It’s my birthday!

— Hello, boys and girls! My name is Kyle.

— Hello, everyone! My name is Sophia.

— Hello, friends! I’m Melanie.

— Hello! I’m Jackson.

— Welcome to our lesson!

— We are happy to see you!

Today in the lesson we will:

● learn new words and phrases;

● discuss how the British and the Chinese celebrate birthdays;

And

● put the knowledge into practice.

Birthday party

Вечеринка по случаю дня рождения

Celebrate

Праздновать

Decorate the house

Украшать дом

Bring

Приносить

Gift

Подарок

Cake

Торт

Balloon

Воздушный шар

Envelope

Конверт

Money

Деньги

Good luck

Удача

Unlucky

Неудачливый

Soup

Суп

Noodles

Лапша

Stick

Палка, палочка

Now let’s revise all these words once again.

Listen and repeat after me!

Birthday party

Celebrate

Decorate the house

Bring

Gift

Cake

Balloon

Envelope

Money

Good luck

Unlucky

Soup

Noodles

Stick

Well done, boys and girls!

Now look!

This is Henry.

And this is Lee.

Henry is from Britain.

And Lee is from China.

Henry and Lee are pen-friends. And their birthdays are on the same day.

The children have just written the birthday letters to each other. Let’s read them!

And first, we will read Henry’s letter.

Dear Lee,

Happy Birthday! I’m very lucky to have a great pen-friend like you in my life. Have the happiest birthday ever!

How are you going to celebrate your birthday? How do the Chinese usually celebrate this day?

In Britain, we have a party to celebrate our birthdays. It’s a wonderful opportunity to spend time with your parents, relatives and friends.

All the guests bring small gifts on this day. My mum always makes me a birthday cake. Our table is always full of different food. We usually have crisps, sandwiches, small cakes, chocolate biscuits, ice cream and very small sausages on a stick. I just love them!

We decorate the house with balloons. We also dance, sing songs and play different games with my friends. It’s fun!

Best wishes,

Henry

Now, boys and girls, let’s read Lee’s birthday letter.

Dear Henry,

Happy Birthday to you! May all your birthday wishes come true!

How are you going to celebrate your birthday? What do the British usually do on this day?

In China, birthday celebrations are very special. Long noodles are served as a wish for the child to have a long life. I eat them in soup and try not to cut them because it’s unlucky! We also eat red eggs.

Red is a special colour in China. It always means something happy and brings good luck.

We decorate the house with red paper and all the family comes to a party. We also get money in red envelopes. It’s fun!

Your pen-friend,

Lee

— Boys and girls, we’ve just read the children’s letters.

— Now we would like to check your knowledge.

Read the sentences and say TRUE or FALSE!

The sentences are:

In China, people eat long noodles and red eggs on their birthdays.

In Britain, people don’t have a party to celebrate their birthdays.

The British decorate the house with lights and flags on this day.

In China, long noodles are served as a wish for the child to have a long life.

Yellow is a special colour in China.

In Britain, all the guests bring small gifts on birthdays.

The Chinese decorate the house with red paper on their birthdays.

The Chinese get money in green envelopes on their birthdays.

Let’s check!

The right answers are:

True

False

False

True

False

True

True

False

Now look!

This is Frank.

And this is his mum Julia.

They are planning Frank’s birthday party.

We will listen to their conversation, but first, let’s learn new phrases.

Would you like to…?

Не хочешь…?

Не желаешь…?

I don’t think so!

Я так не думаю!

I would love to…

Мне бы хотелось…

That’s a great idea!

Это отличная идея!

That sounds great!

Звучит здорово!

I don’t like…

Я не люблю…

Мне не нравится…

Great! Now let’s listen to the conversation between Frank and his mum.

— Frank, would you like to celebrate your birthday on Friday?

— No, mum! I would love to celebrate it on Saturday.

— Oh, okay. No problem! Shall we have some chocolate biscuits?

— Oh, yes! That’s a great idea!

— What about hot dogs?

— I don’t like hot dogs. Can we have burgers and pizza?

— Sure. That sounds great! What about your birthday cake?

— Well… I would like to have a chocolate cake.

— Okay. Will you invite Kate and Mason to your birthday party?

— No, I don’t think so! I don’t really like them.

— Oh, okay.

— Mum, can I invite granny to my party?

— Yes, of course, honey!

— Hooray!

— Guys, you’ve just listened to the conversation between Frank and his mum.

— Now we would like to check your knowledge and see how attentive you were.

Read the speech bubbles and complete them!

One

Let’s check!

The right answer is:

Frank, would you like to celebrate your birthday on Friday?

Two

Check yourselves!

The right answer is:

Mum, I would love to celebrate my birthday on Saturday.

Three

Let’s check!

The right answer is:

Shall we have some chocolate biscuits?

Let’s continue!

Four

Check yourselves!

The right answer is:

I don’t like hot dogs. Can we have burgers and pizza?

Five

Let’s check!

The right answer is:

Will you invite Kate and Mason to your birthday party?

Six

Check yourselves!

The right answer is:

Mum, can I invite granny to my party?

— Well done, boys and girls!

— Now it’s time to say goodbye to everyone.

— Goodbye, friends!

— Goodbye, boys and girls!

— Goodbye!