unit 3.Reading

2.The people in the first picture are celebrating a birthday- the little girl is blowing out 7 candles .The people in the second picture are celebrating a wedding anniversary... People

UNIT 3

Before you read

• - Look at the pictures about the

celebrations and tell the name of them

vocabulary :

1 blow out the candles :

2.     celebrate (v) : ['selibret]

3.     celebration (n) : [,seli'brei∫n]

4.     anniversary party : [,æni'və:səri]

5.     silver/ golden anniversary :celebration of the

25 th / the 50 th wedding anniversary ( diamond anniversary : 60 years )

6 milestones : ['mailstoun]

an important event or stage in one’s life.

7.     lasting : continuing a long time

8.     relationship (n) : [ri'lei∫n∫ip]

Before you read

• Work in pairs , look at the pictures on page

32 and then answer the questions

• 1 What is the relationship between the people in the pictures ?

• 2 What are they celebrating ?

3 How do they feel ?

Suggestion :

1.The people in the first picture might belong to a family The woman and the man may be the

parents and they have 3 children.

The people in the second picture might belong to

a family The old lady and the old man ( who are standing) might be the grandmother and

grandfather The woman and the man ( who are sitting ) might be the parents , the boy and the girl might be their children.

2.The people in the first picture are celebrating a birthday- the little girl is blowing out 7

candles The people in the second picture are celebrating a wedding anniversary

While you read

• Read the text again ( silently ) and then read task 1 to decide which of the

activities takes place at a birthday party

or at a wedding anniversary party or at both.

TASK 1

Birthday Wedding

1 People sing a song

2 People eat cake

3 People receive cards & gifts from friends

and relatives

4 People joke about their age

5 People remember their wedding day

6 People go out to dinner

7 People blow out candles, one for each

TASK 1

Birthday Wedding

1 People sing a song v

2 People eat cake v v

3 People receive cards & gifts from friends

and relatives v v

4 People joke about their age v

5 People remember their wedding day v

6 People go out to dinner v

Handout 1

• Put the following activities in order when

people celebrate birthdays.( in England)

• a.he/ she receives cards , flowers and presents

• b eat cake and ice cream

• c Blow out the candles on the cake

• d sing “ Happy birthday “ song

• e.open birthday cards , flowers and presents

• f people give him/ her presents

• 1 Sing “ Happy birthday “ song.

• 2 Blow out the candles on the cake

• 3 Eat cake and ice cream

• 4 people give him/ her presents.

• 5 he/ she receives cards , flowers and presents

• 6 Open birthday cards , flowers and

TASK 2

Read through all the seven sentences

in task 2 and there is one word which

is not true according to the reading

passage ( work in pairs )

Answers :

1 eighth –> sevenths (line 1, paragraph1 –

A )

2 makes –> eats ( line 2 , paragraph3 - A )

3 foods –> presents ( line 3 , paragraph3 – A )

4 anniversaries –> ages (line 4 ,paragraph4- A

5 months -> years ( line 2, paragraph.3 –

B )

After you read

Complete the sentences about the birthday parties

and the anniversary parties in Vietnam, using the words from the text :

• 1 In Vietnam, ’.are more common than ’

• 2 To celebrate my birthday , I often have ’’’’’

at home

• 3 In the US , people celebrate ’’’’but in

Vietnam people don’t celebrate it

• 4 In our country, people who are over 50 don’t

like to celebrate ’’’’’’’’

• 1 In Vietnam, birthday parties are more

common than anniversary parties

• 2 To celebrate my birthday , I often have a small party at home

• 3 In the US , people often celebrate

wedding anniversaries but in Vietnam people don’t celebrate it

• 4 In our country, people who are over 50

don’t like to celebrate birthdays

• Write a paragraph about how

Vietnamese people celebrate their

birthdays (or wedding anniversaries )

• Thanks for your attention!