unit 3 reading (TTTT-NT)

They are celebrating a birthday party and a wedding anniversary... - to mark the milestone the wedding marked the milestone of their life... Decide which of the activities below takes p

Warm-up : Game: crosswords

Read the clues below and do the crosswords

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P E O P L E

R E S T A U R A N T

C A R D

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What occasion is the party held?

It is held

Lesson 1

Before you read

Look at the pictures and answer the questions:

2 what are they celebrating?.

1 what ‘s the relationship between the people in the pictures?.

They are members in a family.

They are celebrating a birthday party and a wedding

anniversary.

- a candle (n) : [‘kædl]

They are blowing out the candles

They are celebrating a birthday party.

- to celebrate (v) : ['selibreit]

- celebration (n) : [,seli'brei∫n]

This is a wedding anniversary

- to mark the milestone the wedding marked the milestone of their life.

- silver anniversary (n) : the 25th anniversary of a wedding

- ruby anniversary (n) : the 40th anniversary of a wedding

- golden anniversary (n) : the 50th anniversary of a wedding

- diamond anniversary (n) : the 60th anniversary of a wedding

While reading

 Task 1 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.

Some activities Birthday

party

Wedding anniversary 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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Task 2 : In each of the following sentences, there is ONE word which is not true according to the reading passage Underline the wrong word and

anniversaries.

anniversary.

Seventh

eats

presents

ages

Years

50 th

golden

(line1; paragraph1) (line2; paragraph2)

(line3; paragraph2)

(line3; paragraph3)

(line2; paragraph4)

(line2; paragraph6)

(last line;

paragraph6)

Match each question in box A with the suitable answers in box B, then give opinion

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

celebrate your wedding

anniversaries in the future? Why (not)?

a Yes, they do They celebrate their wedding

anniversaries every years

b Because it’s warmer or quieter than in the

restaurant

c Because they mark the milestones of a

happy and lasting relationship between us

d No, they don’t Because they are too busy

to look after their children and earn living

e Because it makes us more romantic than at

home

f Because it’s cheaper and more comfortable

than in the restaurant

g I don’t have to spend much time preparing

my birthday party

h Because Vietnamese don’t often celebrate

their wedding anniversary

After you read

Fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box

1 The cake was beautifully … with pink and white icing

2 In our country, we often give ……… , ………, ……… , ……… , as birthday gifts

3 We all clapped our hands eagerly and sang “ happy birthday” as she ………… the candles and cut the cake

4 She didn’t like having party at a ……… Because it is noisy and

expensive

5 At about half past four Mai’s mother ……… the birthday cake

decorated cards toys flowers clothes

blew out restaurant

Brought out

Write down the activities take place in a birthday and an wedding anniversary party.