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Unit 3

A PARTY
Lesson 1: reading


crown

candles

Birthday cake

BLOW OUT (V)
Ex: The kid is blowing out the candles on the cake.


CELEBRATE(V)
th
Ex: My mom is celebrating her 55 birthday in Nha Trang.

CELEBRATION(n)


COUPLE(n)


MEDAL (n)

gold
golden(a)

silver

bronze

made of gold
special, wonderful


Milestone(n)
a very important stage or event in the development of sth

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


relatives

Extended family


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.

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2. People eat cake.

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3. People receive cards and gifts from friends
and relatives.
4. People joke about their age.

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7. People blow out candles, one for each year.

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5. People remember their wedding day.

6. People go out to dinner.

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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

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seventh

2. makes

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3. food

→

presents

4. anniversaries

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ages

5. months

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years

6. 5th

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50th

7. silver

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golden

eats

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?