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Reading
Unit 10
I’d like
some noodles.
person
party
present
cake
candle
song
hat
wish
birthday
Free talk
What do you usually do and eat on your birthday?
Birthday food
birthday cake
(with candles)
eggs
(a symbol of life
and good luck)
long noodles
( the symbol of long life)
Free talk
Things about birthday
have a birthday party
and invite(邀请) friends to the party
put the candles on the birthday cake
get birthday
presents
Free talk
Things about birthday
sing the “Happy birthday to you” song
blow out the candles in one go
make a wish
Prediction
What is the tittle of the passage?
What is the girl doing?
全世界的生日食物
The girl is blowing out the candles.
Fast reading
Read Para. 1 and find out the topic sentence(主旨句).
And summarize the main idea of the passage. 总结文章大意。
People eat differently in different countries.
Careful reading
Read Para. 2 and answer the question.
How do people in many countries celebrate(庆祝) birthday?
In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles. The number of the candles is the person’s age. The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles. If he or she blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is lucky.
Careful reading
Read Para. 2 and Para. 3 to fill in the blanks.
Country Food Special meaning
UK
China
birthday cake
It is lucky to find a candy in a cake.
long noodles
Long noodles mean long life.
eggs
Eggs mean life and good luck.
Blowing out candles on a cake in one go makes a wish come true.
Retell the passage
Para. 2
in many countries
birthday cake with candles
the number of candles ...
make a wish
blow out candles
in UK
birthday cake with ...
the child with candy ...
Para. 3
in China
long noodles.... never cut up
eat eggs ...
Read and think
Read Para. 4 and answer the following question.
Are the ideas behind different birthday foods different?