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Unit 3
A PARTY
Lesson 1: reading
Birthday cake
crown
candles
BLOW OUT (V)
Ex: The kid is blowing out the candles on the cake.
CELEBRATE(V)
Ex: My mom is celebrating her 55th birthday in Nha Trang.
CELEBRATION(n)
COUPLE(n)
gold
silver
bronze
MEDAL (n)
golden(a)
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.
Extended family
relatives
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.
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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:
eighth →
2. makes →
3. food →
4. anniversaries →
5. months →
6. 5th →
7. silver →

seventh
eats
presents
ages
years
50th
golden
AFTER YOU READ
Answer the following questions
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?