1、Section B 2b You cant have your cake and eat it (too). 鱼与熊掌不可兼得。鱼与熊掌不可兼得。 Guess: 1.How old is the girl? 2.What is she doing? 3.Who is at her birthday party? Before reading: Birthday Food Around the World 1. What birthday food do you know? 2. What do you do or eat on your birthday? 1.have a birthday
2、party with friends; 2.eat noodles and eggs; 3.a birthday cake and a lot of gifts; 4.a big dinner; 5.make a wish; 6.blow out the candles 1. 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? 3. Why do people never cut up birthday no
3、odles in China? 4. Why do people eat special foods on their birthday? Answer the questions He or she can blow out all of the birthday candles in one go. They put a candy in a birthday cake. Because long noodles are a symbol of long life. Because they want to have good luck. 1.For the food people eat
4、 on their birthday, the answer would be the same in different countries. 2.The number of candles is the persons age. 3.In many countries, if the birthday person blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true. 4.Chinese people only eat noodles on their birthday. 5.The long noodles are a
5、 symbol of long life. T/F Questions: F F T T T Country Food Special meaning UK China birthday cake Blowing out candles on a cake makes a wish come true . It is lucky to find a candy in a cake. long noodles, eggs Long noodles mean long life. Eggs mean life and good luck. Topic(话题话题): Opening(开头开头): D
6、etails(细节细节): Conclusion(结论结论): Birthday Food Around the World Para. 1 Para. 2&3 Para. 4 Birthday Food Around the World In many countries: People have make and number If he or she wish In the UK lucky In China popular eat symbol symbol foods ideas Birthday cakes with candles a wish blow out candles
7、blow out In one go come true different put a candy have cake long noodles long life eggs good luck different same bring good luck to the birthday person Why Chinese people eat noodles on their birthday? How do noodles become the symbol of longevity(长寿长寿)? Do you know? It is said that the shape of noodles is both long and slim. In Putonghua, long (chang) and slim (shou) is similar to the pronunciation of longevity (changshou). Noodles are the most popular food on birthdays for the Chinese.
