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Period 4
Section B (2a-2c)
Unit 10 I’d like some noodles.
When's your birthday?
2a What do you do or eat on your birthday?
2b Read the article about food traditions and complete the chart.
Birthday Food Around the World ①
What would people like to eat on their birthday? The answer would be different in different countries. ②
In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles. The number of candles is the person's age. ③ The birthday person must make a wishand blow out the candles. ④
If he or she blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true. ⑤ In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is lucky.
In China, it is getting popular to have cake on your birthday. ⑥But many people still eat very long noodles for their birthday. They never cut up the noodles because the long noodles are a symbol of long life. ⑦ In some places, Chinese people also eat eggs on their birthday. They are a symbol of life and good luck.
All of these birthday foods may be different, but the ideas are the same. ⑧ They bring good luck to the birthday person.
了解并尊重文化差异。
Country Food Special meaning
UK
China
a birthday cake with a candy in it
The child with the candy is lucky.
birthday cakes;
long noodles; eggs
Long noodles are a symbol of long life. Eggs are a symbol of life and good luck.
2c Read the article again and answer the questions.
1. 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?
3. Why do people never cut up birthday noodles in China?
4. Why do people eat special foods on their birthday?
He or she blows out all the candles in one go.
A candy.
Because the long noodles are a symbol of long life.
They eat special foods for good luck.
①Birthday Food Around the World
around the world 世界各地
e. g. We have friends around the world.
我们有世界各地的朋友。
Which is the largest city in the world ?
世界上最大的城市是哪个?
考点1
相当于all over the world
在世界上
温