UNIT 3: A PARTY A-READING

Thursday, September 22
nd
, 2011

Look at the pictures and give the pictures’
Look at the pictures and give the pictures’
name
name

CHRISTMAS PARTY

WEDDING PARTY

BIRTHDAY PARTY

GRADUATION PARTY

Unit 3: A PARTY
A. READING

New words
anniversary (n)

celebration (n)
milestone (n)
lasting (a)
the date on which an event occurred in some
previous years
a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy events
an important event or stage in one s life’

continuing a long time
blow out (v. p)
joke (v)
to say sth in fun

4. Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important
for Vietnamese people.

Use the given words to fill in the blanks in the
following sentences
lasting
1. She candles on her birthday cake and makes a wish.
milestone
blows out celebration joke anniversary
blows out
5. I never about religion.
3. The wedding is a in one’s life.
2. The book left a impression on me.
lasting
milestone
anniversary
joke
6. A special gift was given to my parents on their wedding
.
celebration

Look at the pictures and answer the questions
1.
1.
What is the relationship between the

What is the relationship between the
people in the pictures?
people in the pictures?
2.
2.
What are they celebrating?
What are they celebrating?

1.
The people in both pictures belong to a
family.
2.
The people in picture 1 are celebrating
a birthday party and the people in
picture 2 are celebrating the 50th
wedding anniversaries.

Task 1:

Work in pairs to decide which of the activities
below takes place at a birthday party or at a wedding
anniversary party or at both
BIRTHDAY
PARTY
WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
PARTY
2. People eat cake.
1. People sing a song.
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.
3. People receive cards and gifts
from friends and relatives.
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Task 2: Works in pairs to identify the wrong word in
each sentence and then correct it
1. Lisa’s family and her friends are at her birthday party.
2. Everyone cake and ice cream at the birthday party.
3. Lisa opens birthday cards and from her family and friends.
5. Fifty ago, Rosa and Luis got married.
6. People call the wedding anniversary the “Golden
anniversary”.
7. Rose and Luis are happy to be together for their anniversary.
4. Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about
their .
seventh
makes

eighth
eats
bookspresents
anniversariesage
5
th
50
th

goldensilver
monthsyears

PREPARE YOUR BIRTHDAY
PARTY
at 7:00 p.m on September 25
th
, 2011
at home/at a restaurant/in a park/ at a
cafe/…
15 - 20
birthday
cake,candies,snacks,fruit,biscuits,ice
cream,coke,fruit juice,milk,…
singing,dancing,playing games,
taking photos,…
Time to start the
Time to start the
party
party
Place to

Place to
celebrate the
celebrate the
party
party
Number of guests
Number of guests
Foods and drinks
Foods and drinks
Interesting
Interesting
activities
activities

Homework:
_ Learn new words by heart
_ Make a list of activities that
take place at a birthday party
and a wedding anniversary

THANK FOR YOUR ATTENTION