a. Read the email about a festival. 

To: emmabarker@frendzmail.com

Subject: New Year's holiday

Hi, Emma,

How are you? Are you excited about the New Year's holiday? I can't wait. This year I'm helping my parents prepare the house for our New Year's Eve dinner party. We have to decorate our home and also buy some traditional food to cook. Some of our friends are coming and bringing gifts, too. After that, we will plan some games for New Year's Day. What's your family doing for the New Year's holiday? How do you prepare for it?

Write back soon! Sarah 

b. Use your own ideas to write a similar email about a festival in your country. Use the informal email model on page 126 to help you. Write 40 to 50 words. 

=> Answer:

Hi, Hahna

How are you? Are you excited about the New Year's holiday? I can't wait. Tet is the time for new things. Vietnamese usually spend half of the month before the Tet holiday to prepare for it. Lunar New Year is an occasion for members to prepare new items and furniture to welcome a full Tet and a fortune year. Tet is the best time to try traditional Vietnamese food. Banh Chung, Banh Tet, ... At Tet, people should give children lucky money in red envelopes. How about your New Year's holiday? How do you prepare for it?