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课件网) Unit 10 I’d like some noodles. Reading What do you do or eat on your birthday 2a There is a birthday cake with candles on the table. birthday cake 生日蛋糕 cake /ke k/ n. 蛋糕 candle / k ndl/ n. 蜡烛 The girl is making a wish. make a wish 许愿 The girl is blowing out the candles. blow/bl / out 吹灭 People never cut up the noodles, because they are the symbol of long life. long noodles 长寿面 Eggs are a symbol of life and good luck. What do people like to eat on their birthday in other countries In China, the birthday person will eat long noodles with eggs for a symbol of long life. People eat peach buns made in flour and steamed in shapes of peach. In Korea, people have seaweed soup on their birthdays . In Russia, people will eat birthday pie not birthday cake on that day. Intensive reading Predict and answer What can we learn from the title and picture The passage is about birthday food around the world. Does the passage only mention one country No, more than one country. Birthday Food Around the World What would people like to eat on their birthday The answer would be different in different countries. In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles. The number of 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. In China, it is getting popular to have cake on your birthday. But 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. 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. They bring good luck to the birthday person. Read the passage again and complete the sentences. 1. People usually have delicious food _____ their birthday. 2. In many countries, people have birthday cakes _____ candles. 3. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy _____ a birthday cake. 4. The long noodles are a symbol _____ long life. 5. All the birthday foods can bring good luck _____ the birthday person. Fill in the blanks and retell the passage. Birthday Food Around the World 总述Para.1 People eat different food in different countries on their birthday. 分述Paras.2-3 In many countries:_____ (Blowing out all the candles on a cake in one go makes a wish come true.) In the UK:_____ (The child with the candy is lucky.) have birthday cakes with candles put a candy in a birthday cake In China: _____ (Long noodles are a symbol of long life.); eat eggs (Eggs are a symbol of life and good luck.) 总述Para.4 The special foods on the birthday _____ to the birthday person eat very long noodles bring good luck
