Unit 3: Listening
What are we going to listen about today?
A birthday party
I. Vocabularies
slice
gathering
prize
icing
clap
soft-drinks
II. Talk among these items which you have in your birthday party?
III: Listen and say True or False
Mai’s birthday party was held at home in the evening.
Over twenty guests were at the birthday party.
The birthday cake was cut at the beginning of the party
The birthday party lasted about three hours.
All the friends stayed after the party to tidy up the mess.

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F
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x
x
x
IV: Answer the following questions
How old was Mai?
Why didn’t she like having a party at a restaurant?
What did Mai’s mother serve the guests at the beginning of the party?
What time was the birthday cake brought out?
What was the birthday cake like?
What did all the guests do while Mai was cutting the cake?
What time did the birthday party finish?
V: Here the summary of the listening . Let’s read and fill in the gaps.
Mai was 16 years old. She didn’t want to have a party at a restaurant
because it was noisy and expensive. Her mother served them ..(1)……..and
biscuits at the beginning of the party. The birthday cake was brought out at
about four thirty. It was…(2.)…. with pink and white (.3)…….. (16 colorful candles sat in the middle of the cake). Everyone (4)…….. their hands eagerly and sang “Happy Birthday”. It .( 5)……… at about six in the evening.
Here are the keys
Mai was 16 years old. She didn’t want to have a party at a restaurant because it
was noisy and expensive. Her mother served them soft-drinks and biscuits at the
beginning of the party. The birthday cake was brought out at about four thirty. It was
decorated with pink and white icing (16 colorful candles sat in the middle of the
cake) . Everyone clapped their hands eagerly and sang “Happy Birthday”. It
finished at about six in the evening.

How deep is your love?- Bee Gees
And in your eyes in the _________(1) sun
I feel you touch my ________(2) in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna _________(3) you in my arms again
And you come to me on the ________(4) breeze
Keep me warm in your love,
then you _________(5) leave
And it means you need to show.