Unit 3.Reading

UNIT 3
Before you read
-��Look at the pictures about the celebrations and tell the name of them
Answers :
1. Valentine`s Day
2.� Birthday
3. Women`s Day
4. Halloween
5. Wedding
6. Thanksgiving
7. Christmas


vocabulary :

1.���� blow out the candles :
2.���� celebrate (v) : [`selibret]
3.���� celebration (n) : [,seli`brei?n]
4.���� anniversary party : [,ổni`v?:s?ri]
5.���� silver/ golden anniversary :celebration of the 25th/ 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 .

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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
TASK 1
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.

Answers
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 presents.
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 )
6.�� 5 th -> 50 th ( line 5 , paragraph. 3 - B )
7.�� silver -> golden ( line 5 , 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 ……………………..

ANSWERS
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 .
HOMEWORK
Write a paragraph about how Vietnamese people celebrate their birthdays. (or wedding anniversaries )
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Thanks for your attention!