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Unit 8
What is your birthday?
Section A
----What’s the date today?
----It’s December 5th.
(read:December Fifth.
Calendar
January
['dʒænjuəri]
February
['februəri]
March
[mɑ:tʃ]
April
['eiprəl]
January
February
March
April
May
June
1a
Listen and repeat.
Listening
July
August
September
October
November
December
Listen and number the conversation [1-3].
A: When is your birthday, Linda?
B: My birthday is on May 2nd.
1b
A: When is your birthday, Mary?
B: It’s on January 5th.
A: When is your birthday, Mike?
B: My birthday is on June 3rd.
1
2
3
Listen and repeat.
2a
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
9th
10th 11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st 22nd 23rd 24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
29th
30th 31st
Listen and circle the numbers you hear in 2a.
2b
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
9th
10th 11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st 22nd 23rd 24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
29th
30th 31st
Listen again. Match the names, months and dates.
2c
Name Month Date
Alice July 4th
Frank August 22nd
Eric January 5th
Jane September 17th
2d
Pairwork
Take about the children’s birthday in 2c. Then ask your partner about the birthdays in his or her family.
When is Alice’s birthday?
Her birthday is on September 5th.
Alice
Read the dialogue in 2e. Then match the things with the right places.
Bill
Age年龄
Alan
Birthday
生日
twelve
thirteen
in August
this afternoon
Bill: Hi, Alan. Happy birthday!
Alan: Thank you, Bill.
Bill: So, how old are you, Alan?
Alan: I’m twelve. How old are you?
Bill: I’m thirteen.
Alan: When is your birthday?
Bill: My birthday is in August.
Role-play the conversation.
2e
Alan: Well, do you want to come to my birthday party?
Bill: Oh, yes. When is it?
Alan: At three this afternoon.
Bill: OK, great. See you!
(1) at常用于时刻前或一些固定的习惯用语中。如:
at 9:00 在9点钟 at noon 在中午
(2) in用在月份、季节、年份等前面,也可以表示“在早上、在下午、在晚上”。如:
in May 在五月 in 2013