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7Howdowecelebratebirthdays?HappyBirthdaySECTIONA1aListenandrepeat.Thencirclethemonthanddayofyourbirthday.Listentothreeconversations.Matchthepeople

withtheirbirthdays.1b1.Helen

A.12thJune2.FuXing

B.3rdDecember3.TengFei’sfather C.22ndAugust4.MsGao

D.9thJanuary1cListenagainandanswerthequestions.1.HowoldisHelen?2.WhatbirthdaygiftcanTengFeigivehisfather?3.WhatdoesPeterwanttodoforMsGao’sbirthday?Helenis15yearsold.Hecanmakeacardforhisfather.HewantstogiveMissGaoasurprise.Andhewillplaytheguitar.ListeningmaterialConversation1

FuXing:Todayis3rdDecember.Happybirthday,Helen!Helen:Thankyou,FuXing!FuXing:Howoldareyou?Helen:I’m15.Andyou?FuXing:I’m12.Helen:Whenisyourbirthday?FuXing:On22ndAugust.Helen:Socanyoucometomybirthdayparty?FuXing:Sure!Whenisit?Helen:At6o’clockthisevening.FuXing:I’dlovetocome!Conversation2TengFei:Ella,canyouhelpme?Iwanttogivemyfatherabirthdaygift.Ella:Oh,that’ssweet!Whenishisbirthday?TengFei:On9thJanuary,nextmonth.Ella:That’ssoon!Youcanmakeacardforhim.TengFei:That’s

agoodidea!Conversation3Peter:Meimei,whenisMs.Gao’sbirthday?Meimei:Whydoyouask?Peter:BecauseIwantusalltogiveherasurprise.Meimei:Soundsfun!Herbirthdayison12thJune.Peter:

Let’ssingasongforher.I’llplaytheguitar.Meimei:Greatidea!1dFindoutyourgroupmembers’agesandbirthdays.Thenlineupfromthe

youngesttotheoldest.Howoldareyou?I’m...Whenisyourbirthday?It’son...Pronunciation1Listenandrepeat./h//r//l//m//n//?//w//j/

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whopricewillswimwintankwhenyogurtListentothehumorousconversation.Noticetheintonationineachsentence.Thenrepeattheconversation.2A:CanIaskyousomequestions?B:Sure.Goahead.A:Whenisyourbirthday?B:On23rdJuly.A:Whichyear?B:Everyyear.A:Whatdoyoualwaysgetonyourbirthday?B:Oneyearolder.2aListentothetwopartsoftheconversationandfillintheblanks.TengFei:Hi,Peter!It’sEllaandEmma’sbirthdaysoon.Howaboutasurprisepartyforthem?Peter:

!Let'sgoandbuysomethingfortheparty.[Attheshop.]Woman:Goodmorning.CanIhelpyou?TengFei:

.Howmuchisthisbirthdaycake?Woman:Wehaveasaletoday.It’s85yuan,anditcomeswithsomecandles.Yes,pleaseGoodideaPeter:Good,we’lltakeit.Howmucharethoseoranges?Woman:Sixyuana

kilo.Howmanykilosdoyouwant?Peter:Fivekilos,please.TengFei,howaboutsome

yogurt?TengFei:__________.Howmuchistheyogurt?Woman:Fiveyuanabottle.TengFei:10bottles,please.What’sthetotal?Woman:165yuan.TengFei:__________________.Woman:Thankyou!Haveaniceday!TengFei&Peter:Thanks.Youtoo.SureHereyouare2bReadtheconversationandcompletethetable.ThingPriceNumber

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yuanbirthdaycakeone85yuanorangesfivekilossixyuanakiloyogurt10bottlesfiveyuanabottle1652cListentotheconversationagainandpayattentiontotheintonation.Then

role-playtheconversation.TengFei:Hi,Peter!It’sEllaandEmma’sbirthdaysoon.Howaboutasurprisepartyforthem?Peter:Goodidea!Let'sgoandbuysomethingfortheparty.[Attheshop.]Woman:Goodmorning.CanIhelpyou?TengFei:Yes,please.Howmuchisthisbirthdaycake?Woman:Wehaveasaletoday.It’s85yuan,anditcomeswithsomecandles.Peter:Good,we’lltakeit.Howmucharethoseoranges?Woman:Sixyuanakilo.Howmanykilosdoyouwant?Peter:Fivekilos,please.TengFei,howaboutsomeyogurt?TengFei:Sure.Howmuchistheyogurt?Woman:Fiveyuanabottle.TengFei:10bottles,please.What’sthetotal?Woman:165yuan.TengFei:Hereyouare.Woman:Thankyou!Haveaniceday!TengFei&Peter:Thanks.Youtoo.2dWhatelsewouldyouliketobuyforabirthdayparty?Putthethingsinthe

boxintodifferentgroupsontheshoppinglist.Youcanaddmore.Practisebuyingthethingsontheshoppinglistforabirthdayparty.2eA:CanIhelpyou?B:Yes,please.Howmuchis/are...?GrammarFocus3aReadthesentences.Circlethequestionwords.Whenisyourbirthday?It’son2ndAugust.Howoldareyou?I’m12.Whatdoyouwanttodoonherbirthday?Iwanttosingasongforher.Howmucharethoseoranges?Sixyuanakilo.Howmanykilosdoyouwant?Iwantfivekilos.3bFillintheblankswiththequestionwordsinthebox.Thenmatchthe

questionswiththeanswers.WhenHowmanyWhatHowoldHowmuchWhoWhyWhere3cReadthepassageandunderlinethedatesofthespecialbirthdays.Doyou

knowanyotherspecialbirthdays?Wecelebrateourownbirthdays.Wealsocelebratethebirthdaysofour

familyandfriends.Doyouknowofanyotherspecialbirthdays?Forexample,

wecelebrateWilliamShakespeare’sbirthday,23rdApril,asEnglishLanguage

Day.AndwecelebrateI