unit7 - page119-07.14

Shall we, grade 5, reference book, unit 7, party time, shall we magazine, exercise 14,

read the article and do the following exercises.

Birthdays are important for everybody all around the world.

People celebrate birthdays in different ways.

Let's read about some of them.

In Italy, people must open their birthday presents immediately.

They must look happy too.

It is very important for Italians.

In Germany, the birthday boy or the birthday girl must buy beverages for his or her own birthday party.

In Vietnam, people don't have birthday parties on their real birthdays.

Everybody's birthday is on Vietnamese New Year.

All Vietnamese people have birthday parties on that date.

In Mexico, children eat a lot of candies on their birthdays.

It is not healthy, but children love it.

In Ghana, the birthday boy or the birthday girl must eat fries for breakfast.

In Ireland, people can get the key to their house on their 21st birthday.

In Norway, birthday parties are always big.

They throw big parties, they always have big cakes, and they eat a lot of fish and fruit.