仁爱版英语七下 UNIT7 Topic 1 When is your birthday （与生日有关的阅读）（4份打包）

拓展材料：各国过生日的习俗 世界各地民族风俗不同，过生日的方式也不同。 中国的小孩一周岁时，在孩子周围放上诸如书、针、硬币之类的东西。每件东西都有特定的含义，幼儿摸到的东西将预示未来的一生。 中国的中老年人过生日，常吃长长的面条，表示长寿。 巴西人过生日的食品是糖果。 冰岛人过生日常吃带蜜饯的薄饼。 英国人过生日全天庆祝。在学校里，过生日的孩子常被抓住胳膊和脚脖举起来，每年一次，预示长高。 荷兰的孩子们过生日，不仅得到礼物，也把礼物分给别人。 在墨西哥，生日那天要尽可能早地致以祝贺，以图吉利。过生日的人常常在半夜被祝寿的朋友叫醒。 印度人过生日有宗教色彩。必须在黎明前祈祷和祝福。 泰国人在生日前的夜晚要点燃两支长蜡烛，一支同过生日者一样高，以求长寿。如果过早熄灭，则是不详之兆。 大多数西方国家过生日都是在蛋糕上插蜡烛，然后与祝寿者同食蛋糕。 1 / 1 $$英文短文趣读：A birthday party Today is my birthday. It is the twenty-eighth of July. It is Saturday. I had an English lesson in the afternoon. My foreign teacher, Iryan had a birthday party for me in the lesson. When I entered the classroom, I saw a big card on the blackboard. It was very beautiful. And everybody blessed me. Oh, our teacher came in and said “Hi, children. Today is Angel’s birthday. Let’s have a birthday party.” “Ok”, we cheered. First, we ate a cake. It was big and nice. There was a Mickey Mouse on the cake. The cake was made by my classmate Steven’s father. He was a baker. We all liked the cake. Then we took some photos. Next, my classmates gave me many presents. I like them very much. And I sent a little present to everyone and thanked them. Oh! It’s time for break. “Ok, children. Now it is the class time.” Iryan said. On the second class, our teacher asked each of us to make a birthday card. She prepared a lot of materials. There was pleating paper, plastic paper, cloth, two kinds of paperboard, caddice, colour pens, glue and scissors. I must make a card for my teacher. We all did very well. Everyone was very happy today. I like the birthday party. I will remember the fourteenth birthday of mine because of the party. 1 / 1 $$阅读材料：生日快乐歌的起源 "Happy Birthday to You" Where did that song come from? The story of how the song "Happy Birthday to You" came to be, began as a sweet one, that later soured. Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the principal of the same school, toge