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Lesson 2 Special Occasions
Unit 3 Celebrations
1.When is your birthday?
2.How do you celebrate your birthday?
3.What’s the best birthday gift that you have received?
Lead in
Will you hold a birthday party? Why?
Lead in
Where do you prefer to celebrate your birthday: at home or in the restaurant? Why?
Lead in
What other occasions do you know?
Lead in
Pre-listening
You are invited to a wedding or a close friend’s birthday party in the UK. What do you need to prepare and what do you need to take into consideration?
Do some brainstorm exercise.
Fast-listening
Skill Builder
Listening for Specific Information
Listening for specific information means to listen for specific words like names, numbers or dates.
• Before listening, make sure what kind of information you need to listen for.
• Listen for the first time to get the general idea.
• Listen again. This time pay attention to the specific information.
Careful-listening
Listen to an interview about parties. Complete the information about party advice in Activity 1.
Use the information to talk about party advice in the UK.
Let’s talk
Some advice at party in the UK:
1.Dress appropriately.
2.Bring something. Say hello and thank the host.
Careful-listening
Listen again. Discuss the questions with the help of the diagram in Activity 1.
What do people do at formal and informal parties? What are the differences?
What are the rules for attending parties in general?
Which piece of party advice do you find the most useful? Why?
Post-listening
List some situations where you would congratulate people and / or give thanks. Then listen and identify the situations.
Example:
At a birthday
At a graduation party
...
Situations What is said
1
2
3
Listen and complete the information in the table.
Post-listening
Listen and imitate. Complete the Talk Builder. Then write F (formal) next to the expressions that are more appropriate for formal occasions.
Post-listening
Post-listening
Imagine you have been invited