Unit 3. A party

Thursday October 4th, 2017

Unit 3: A PARTY
Period: 15
Lesson 3: LISTENING


Warm up
BEFORE YOU LISTEN

Please describe a birthday
party that you joined
Congratulation !


New words
1. Clean up the mess (v)

2. Decorate (v)
3. Come to an end (v)
4. Noise (n)
5. Card (n)
6. Hold – Held - Held
7. Biscuits (n)
8. Guest (n)
9. Last (v)
10. Serve (v)
11. Soft drink (n)

Tidy up the mess (v)

 Decorated
 Finish (v)
 Noisy (Adj)
 Play cards (v)
≈ Celebrate (v)


While you listen
Task 1

Listen and decide whether
the statements are True
(T) or False (F):


Statements
1. Mai’s birthday party was held at
home in the evening.
2. Over twenty guests were at the
birthday party.
3. The birthday cake was cut at the
beginning of the party.
4. The birthday party lasted about
three hours.
5. All the friends stayed after the
party to tidy up the mess

True False

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Task 2
Listen again and answer the following questions:

1. How old was Mai ?
 (She was) sixteen years old.
2. Why didn’t she like having her party at a restaurant ?

 (Because it is) noisy and expensive.
3. What time did the birthday party finish ?

 (It finished) at about six in the evening.


AFTER YOU LISTEN
Listen to the third paragraph of the listening
again and fill in the gaps with suggested words:

sang
served

winners
happily

Sixteen

lasted


sang winners lasted Sixteen served happily
We gave presents to Mai and she . . . . . . opened
them. It must really be exciting to receive all
those presents. After that Mai's mother . . . . . . us
soft drinks and biscuits. We then listened to
music and played cards. The . . . . . . were given
prizes. At about four thirty Mai's mother brought
out the birthday cake. It was beautifully decorated
with pink and white icing. . . . . . . colorful candles
sat in the middle of the cake. We all clapped our
hands eagerly and . . . . “Happy Birthday” as she
blew out the candles and cut the cake.


Talk about Mai’s birthday party
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How old was Mai ?
Where was Mai’s party held ?
When did it begin and finish ?
What sort of food and drink did they
have ?
What did they do after they had
drunk and eaten something ?

Homework
Go through the lesson and learn the
new words by heart.
Write a passage about Mai’s birthday
party.
Prepare Unit 3 (Cont): Writing