Good morning, Teachers and Students!
Welcome To 11B
UNIT 3: A PARTY
Part C: Listening
Before you listen:

Ask and answer the following questions:
When do you like to organize your birthday party, during the day or in the evening?
What foods and drinks are often served at your birthday party?
What activities do you often have at your birthday party?

Pre-teach vocabulary:
Listen and Repeat
gather (v):
decorate (v):
restaurant (n):
icing (n):
prize (n):
slice (n):
birthday cake (n):
clap (v):
- We are gathering at a new restaurant.
restaurant
gathering
The birthday cake was beautifully decorated with pink and white icing.
Slices
Clap
noisy (adj):
expensive (adj): /iks’pensiv/
soft drink (n):
biscuit (n): /’biskit/
tidy up = clean up (v)
While you listen:
You are going to listen to a girl telling about a birthday party that she has been to. Listen and do the tasks:
Underline the key words:
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.
Task 1: Listen and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
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.
F
F
T
F
F
at about 3 in the afternoon.
in the evening
Over
About
The party ended at about 6.
at the beginning of the party
at 4:30
All the friends
Only the writer
Task 2: Listen again and answer the following questions:
How old was Mai?
Why didn’t she like having her 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?
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?

Q: How old was Mai?
A: She was………..years old.
Q. Why didn’t she like having her party at a restaurant?
A: Because it’s………and……….........
Q: What did Mai’s mother serve the guests at the beginning of the party?
A: After that Mai’s mother served us…….. ………and………….
Q: What time was the birthday cake brought? A: – At…………
Q: What was the birthday cake like?
A: It was beautifully decorated with……. and…….. ……
Q: What did all the guests do while Mai was cutting the cake?
A: They………... their hands and …… “Happy birthday”
Q: What time did the birthday party finish?
A: At………………………..



Q: How old was Mai?
A: She was………..years old.
Q. Why didn’t she like having her party at a restaurant?
A: Because it’s………and……….........
Q: What did Mai’s mother serve the guests at the beginning of the party?
A: After that Mai’s mother served us…….. ………and………….
Q: What time was the birthday cake brought? A: – At…………
Q: What was the birthday cake like?
A: It was beautifully decorated with……. and…….. ……
Q: What did all the guests do while Mai was cutting the cake?
A: They………... their hands and …… “Happy birthday”
Q: What time did the birthday party finish?
A: At………………………..


sixteen
noisy
expensive
soft
drink
biscuits
4:30
pink
white
icing
clapped
sang
about six in the evening
After you listen:
Take turns to talk about Mai’s birthday party (using the answers above as the guides).
Homework:
Learn by heart new words
Listen again at home
Prepare the new lesson: Writing
Thanks for your attention
Goodbye and see you again