While you read
Read the passages silently for 5 minutes
New words and phrases
1. Celebrate (v)
Celebration (n)

2. Joke (v/n)

3. Golden anniversary (n)

4. Silver anniversary (n)

Today is my birthday. I want to celebrate my birthday, so I’ll have a party tonight.

Say something funny that makes people laugh.

People celebrate golden anniversaries when they got married for 50 years.

People celebrate their silver anniversaries when they got married for 25 years.
Task 1
Work with a partner. 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.
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Task 2
Work with a partner.
In each of the following sentences, there is ONE word which is not true according to the reading passages. Underline the wrong word and provide the correct one.
Lisa’s family and friends are at her eighth birthday party.

Lisa’s family and friends are at her seventh birthday party.

eighth
2. Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday party.

Everyone eats cake and ice cream at the birthday party.
makes
Lisa opens birthday cards and food from her family and friends.

Lisa opens birthday cards and presents from her family and friends.
books
Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their anniversaries.
Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their age.

anniversaries
Fifty months ago, Rosa and Luis got married.
Fifty years ago, Rosa and Luis got married.
months
People call the 5th wedding anniversaries the “golden anniversaries”.
People call the 50th wedding anniversaries the “golden anniversaries”.
the 5th
Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary.

Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their golden anniversary.
silver
After you read
Work in groups of 3 or 4 students.
Tell your friends about your birthday, using the guiding questions.

When is your birthday?
Where do you usually celebrate your birthday, at home or at a restaurant?
Who is at your birthday party? ( family, friends, relatives, neighbours, etc.)
What do you prepare for the party? ( cleaning and decorating the house, making some cake, etc.)
Which activities do you have? ( chatting, singing,playing games, etc.)
Homework

Learn new words and phrases
Practice reading the passages and translate them into Vietnamese
Prepare a small talk about your parents’ wedding anniversary
Do Reading exercise in Workbook