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Birthday party
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I like to celebrate my birthday party at home with my friends and in a restaurant with my family and relatives, because this is a special holiday for me. I sometimes book a table in a restaurant “Toffy”, because it is one of my favourite places. I usually invite all my close friends: send the invitations to them or just invite them on the phone. I clean my room, lay the table and decorate my living-room. My mother prepares the delicious cake and dishes for my guests. I wait and like the moment when I can blow out the candles on my birthday cake and wish something I want.
My mother goes to the shop and buys many foods, vegetables, fruits and of course a lot of sweets. On my birthday I am always worried and nervous. I want everything to be good. I am very friendly that’s why I have a lot of friends at my birthday party. They buy me a lot of presents, flowers and boxes of chocolate. My father buys me always something special, for my last birthday he bought me a new watch. My mother gives me money and I can buy everything I want.
When my friends come, we celebrate my birthday all day long. We eat delicious dishes than dance or sing or just go to the disco. We can take a lot of photographs and it is always very funny, the atmosphere is really very good. We have a really good time together. I like to celebrate my birthday party!
Vocabulary
relatives – родичі
special holiday – особливе свято
to be nervous – бути нервовим
to go to the disco – ходити на дискотеку
atmosphere - атмосфера
Exercise 4. Put the words into the right order:
1. I \ to celebrate \ like \ my friends \ my birthday party \ with.
2. to celebrate \ I \ my birthday party \ like \ at home or \ in a restaurant.
3. prepares \ my mother \ a cake \for my birthday party.
4. a lot of friends \ have \ I \ and \ guests \ at my birthday party.
5. clean \ lay the table \ and \ I \ my room before my birthday party.
6. I \ to blow out \ like \ the candles \ and \ something \ wish
7. am \ I \ that’s why \ very friendly \ a lot of \ close friends \ have \ I
8. buy me \ presents \ they \ flowers \ a lot of \ boxes of chocolate.
9. my friends \ when \ we \ come \ celebrate \ all day long \ my birthday.
10. We \ and dance \ sing \ or \ to the disco \ go.
11. very funny \ is \ it \ at my birthday party.
12. good \ the atmosphere \ very \ is.
13. to celebrate \ I \ like \ very much \ my birthday party.
Exercise 5. Agree or disagree with the following sentences according to the text:
1. I always book a table in a restaurant “Toffy”, because it is one of my favourite places.
2. My father prepares the delicious cake and dishes to my friends.
3. My father always buys me something expensive and tasty.
4. My friends and I always take a lot of pictures during my birthday party.
5. My granny sometimes goes to the shop to buy products for the birthday party.
6. I usually celebrate my birthday party all day long.
7. I don’t invite a lot of people to my birthday party because I don’t have many friends.
Exercise 6. Answer the questions about yourself:
1. Where do you like to celebrate your birthday?
2. Do you have a lot of guests? Who are they?
3. Do you decorate your room? What do you do?
4. Who cooks dishes for your birthday party?
5. What do you like to get for your birthday?
6. What kinds of presents do your guests buy for you?
7. What entertainments do you offer your guests at birthday party?
*Exercise 7. Read and translate the letter:
Hi Kate!
How are you? In your previous letter you asked me to tell about traditions in my family, so now a few words about that.
There are countries where “family” is a group of people who live in the same house: a mother, a father and children, before they move to their own apartments. Abroad, young people want to lead independent lives as soon as they start their jobs. They are not as close to their parents as we are. For Ukrainian people “family” is something special even sacred. It’s our harbour where we feel safe and relaxed.
As for me, I live in a big family with my parents. We have many relatives. We often get together, especially for different holidays, celebrations and parties.
Most of all I like Sundays, when we have our family lunches together. It usually takes about 2 hours. We chat about everything, discuss problems and share family duties.
When there is somebody’s birthday, the New Year, Christmas, Easter or some other holiday, we invite our relatives and close friends. We like to organize noisy parties with lots of food, drinks, music, and entertainment. Everyone prepares for the party. Women cook traditional dishes, men go shopping, children buy presents. Our parties and holidays are never boring.
My favourite holiday is Christmas. It’s celebrated on the 7th of January. It starts with the Christmas Eve on the 6th of January. We follow the tradition to cook 12 dishes for supper: kutia, borshch, varenyky, holybtsi, etc.
Most dishes are national and special because they are symbolic. All members of our family are at home at this time. We lay the table and wait till the first star appears in the sky. Then we pray and have our Christmas Supper. This holiday is like a fairy tale, it wakes the warmest feelings in our souls.
My birthday is another big holiday for me. It’s the day when I feel myself the centre of the world. Everyone wishes me the best and I get presents and congratulations. I always expect surprises from my relatives and friends. I usually celebrate my birthday with parents and relatives at home. I also invite my friends and groupmates for my birthday party to some café or disco club where we spend our time with fun and pleasure.
I also like to celebrate birthdays of my parents and relatives. In such days our home is full of smiles, songs and congratulations. I like to help mum to cook something tasty.
As you see my family has a lot of traditions. They are all dear to my heart and they make my life unforgettable. I like to look through photos of different holidays and remember those pleasant and great days of my life.
It’s very important to save family traditions, develop them and enrich them with something new and unique.
Now it is your turn to tell me about your family traditions. I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best wishes,
Ann
Vocabulary
a tradition – традиція
abroad – за кордоном
sacred – таємний
a harbour – гавань
to get together – збиратись
celebration – святкування
The Christmas Eve – Різдвяна Ніч
to organize – організовувати
entertainments – розваги
symbolic – символічний
to pray – молитись
to congratulate on – вітати з
to save – зберігати
to develop – розвивати
to enrich – збагачувати
Exercise 8. Answer the questions according to the text:
1. What is the main topic of the letter?
2. What holidays are celebrated in Ann’s family?
3. Why does Ann like Sundays?
4. What holidays are most favourite for Ann?
5. Why is her birthday a special day?
6. What Ann thinks about family traditions? What is their role?
*Exercise 9. Discuss the following questions about yourself:
1. What family traditions exist only in your family?
2. What traditions would you like to have in your family?
3. What family traditions do you hate and would like to change?
4. What are your favourite holidays?
5. What holidays do you celebrate only with family and relatives?
6. What holidays do you celebrate only with your friends?
7. Do you have family lunches/dinners during the weekends? What are they?
8. Does your family organize parties? When? How often?
9. How do you help to prepare to some holiday or party?
10. What is more important for you: a present or attention? Why?
11. What presents do you like to get and why?
12. What is the best present you have ever received?
*Exercise 10. Make up a dialogue with your partner answering the following questions:
1. Do you like family holidays?
2. What is your favourite family holiday?
3. Do you have traditions in your family? Which of them are special and unique?
4. Is it important to respect family traditions? Why? Why not?
5. What family traditions are the most exiting/boring for you?
**Exercise 11. Speak on the following situations:
1. Imagine your friend has come to your birthday party without a present. How will you react? What role do the presents play in your life?
2. Imagine your old friend has come to your birthday party without invitation. What will you do? Will you ask him to leave?
3. During your birthday party you notice that some of your guests are getting bored and they want to leave. What will you do to
4. You are taking part in a family TV show. Your task is to tell about one of your family traditions and to prove it is unique and incredible. The prize is 1000 dollars. Do your best.
5. You are in the international summer camp in Great Britain. Your task is to tell about family traditions in Ukraine, their importance and role and about some special traditions which are common only for Ukrainians.
6. The proverb says: “Family tradition is the best guide in life”. Do traditions play an important role in your life?
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