New Year party
ChristmasChristmas
PartyParty
wedding party
birthday party
different parties
• anniversary;
• birthday;
• graduation;
• a wedding reception;
• retirement;
• a farewell party;
• a house warming party;
• a sporting victory;
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Complete the following sentences with suitable
words:1.We only invited family and ____________
to my father’s birthday party. My father
made a really funny ______ about life
starting at sixty-five, and he thanked
everyone for bring him a ________.
close friends
speech
present
2. In the summer, we love having a
__________ in the garden with friends.barbecue
4. At our parties, there isn’t any
________ to drink, only __________
and there are lots of ________ like
biscuits and sandwiches to eat.
alcohol soft drinkssnacks
3. At the wedding ___________, we had
a _______________ in a big
restaurant --- there were about
twenty people at each table.
reception
sit-down meal
Listening Strategies:
Understanding the general idea
•Listen more than once, if possible.
•Try to link key words to topics.
•Listen for important words and
phrases. (e.g. failed twice, interview)
•Don’t worry if you can’t understand
everything.
Listen and decide why each person
is celebrating:
1.
2.
3.
4.
passing his / her driving test
retiring
going to study abroad
getting a job with good salary
Try to complete the sentences about what
you should and shouldn’t do at parties in
Britain. Then listen and check your
answers.don’t have to, should (x
2), shouldn’t (x 3), must
1. If it’s very formal, you ________dress
smartly.
should
Giving advice
2. Nowadays you ____________ be too
formal.
3. You _________ arrive late to a dinner
party.
4. You _______ take something with you.
5. You _________ drink too much at parties.
6. And you _________ accept a lift home
from a person you don’t know.
7. You ______ be careful.
don’t have to
shouldn’t
should
shouldn’t
shouldn’t
must
Listen to the cassette again and do the exercise
1. When you are invited to a party in the
UK , you _________
A. you needn’t take anything.
B. Do as you are in China
C. You can take small gifts, such as a
bottle of wine, or chocolates.
D. You can’t take flowers except at wedding
C. You can take small gifts, such as a
bottle of wine, or chocolates.
2. Which of the following state is not true?
A. You should wear a tie at weddings.
B. You’d better not take the car driven
by a stranger.
C. You’d better arrive at the party
earlier to help the host.
D. Teenagers may drink a little.
C. You’d better arrive at the party
earlier to help the host.
Use the phrases from the Function
File to prepare some advice for a
foreign visitor who is invited to a
celebration in China.
a) a birthday
b) a local or national festival
c) a wedding
SpeakingSpeakingWork in pairs. Student A is a foreign visitor who is
invited to a celebration in Student B’s country .
Student B gives advice. With the help of Function File in
exercise4, ask and answer questions about the following
things:
clothes to wear(male/female), presents to take, time
to arrive/leave, things to say, tings not to do
Example
A:I’m going to a wedding this weekend. What should I wear?
B:You should wear formal clothes – a jacket and tie.
C:What should I take?