### Lesson 3. Birthday Traditions

Getting ready for the task:
• What is birthday for you?
• What birthday traditions do you know?
Key words:
to hang - to attach smth
honour - great respect for smth/ to show great respect
to encourage - to give smb support
to survive - continue to live or exist
waltz - a dance performed by a couple
1

IW. Look at the pictures and talk about them.

2

IW. Look through the postcard and try to make your own.

Dear friend!
Please come to my Birthday Party! On 21 May at 6. At Nizami Street 12. From Tunar.
Come to my Birthday Party! We’re honoured to see you among us! It’s my pleasure to have you there!
LISTEN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS! Read Listening Material
Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.

1. What are speakers mainly talking about?
   A) Aydan’s holiday
   B) the birthday gifts
   C) the difficult life
   D) Gunay’s birthday
   E) the different children
2. Choose the correct answer to the question according to the passage.
   What was difficult for Shahin to do?
   A) to go to the orphanage
   B) to organize a party
   C) to choose a present
   D) to celebrate the birthday
   E) to talk to the children
3. Choose the correct statements according to the passage.
   1. The gifts are the main things in life.
   2. The party brought a lot of fun to the children.
   3. Life is the same for the children who live in the orphanage.
   4. Children need care and warmth most of all.

   A) 1, 2 | B) 2, 3 | C) 3, 4 | B) 1, 3 | E) 2, 4

4. Complete the sentence according to the passage. (no more than three words)
   We could encourage the children to talk about their … .
5. Which word in the passage is closest in meaning to the word “active”.

Beth: | Hello, Robert. Where were you yesterday?
Robert: | Hi, Beth. We went to the Shagan orphanage. There was a birthday party.
Beth: | Oh, really? Whose birthday was it there?
Robert: | It was Gail’s birthday.
Beth: | What did you buy for her?
Robert: | It was very difficult for us to choose a present.
Beth: | Why do you think so?
Robert: | I think life is a bit different for the children who live here.
Beth: | Oh, yes. I agree with you.
Robert: | And I think gifts aren’t the main things. They need care and warmth most of all.
Beth: | That’s true. How did you celebrate the birthday?
Robert: | We organized a small party for her. In my opinion it brought a lot of fun to her and her friends. And we could encourage the children to talk about their interests, hobbies and wishes. I think some of them are very talented. There are dancers, singers and painters among them. Most of them are energetic. At the same time we could involve them to show their abilities.
Aydan: | I’m sure, Gail was pleased with it and she felt very happy.

1. What are speakers mainly talking about?
   A) Aydan’s holiday
   B) the birthday gifts
   C) the difficult life
   D) Gunay’s birthday
   E) the different children
2. Choose the correct answer to the question according to the passage.
   What was difficult for Shahin to do?
   A) to go to the orphanage
   B) to organize a party
   C) to choose a present
   D) to celebrate the birthday
   E) to talk to the children
3. Choose the correct statements according to the passage.
   1. The gifts are the main things in life.
   2. The party brought a lot of fun to the children.
   3. Life is the same for the children who live in the orphanage.
   4. Children need care and warmth most of all.

   A) 1, 2 | B) 2, 3 | C) 3, 4 | B) 1, 3 | E) 2, 4

4. Complete the sentence according to the passage. (no more than three words)
   We could encourage the children to talk about their … .
   Answer: “interests, hobbies, wishes”
5. Which word in the passage is closest in meaning to the word “active”.
   Answer: “energetic”