New years traditions - Fireworks 8jan 2022 4m/3m/2h

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1-4

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Describe your holiday in one word!

Share a family tradition

Do you have any.......voornemens?
Fill in the English word voor voornemens.

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What about 

YOUR

good resolutions 

for 

2022 ?

Your resolutions

What New Year's resolutions were mentioned?

Artificial tree or a real one?

How Christmas trees are made

Do you put up Christmas trees in your home or town? It's traditional to put up Christmas trees in Britain but nowadays most people prefer artificial ones, not real ones. Watch this video to find out where they come from and how they're made!

Do the preparation task first. Then, watch the video and do the exercises. 

Preparation: Matching

1........ PVC

2........ a branch

3........ a needle

4........ a factory

5........ a blade

6........ a trunk

Match the words with the correct definition and write a – f next to the number 1 – 6.

a. a building where products are made with machines 

b. a knife or a sharp edge

c. polyvinyl chloride, a kind of plastic

d. a thin, sharp leaf on a tree

e. an arm of a tree

f. the main body of a tree

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What country did the tradition of having Christmas trees come from?

1. Britain
2. China
3. Germany

Who made them popular in Britain?

1. Queen Victoria.
2. Shakespeare
3. King Henry VIII

In Chinese, what does ‘sheng dan shu’ mean?

1. Christmas tree
2. factory
3. Father Christmas

What are the Christmas trees made of?

1. PVC and wood
2. PVC and metal
3. wood and metal

Why are the branches pulled through a small coil?

1. to stick the needles together.
2. to separate the needles
3. to cut the branches down to size

Why are the branches cut by hand?

1. because a machine would break the needle
2. because a machine would bend the needles.
3. because a machine would flatten the needles

3. Check your understanding: ordering

Write a number (1-6) to put these sentences in order.

............. The branches are attached to the tree trunk and the Christmas tree is finished!

 ............. The shredded PVC is twisted around a metal wire and the needles are separated.

 ............. The branches are cut to size by hand. 

............. First of all, flat strips of PVC are stuck together.

 ............. Then the PVC is shredded by a circular blade to make the needles. 

............. Any sharp edges on the branches are bent over.

Answers ex 1-3

Answers exercise 4

Fireworks

Today's programme:

3 videos about fireworks

01:03

Who invented fireworks?

1. Italy
2. China
3. Netherlands
4. United States of America

02:23

Why is it a problem that fireworks are poisonous?

1. You get sick if you stand too close to it
2. The birds in the sky get poisoned
3. The heavy metals that fall down poison the water
4. It isn't

01:21

How heavy is the Yonshakudama?

04:28

According to the man, in what shape will the firework bloom?

1. a person
2. the country of Japan
3. a circle
4. a butterfly

05:19

Fill in the blanks: "Staff needs to be .... and .... to make fireworks here."

1. focused - skilled
2. firework experts - experienced
3. trained - licensed
4. well rested - qualified

08:11

How much bigger is the sound of the big firework compared to the small ones?

1. 64 times
2. 32 times
3. 4 times
4. It is not much bigger

10:41

How do they announce the loading of the Yonshakudama?

1. with fireworks going off
2. They announce it on the news
3. with a megaphone
4. They don't announce it

12:06

How long has it been since the last misfire?

14:43

Why does it take over 3 hours to launch all the fireworks?

1. It is not safe to fire them quickly after each other
2. They announce the sponsors for each firework
3. They have 3 hours worth of fireworks
4. So that people buy more food and drinks

17:19

Was the launch of the Yonshakudama successful?

1. Yes, it exploded
2. Yes, there were a lot of different colours
3. No, it didn't go high enough
4. No, it didn't explode

01:14

The fireworks are fired by...

1. one person
2. a group of people
3. a robot
4. a computer

03:04

Why does the button not work?

1. It is broken
2. It's made to not work because people make mistakes
3. It is the wrong button
4. It wasn't turned on

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