the two most important and widely celebrated are the Lunar new year , followed by the Mid-autumn lantern festival , although the latter has been losing ground in recent years.

Chữa lỗi sai:

1. Lots of Viennamese people have custom to by=> OF BUYING sugar cane on New Year's Eve.................................

2. Because=> ALTHOUGH he was old , he tried to climb up Yen To Mountain. .................................

3. We broke with tradition by travel=> TRAVELLING to Ha Long Bay last year. .................................

4. In Great Britain . You don't have to=> MUSTN'T drive on the right . It's a rule. .................................

5. In my family , all the traditions of our ancestors are striclty performed. => FOLLOWED................................