1. Unit 10 I'd like some noodles.
Period 4
Section B 2a-2c

2. Learning Goals Vocabulary:
world, candle, age, idea, the UK, would, blow, will, lucky, popular, if
around the world, make a wish, blow out, in one go, get popular, come true, cut up, a symbol of
Skills: Reading
Target Structures: would like to do sth

3. Review A: Can I help you? B: I’d like some noodles, please.
A: What kind of noodles would you like?
B: I’d like mutton and potato noodles.
A: What size bowl of noodles would you like?
B: I’d like a large bowl of noodles.
A: What’s your address?
B: 15 North Street.
A: What’s your telephone number?
B: My telephone number is How much are they?
A: $16. I will come in about 10 minutes.
B: Thank you.

4. Say something about your birthday
When is your birthday ?
What do you do on your birthday ?
What do you eat on your birthday ?
What present do you get ?
Whom do you get the present from ?

5. 2a Today let’s learn the birthday food around the world .
Three Strategies (策略）
1. Fast reading （快速阅读）
2. Careful reading（仔细阅读）
3. Retell the passage (复述文章）

6. Listen and read the passage quickly and Judge(判断） Yes (Y) or No (N) of the sentences.2b Y
____ The number of candles on the birthday cake is the person’s age.
____ In the UK, when the child has the birthday cake with the candy, he/she is lucky. Y

7. 3. ____ In China, people eat noodles on their birthday, we never have cake.
4. ____ People in different countries have different birthday foods. N Y

8. Reading and writing
Country
Food
Special meaning
（特殊意义） UK
China
birthday cake with a candy
The child with the candy is lucky.
long noodles
a symbol of long life
eggs
a symbol of life and good luck

9. Read the article carefully again and answer the questions.
How can a person make his or her birthday wish come true? __________________________________________________________________
2. What do people in the UK sometimes put in a birthday cake?
_________________________________ _________________________________
If he or she blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true.
They usually put a candy in a birthday cake.

10. 3. Why do people never cut up birthday noodles in China
_________________________________
4. Why do people eat special foods on their birthday? __________________________________________________________________
Because the long noodles are a symbol of long life.
Because they want to bring good luck to the birthday person.

11. Read the article about food traditions （传统）and fill in the blanks.
Birthday Food Around the World
_______ would people like to eat on
their birthday? The answer would
be _______ in different countries.
In many countries, people have ______ ________
with candles. The number of candles is
the person’s age. The ______ _______ must make
a wish and ____ ___ the candles. If he or she blows
What
different
birthday cake
birthday person
blow out

12. come true
out all the candles in one go, the wish will _____ ____. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy
in the birthday cake. The child with the candy
is lucky.
In ________, it is ______ ________ to have cake on
your birthday. But many people still eat very
______ _________ 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 _____ ______.
All of these birthday foods may be different, but
the ideas are _____ _____. They bring good luck to
the birthday person.
getting popular
China
long noodles
good luck
the same

13. Match the phrases 1.一次性 2.给某人带来好运 3.长寿的象征 4.砍断 5.想做 6. ……的数量 7.吹灭
a .would like to
b. the number of …
c. make a wish
d. blow out
e. in one go
f. come true
g. cut up
h. a symbol of long life
i. a symbol of life and good luck
j. bring good luck to sb
1.一次性
2.给某人带来好运
3.长寿的象征
4.砍断
5.想做
6. ……的数量
7.吹灭
8.生命和好运的象征
9.许愿

14. 完成句子 cut up would like to made a wish The number of is bring luck to
1、不要砍断那些树。
Don't ____ ____ these trees .
2、 我想在这个周末去游泳。
I____ ____ ____ go swimming this weekend .
3、他在这棵树下许了愿。
He _____ ___ ____ under the three .
4、我们班的学生人数是49 。
___ ____ ____ the students in our class ___ 49.
5、我希望它能给你带来好运。
I hope it can ____ good ____ ____ you .
6、龟是长寿的象征。
Turtle is ____ _____ _____ long life .
cut up
would like to
made a wish
The number of is
bring luck to
a symbol of

15. after-reading
Retell the passage.

16. after-reading What would people like to eat on their birthday?
…would be different…
In many countries, cake, candles, number, age, make a wish, blow out ,if, in one go, the wish, come true
In the UK, candy, the child, lucky
In China, popular, have cake, but ,still eat ,cut up, because ,symbol, long life, eat eggs, life, good luck
... may be different, the ideas, the same …,bring…to

17. Thank your mother for giving birth to you and bringing you up(抚养）.
In different countries, people have
different birthday customs(风俗）.
Thank your mother for giving birth to you and bringing you up(抚养）.

18. Summary Words and expressions:
candle, age, idea, the UK, would, blow, will, lucky, popular, if
around the world, make a wish, blow out,
in one go, get popular, come true, cut up,
a symbol of
Structure: would like to do sth
Skills: reading

19. Learn the different eating culture
Let’s see the video and think about the question :
What should we do if we go to these countries ?

20. Homework Recite the passage and find more
food traditions in different countries.