BEFORE YOU READ

Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Nhìn vào các hình và trả lời câu hỏi.)

1. What is the relationship between the people in the pictures?

(Mối quan hệ giữa những người trong các hình là gì?)

2. What are they celebrating?

(Họ đang tổ chức tiệc mừng gì?)

WHILE YOU READ 

Read the passages about birthday and then do the task that follows.

(Đọc các đoạn văn về sinh nhật và kỉ niệm hàng năm, sau đó làm tập đi kèm.)

A. It is Lisa’s birthday. She is seven years old today, and her family and friends are at her birthday party. On the table is a birthday cake with seven candles, one for each year. People sing 'Happy Birthday' to Lisa:

Happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday, dear Lisa!

Happy birthday to you!

When they finish singing, Lisa blows out the candles on the cake. Then everybody eats cake and ice cream. After that, Lisa opens her birthday cards and presents. Her family and friends give her toys and clothes for her birthday.

In the United States, people of all ages celebrate birthdays. But when an adult has a birthday, there are not a lot of candles on the birthday cake. Many Americans over the age of 30 don't like to talk about their age. Some people joke every year. “I’m 29 years old today.’' Perhaps they do not want to be any older.

B. Rosa and Luis are having a party, too. But it is not a birthday party. It is an anniversary party. Fifty years ago, Rosa and Luis got married. Today their family and friends are giving them a party. Everyone eats some cake and says “Happy Anniversary!” to Rosa and Luis. People also give cards and gifts to the anniversary couple.

Most married couples in the United States celebrate wedding anniversaries each year. Husbands and wives give flowers or gifts to each other. They often have a quiet dinner at home or at a restaurant. They usually don’t have a big party.

But the 25th and the 50th wedding anniversaries are special. People call the 25th the “silver anniversary" and the 50^th the “golden anniversary.” These anniversaries mark the milestones of a happy and lasting relationship between married couples. Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their golden anniversary.

Task 1. Decide which of the activities below takes place at a birthday party or at a wedding anniversary party or both. Put a tick (✓) in the right box.

(Làm việc với một bạn cùng học. Quyết định hoạt động nào trong các hoạt động dưới đây xảy ra ở tiệc sinh nhật hoặc tiệc kỉ niệm ngày cưới hoặc cả hai. Đặt dấu (✓) vào khung đúng.)

Task 2. Work with a partner, in each of the following sentences, there is one word which is not true according to the reading passage. Underline the wrong word and provide the correct one.

(Làm việc cùng với một bạn học. Ở mỗi câu sau có một từ không đúng theo đoạn văn. Hãy gạch dưới từ sai và cho từ đúng.)

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 book 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 5^th wedding anniversary: the "Golden anniversary".

7. Rose and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary 

AFTER YOU READ

Work in pairs. Answer the following questions.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Trả lời câu hỏi sau.)

1. Where do you prefer to celebrate your birthday, at home or in the restaurant? Why?

(Bạn thích tổ chức tiệc sinh nhật ở đâu, ở nhà hay nhà hàng? Tại sao?)

2. Do your parents celebrate their wedding anniversaries?

(Bố mẹ bạn có kỉ niệm ngày cưới không?)

3. Are you going to celebrate your wedding anniversaries in the future? Why (not)?

(Trong tương lai bạn có kỉ niệm ngày cưới của mình không? Tại sao có? Tại sao không?)