SGK Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 3: A PARTY

A PARTY
A. READING
Before you read
Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
What is the relationship between the people in the pictures?
What are they celebrating?
While you read
Read the passages about birthdays and anniversaries and then do the tasks that follow.
It is Lisa’s birthday. She is seven years old today, and her family and friends are at her birthday party7. On the table is a birthday cake with seven candles, one for each year. People sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Lisa:
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear Lisa!
Happy birthday to you!
When they finish singing, Lisa blows out the candles on the cake. Then everybody eats cake and ice cream. After that, Lisa opens her birthday cards and presents. Her family and friends give her toys and clothes for her birthday.
In the United States, people of all ages celebrate birthdays. But when an adult has a birthday, there are not a lọt of candles on the birthday cake. Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their age. Some people joke every year, “I’m 29 years old today.” Perhaps they do not want to get any older.
Rosa and Luis are having a party, too. But it is not a birthday party. It is an anniversary party. Fifty years ago, Rosa and Luis got married. Today their family and friends are giving them a party. Everyone eats some cake and says “Happy Anniversary!” to Rosa and Luis. People also give cards and gifts to the anniversary couple.
Most married couples in the United States celebrate wedding anniversaries each year. Husbands and wives give flowers or gifts to each other. They often have a quiet dinner at home or at a restaurant. They usually don’t have a big party.
But the 25th and the 50th wedding anniversaries are special. People call the 25th the “silver anniversary” and the 50th the “golden anniversary.” These anniversaries mark the milestones of a happy and lasting relationship between married couples. Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their golden anniversary.
Kir Task Work with a partner. Decide which of the activities below takes place at a birthday pally or at a wedding anniversary party or at both. Put a tick (Z) in the right box.
IW Task 2. Work with a partner. In each of the following sentences, there is ONE word which is not true according to the reading passage. Underline the wrong word and provide the correct one.
Lisa’s family and friends are at her eighth birthday party.
Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday party.
Lisa opens birthday cards and books from her family and friends.
Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their anniversaries.
Fifty months ago, Rosa and Luis got married.
People call the 5th wedding anniversary the “golden anniversary.”
Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary.
After you read
Work in pairs. Answer the following questions.
Where do you prefer to celebrate your birthday, at home or in the restaurant? Why?
Do your parents celebrate their wedding anniversaries?
Are you going to celebrate your wedding anniversaries in the future? Why (not)?
B. SPEAKING
Task Think of a party you have been to. Choose from the list the things you want to talk about.
Whose party was it?
What was the occasion?
Did you take a gift for the host? -
Who did you go with?
Where was the party?
Were there any decorations?
Were there a lot of people there? -
Did you know most of the people there? What sort of food and drink did you have? What was the music like?
Did you dance?
Did you meet anybody nice there? What time did it finish?
Did you stay to the end?
Kir Task 2. Work in pairs. Tell your partner about the party.
D3T Task 3. Work in groups. You are going to take part in a competition to organise the best party. Decide on the following:
budget
date and time
who to invite
place
formal or informal dress
decorations
entertainment (music, games, etc.)
food and drink
O25 Task 4. Tell the rest of the class about your party. Try to convince them to come.
c. LISTENING
Before you listen
• Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
When do you like to organise your birthday party, during the day or in the evening?
What foods and drinks are often served at your birthday party?
What activities do you often have at your birthday party? e Listen and repeat.
gathering	restaurant	prizes	birthday cake
decorated	icing	slices	clapped
While you listen
O3 Task 1. Listen and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
Mai’s birthday party was held at home in the evening.
Over twenty guests were at the birthday party.
The birthday cake was cut at the beginning of the party.
The birthday party lasted about three hours.
All the friends stayed after the party to tidy up the mess.
Of Task 2. Listen again and answer the following questions.
How old was Mai?
Why didn’t she like having her party at a restaurant?
What did Mai’s mother serve the guests at the beginning of the party?
What time was the birthday cake brought out?
What was the birthday cake like?
What did all the guests do while Mai was cutting the cake?
What time did the birthday pally finish?
After you listen
Work in groups. Take turns to talk about Mai’s birthday party.
D. WRITING
Writing a letter of invitation
O3 Task 1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
On what occasions are parties held?
What kind of clothes do people often wear at a party?
What kind of presents do people often bring to a party?
KÍT Task 2. Complete the letter of invitation below with the words/phrases in the box.
winners to cook
at my house by Monday
to come refreshments
Kẫ3 Task 3. You are going to hold a party. You want to invite your classmates to the party. Write a letter of invitation, following these guidelines.
What party are you going to organise?
Where and when do you intend to organise the party?
How many people do you plan to invite and who are they?
What activities will take place at the party?
What food and drink will be served at the party?
E. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Pronunciation: /l/-/r/-/h /
Grammar:
Infinitive and gerund
Passive infinitive and gerund
Pronunciation
• Listen and repeat.
/1 /
/ r /
/h 1
lunch
pretty
hit
lovely
Europe
house
lemonade
parent
holiday
jelly
really
hospital
glass
restaurant
husband
salad
library
helicopter
• Practise reading aloud these sentences.
Hello, Mr. Allen. You’re early for lunch. It’s only eleven o’clock.
I’d like a plate of salad, a glass of lemonade, a slice of melon and some jelly, please.
Laura is a really pretty librarian in the public library.
Her parents own a restaurant in a country in Central Europe.
Hello, Harry. Have you heard the news? There’s been a horrible accident. A helicopter has hit Helen’s house.
Helen and her husband will have to spend their holiday in hospital.
Grammar
Infinitive and gerund
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the correct form, gerund or infinitive, using the words in brackets.
Example: The doctor was forced to operate immediately to save the patient’s life, (operate)
Most passengers dislike	to sit in small,
uncomfortable seats on long flights, (have)
I must drive more carefully. I can’t risk	
another speeding ticket, (get)
Did Dick mean	Sue about the party, or
did it slip out accidentally? (tell)
You must keep	on the computer until you
understand how to use all of the programmes, (practise)
The judge demanded	the original
document, not the photocopy, (see)
Passive infinitive
Exercise 2. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. Example: When I told Tim the news, he seemed B
A. to surprise	B. to be surprised
Ms. Thompson is always willing to help, but she doesn’t want
	 at home unless there is an emergency.
A. to call	B. to be called
The children agreed	 the candy equally.
A. to divide	B. to be divided
I expected '	to the party, but I wasn’t.
A. to invite	B. to be invited
4.1 expect	at the airport by my uncle.
A. to meet	B. to be met
5. Mr. Steinberg offered	US to the train station.
A. to drive	B. to be driven
Passive infinitive and gerund
Exercise 3. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences.
Example: Instead of B about the good news, Tom seemed to be indifferent.
A. exciting B. being excited c. to excite D. to be excited
The new students hope 	in many of the school’s social
activities.
A. including B. being included c. to include D. to be included
Jack got into trouble when he refused	his briefcase for
the customs officer.
A. opening B. being opened c. to open D. to be opened
Barbara didn’t mention	about her progress report at
work, but I’m sure she is.
A. concerning B. being concerned c. to concern D. to be concerned
You’d better save some money for a rainy day. You can’t count on
	 by your parents every time you get into financial
difficulty.
A. rescuing	B. being rescued c. to rescue	D. to be rescued
Please forgive me. I didn’t mean	you.
A. upsetting	B. being upset	c. to upset	D. to be upset