unit 3 reading (TTTT-NT)

Warm-up: Game: crosswords
Read the clues below and do the crosswords
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What occasion is the party held?
It is held
on someone’s birthday

 on wedding anniversary
 at Christmas
 when people move into new house
 when students leave school
when students go into university



Lesson 1


Before you read
Look at the pictures and answer the questions:

1. what ‘s the relationship between the people in the pictures?.
They are members in a family.
2. what are they celebrating?.
They are celebrating a birthday party and a wedding
anniversary.


Vocabulary:
- a candle (n) : [‘kædl]
- to blow out (V): [ bləʊ aʊt ]

- to celebrate (v) : ['selibreit]
- celebration (n) : [,seli'brei∫n]
- silver anniversary (n) : the 25th anniversary of a wedding
- ruby anniversary (n) : the 40th anniversary of a wedding
- golden anniversary (n) : the 50th anniversary of a wedding

They are blowing out the
- diamond anniversary (n) : the 60th anniversary of acandles
weddin

They are celebrating a birthday part

- milestone (n) : ['mailstoun]
- to mark the milestone

the wedding marked the
This is a wedding anniversary.
milestone of their life.


While reading
 Task 1. Decide which of the activities below takes place

at a birthday party or at a wedding anniversary party or
at both. Put a tick (√ ) in the right box.


Some activities

Birthday

Wedding

party

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.

√

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.

Seventh (line1; paragraph1)

2. Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday party.
eats (line2; paragraph2)
3. Lisa opens birthday cards and food rom her family and friends.
presents (line3; paragraph2)

4. Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their
anniversaries.
ages.

(line3; paragraph3)

5. Fifty months ago, Rosa and Luis got married.
Years

(line2; paragraph4)

6. People call the 5th wedding anniversary the “ golden anniversary”.
50th

(line2; paragraph6)

7. Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary.

golden (last line;


After you read

Match each question in box A with the suitable answers in box B, then give
opinion

A
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)?

B
a.

Yes, they do. They celebrate their wedding
anniversaries every years

b.

Because it’s warmer or quieter than in the
restaurant.

c.

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.

I don’t have to spend much time preparing
my birthday party.

Consolidation
Word filling:

Fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box
birthday

blew out

restaurant

decorated

flowers

clothes

party

Brought out

1. The cake was beautifully …. decorated

cards

toys

with pink and white icing

toys

flowers
clothes
2. In our country, we often give ……………..., ……………, ……………….., ……………….., as
cards
birthday gifts
blew out
3. We all clapped our hands eagerly and sang “ happy birthday” as she …………..
the candles and cut the cake
restaurant
4. She didn’t like having party at a ………………..
expensive

Because it is noisy and

5. At about half past four Mai’s mother Brought out the birthday cake
……………………


Write down the activities take place in a birthday
and an wedding anniversary party.