Unit 3. A party

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Unit 3

A PARTY

Lesson 1: reading

Birthday cake

crown

candles

BLOW OUT (V)

Ex: The kid is blowing out the candles on the cake.

Ex: My mom is celebrating her 55th birthday in Nha Trang.

CELEBRATION(n)

COUPLE(n)

gold silver bronze

MEDAL (n)

special, wonderful

a very important stage or event in the development of sth

Ex: Getting over the entrance exam marks the milestone in my career

path.

Extended family

relatives

While you read

Read the following text & then do the tasks below

Task 1: Decide which of the activities below takes place

at a birth party or at a wedding anniversary party or

both.

BIRTH-DAY PARTY WEDDING ANNIVER-SARY PARTY

1 People sing a song.

2 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 to dinner.

7 People blow out candles, one for each year.

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1 Lisa’s family and her friends are at her eighth birthday party.

2 Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday party

3 Lisa opens birthday cards and foods from her family and friends

4.Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their anniversaries

5 Fifty months ago, Rosa and Luis got married

6 People call the 5th wedding anniversary the “Golden anniversary”

7 Rose and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary

* Keys:

1 eighth →

2 makes →

3 food →

4 anniversaries →

5 months →

6 5th →

7 silver →

seventh

eats

presents ages years 50th golden

AFTER YOU READ

Answer the following questions

1. Where do you prefer to celebrate your birthday at home or in the restaurant? Why?

2 Do your parents celebrate their

wedding anniversaries?

3 Are you going to cerebrate your wedding anniversaries in the future?