unit 3 a party _ reading_thu

Welcome to our class 11A8
Teacher: Luong Thi Hoai Thu
Dong Dau high school

I. WARM UP: Listen the following
music then answer the question
What is the name of this song?
It is the “happy birthday to you “ song
Have you ever celebrate your birthday party?

UNIT 3: A PARTY
Period 15: Reading

II. Before you read
Look at the pictures and answer the questions:
2. what are they celebrating?
1. what is the relationship between the people in the pictures?
They might belong to a family.
The people in the first picture are celebrating a birthday and the
people in the second picture are celebrating the 50th wedding
anniversary.

* vocabulary
Birthday cake (n)
present / gift (n)
Birthday card (n)

Celebrate (v)
anniversary (n)

Silver anniversary :
celebration of the 25
th

wedding anniversary
Golden anniversary :
celebration of the 50
th

wedding anniversary
Diamond anniversary :
celebration of the 60
th

wedding anniversary

blow out (v)
Milestone (n):
Joke (n) :
(v):
Mark (n):
(v):
sự kiện
quan trọng
chuyện đùa
nói đùa
điểm,
đánh dấu

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Read the passages about birthdays and
anniversaries and then do the tasks that
follow.
III. WHILE YOU READ

Task 1: Decide which of the activities below takes place at
a birthday party or at a weeding anniversary or at both. Put
a tick () in the right box.
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 provide the correct
one.
1. Lisa’s family and friends are at her eighth birthday party.
2. Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday party.
3. Lisa opens birthday cards and book 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 5
th
wedding anniversary the “ golden anniversary”.
7. Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver
anniversary.
Seventh
eats
presents
age
Years
50
th
golden
(line1; paragraph 1)
(line2; paragraph 2)
(line3; paragraph 2)
(line3, 4; paragraph 3)

(line2; paragraph 4)
(line2; paragraph 6)
(last line; paragraph 6)

IV. AFTER YOU READ
Match each question in box A with the suitable answers in box B, then give opinion
A B
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. Yes,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. No,Because Vietnamese don’t often
celebrate their wedding anniversary.

HOMEWORK
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Learn the old lesson and prepare the next
lesson