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Unit 10
I'd like some noodles.
Section B
2a-2c
What do you usually eat or do on your birthday?
We usually eat cakes [keik]on birthday.
蛋糕
Candle 蜡烛
['kændl]
s
a cake with candles
具有;带有
The number of the candles is five.
......的数量
make a wish
许愿
[bleu]
blow out the candles
吹灭
a symbol of long life
a symbol of life and good luck
They bring good luck to the birthday person.
people from different places may have different birthday food on their birthday
Birthday Food Around the World
F
T
____ The number of candles on the birthday cake is the person’s age.
____ In the UK, when the child has the birthday cake with the candy, he/she is lucky.
____ In China, people eat noodles on their birthday, we never have cake.
____ People in different countries have different birthday foods.
T
T
2b
Read the article. Judge true (T) or false (F) of the sentences.
Country Food Special meaning
UK
China
birthday cake with a candy
The child with the candy is lucky.
long noodles
a symbol of long life
eggs
a symbol of life and good luck
Careful reading
2b
Read the article about food traditions and complete the chart.
How can a person make his or her birthday wish come true? __________________________________________________________________
2. What do people in the UK sometimes put in a birthday cake?
_________________________________ _________________________________
If he or she blows out all the candles
in one go, the wish will come true.
They usually put a candy in a birthday
cake.
2c
Read the article again and answer the questions.
3. Why do people never cut up birthday noodles in China? _________________________________
_________________________________
4. Why do people eat special foods on their birthday? __________________________________________________________________
Because the long noodles are a symbol of long life.
Because they want to bring good luck to the birthday person.
Read the article