UNIT 2: MOTHER’S DAYVOCABULARY

QUESTIONS• What comes to mind when you think of Mother’s

Day?• What do children usually do on Mother’s Day?• When is Mother’s Day in your country? What about

in other countries?• What other holidays are celebrated in different ways

around the world?

APPRECIATE: TO RECOGNIZE OR UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETHING IS VALUABLE, IMPORTANT OR AS DESCRIBED

BECOME: TO START TO BE

CELEBRATE: TO TAKE PART IN SPECIAL ENJOYABLE ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO SHOW THAT A PARTICULAR OCCASION IS IMPORTANT

FALL: TO SUDDENLY GO DOWN ONTO THE GROUND OR TOWARDS THE GROUND WITHOUT INTENDING TO OR BY ACCIDENT

HONOR: TO GIVE SOMEONE PUBLIC PRAISE OR A REWARD

HUG: TO HOLD SOMEONE OR SOMETHING CLOSE TO YOUR BODY WITH YOUR ARMS, USUALLY TO SHOW THAT YOU LIKE, LOVE OR VALUE THEM

NATIONAL: RELATING TO OR TYPICAL OF A WHOLE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE, RATHER THAN TO PART OF THAT COUNTRY OR TO OTHER COUNTRIES

Costa Rican National Flag

SERVANT: A PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED IN ANOTHER PERSON'S HOUSE, DOING JOBS SUCH AS COOKING AND CLEANING, ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST

SPECIAL: NOT ORDINARY OR USUAL

WISH: TO HOPE OR EXPRESS HOPE FOR ANOTHER PERSON'S SUCCESS OR HAPPINESS OR PLEASURE ON A PARTICULAR OCCASION

AROUND THE WORLD

FIRST OF ALL

USED TO