Lesson 1: Reading
* Warm – up:
Listen to the song
I. Before you read
Look at the pictures and answer the questions:
UNIT 3:
Answer:
2: The people in picture 1 are celebrating a birthday party.
The people in picture 2 are celebrating a golden wedding anniversary.
1: The people in both pictures are members in a family.
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+ Pre-teach Vocabulary
Silver anniversary : the 25th wedding anniversary
Ruby anniversary : the 40th wedding anniversary
Golden anniversary: the 50th wedding anniversary
Diamond anniversary: the 60th wedding anniversary

Checking:
Complete the following verb phrases with words from the table
• Blow out_______ • Celebrate a__________
Eat the___________ • Give/Receive_______

Answer:
•Blow out candles
•Celebrate a silver/ruby/golden /
diamond anniversary
• Give/Receive cards, present
• Eat the birthday cake
II. While you read

Read the passage about the birthdays and anniversaries and then do the tasks that follow.
Task 1:
Decide which of the activities below takes place at a birthday party or at a wedding anniversary or at both.Put a tick(V) in the right box.
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V V
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Task 2:
Underline the wrong word and provide the correct one
Lisa’s family and friends are at her eighth birthday party.
Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday party.
Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their anniversaries
Rosa and Luis got married fifty days ago
People call the 40th wedding anniversary “the golden anniversary”
Lisa opens birthday cards and food from her family and friends
Rosa & Luis are happy in their silver anniversary.
III. After you read (Pair work)
Where do you prefer to celebrate your birthday party, at home or in the restaurant? Why?
Are you going to celebrate your wedding anniversaries in the future? Why(not)?
Discuss the following questions
* HOMEWORK :
Complete the following dialogue
A:.........................................................................................?
B: My birthday is on 16th November.
A:..........................................................................................?
B: I often have my birthday at a restaurant.
A: .........................................................................................?
B: I only invite my relatives and close friends
A: .........................................................................................?
B: We often have a lot of activities, such as: dancing, eating, playing game, eating, drinking.
A:..........................................................................................?
B: Because you are really served at the restaurant.
1: What is the relationship between the people in the pictures?
2: What are they celebrating?
Questions: