People receive cards and gifts from friends and relatives.. People joke about their age4[r]
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)While you read
(8)New words and phrases
1 Celebrate (v) Celebration (n) 2 Joke (v/n)
3 Golden
anniversary (n) 4 Silver
anniversary (n)
Today is my birthday I want
to celebrate my birthday, so I’ll have a party tonight
Say something funny that
makes people laugh
People celebrate golden
anniversaries when they got married for 50 years
People celebrate their silver
(9)Task 1
Work with a partner Decide which of the activities below takes place
at a birthday party or at a wedding anniversary party or at both
Put a tick () ) in the right box.in the right box BIRTHD AY PARTY WEDDING ANNIVERSA RY PARTY
1 People sing a song People eat cake
3 People receive cards and gifts from friends and relatives
4 People joke about their age
5 People remember their wedding day People go out for dinner
(10)Task 1
BIRTHDAY
PARTY ANNIVERSWEDDING ARY PARTY
1 People sing a song People eat cake
3 People receive cards and gifts from friends and relatives
4 People joke about their age
5 People remember their wedding day
6 People go out for dinner
(11)Task 2
Work with a partner.
In each of the following sentences, there is ONE word which is not true according to the reading passages
(12)1 Lisa’s family and friends are at her
eighth birthday party
Lisa’s family and friends are at her
(13)2 Everyone makes cake and ice cream
at the birthday party
Everyone eats cake and ice cream at
(14)3 Lisa opens birthday cards and food
from her family and friends
Lisa opens birthday cards and
presents from her family and friends
(15)4 Many Americans over the age of 30
don’t like to talk about their anniversaries
Many Americans over the age of 30
(16)5 Fifty months ago, Rosa and Luis got
married
Fifty years ago, Rosa and Luis got
married
(17)6 People call the 5th wedding
anniversaries the “golden anniversaries”
People call the 50th wedding
anniversaries the “golden anniversaries”
(18)7 Rosa and Luis are happy to be
together for their silver anniversary
Rosa and Luis are happy to be
together for their golden
anniversary
(19)After you read
Work in groups of or students.
Tell your friends about your birthday, using the guiding questions
When is your birthday?
Where you usually celebrate your birthday, at home or
at a restaurant?
Who is at your birthday party? ( family, friends, relatives,
neighbours, etc.)
What you prepare for the party? ( cleaning and
decorating the house, making some cake, etc.)
Which activities you have? ( chatting, singing,playing
(20)Homework Learn new words and phrases
Practice reading the passages and
translate them into Vietnamese
Prepare a small talk about your parents’
wedding anniversary
(21)