庆祝CelebrationsI. Present perfect (现在完成时)：since, for，ever，never，just。

e.g. She has been in hospital since last Sunday.I haven’t seen her for six months.She has been married for five years.I have never seen such a wonderful movie.This is the most wonderful birthday party I ever attended.I’ve just finished my homework.II. ReadingWestern WeddingA Western wedding is different from Chinese wedding. It isusually held in a church. The girls and boys want to please their parents. All relatives, friends, and parents are dressed beautifully. It is a most important day in their life and it is unforgettable. They would ever remember it.The wedding dress 结婚礼服bride新娘bridegroom新郎to worship Heaven & Earth 拜天地drank a toast to敬酒Question: Where is the western wedding often held?Chinese Wedding1.When does Chinese people get married? Why they choose the date?The traditional Chinese wedding ceremony is usually not simple. When a new couple is engaged, their parents or they themselves would choose the date of their marriage. Most people would rather a holiday or a specialChinese festival because those dates are usually more convenient for their relatives and friends. They say that if the wedding takes places on that day the marriage would have “Double Happiness.”2. What does the Chinese wedding look like?On that day of wedding, when the bride arrives, fire-crackers are set off and colorful ribbons and small pieces of colored paper are thrown all over the bride and bridegroom. At the wedding, the couples would stand side by side and make three bows to the parents. The wedding ceremony very often ends with a big feast. The people there would wish the couple long life, ever-lasting love, happiness and early birth of a healthy baby and so on.My birthday1 When is your birthday?/When were you born? How do you celebrate your birthday every year?My birthday is on ……... I celebrate it every year with my family and my friends. Every year, I hold a little birthday party and invite my friends. I have great fun on my birthdays, because on that day, we chat and play a lot of games together. The best part of it is that I love the birthday cake and the gifts I get from my parents and my friends.I also get some money on my birthday. I can buy what I want with the money. But on the other hand, I also understand that I am 1 year older after each birthday. And that means I should understand more things. Finally, I should be thankful for my parents, I know they have done their best in raising me up.2 Do you celebrate your birthday every year? Where do you like to celebrate your birthday? (If your answer is ‘at home’, —Why don’t you celebrate it at a restaurant?)Yes, I celebrate it every year. And I always celebrate my birthday at home every year, firstly because I can invite all my friends and we can chat and play games together for a long time; second it will cost less money and get more fun than in the restaurant. I think most students prefer celebrating their birthday at home.3 How did you celebrate it last year?( smash the cake on the other's face.) Last year, I had a very interesting party at home with my friends as usual. Mommy ordered a beautiful cake from Hollyland. I invited all my best friends to take part in my birthday party. We met at my home and we chatted with each other and played games together. After that they sang me the birthday song and gave gifts to me. We smashed the cake on each other’s face. I t made me happy. We really had a good time.4 Do you like to celebrate your birthday alone or with other people? Why?No one would like to celebrate his birthday alone. As you know, birthday is very important to me and I would like to receive blessings from people, especially from my friends and my parents. So I like to celebrate my birthday with my friends and my parents. If I celebrate birthday alone, I will feel very boring and lonely. I don’t want to be a lonely girl to eat cake with myself.5. How long did your birthday party last?It lasted about 2 hours. We chatted with each other, played games together, opened the birthday presents one by one, eat the birthday cake and so on. We felt very happy. My mother prepared us a special dinner and all of us enjoyed a good time.6.What presents have you got?I had got many presents that day. One of my best friends—Lily gave me a beautiful doll\.......( It’s got curly yellow hair, two big blue eyes, and she wears pink dress. It is so lovely.) My parents ordered a big cake. There are two little tigers lying on the grass, they are made of cream. …. bought me a blue pen. There is a small pig on it. I like the ….. best because it is so cute and beautiful. I love all of the gifts.7. What game did you play on birthday party.On my birthday, we played a game called “the cat and the mouse”. The boys were cats, and boys chased after girls. One boy chased after me. I turned left and right. At last, I hid behind a cupboard so he couldn’t find me. After the game, we sang songs and ate cake together. The cake was very delicious, I like it very much. I had an unforgettable birthday, it was full of fun.8. Do you have any plan for next birthday?/ Who will you invite to celebrate your birthday with?I will be 11 years old on next birthday. Maybe I should have some change. I will invite my friends to have a party as usual. Maybe we will watch movie together or go to the Happy Valley to enjoy ourselves. And after that I will prepare supper for my parents. Mommy always wants me to finish homework without delay and I will do that on that day to make her happy.9. Is it necessary / important to celebrate your birthday? Why?Of course it’s necessary and very important to celebrate the birthday. Because it’s the day that Mommy brought me to this world and after the day I will be a year older. With the celebration, I grow up year after year and bear the valuable memory in my heart.10. Have you attended your best friend’s birthday party before?Yes, I have. It was my best friend’s 13-year-old birthday. I took part in her party. It was a big party. There were about 20 people. They are all my classmates. She received a lot of gifts. I gave her a nice watch. She liked it very much. It was a wonderful party I have ever attended. There were so many food. They were delicious. And we played some interesting games. We had a good time.11. When is the Children's Day? How did you celebrate it last year?Well, the Children’s Day falls on June the 1st. I had wonderful time on last Children’s Day. In the morning, I went to Beijing Zoo and watched the dolphins’ performance/show with my friends. Then I played outside the whole afternoon without doing homework. In the evening, mommy treated a big dinner in restaurant. And I received a notebook from her with a happy goat.12.When is the Teacher's Day? How did you celebrate it last year?The Teacher’s Day is on September the 10th. Teacher’s Day is a great date重大的日子for all the teachers and also a happy time for us students, it is always for us to give our special thanks特别的谢意to our lovely teachers.Last teacher’s day, we went to school early in the morning and stood at the school gate to say hello to every teacher when they entered进入school.It’s time for class. As soon as our English teacher came into the classroom, we allstood up and shouted “Happy Teacher’s Day!” Our monitor班长went to the front andgave her a bottle of water and a card with our best wishes最美好的祝福. Because we think she is usually very tired累的and thirsty渴的after class. We wrote these words on the card: “You have been a great teacher and even better friend.We truly grateful感谢的to you for what you have done. Thank you, my teacher!” She drank at once and said with a smile, “This is the best water I’ve had. Thanks a lot. The bestreward奖励for the teachers is to work hard”.13 Have you ever attended the wedding ceremony? (If Yes, say sth. about the ceremony. What do you think of the wedding in China?)Yes, I have. It was very great. The bride and bridegroom were very nice. They were happy for their wedding. But I haven’t attended the ceremony since I went primary school, so I have little memory about it. The unforgettable thing is the wedding feast. There were so many people and a lot of candies. Relatives and friends are invited to the feast to eat and drink and share the happiness of the bride and bridegroom.In China, the wedding is very expensive; the new couple pays a lot of money for car, food and so on, because the wedding is very important for every people. I think it’s worth the money.14. Is there any difference between Chinese wedding and English wedding?Weddings vary from nation to nation, from area to area and from the past to the present. However, all people consider weddings as important and happy events.People in the Western World go to church for their weddings. All relatives, friends, and parents are dressed beautifully. It is a most important day in their life and it is unforgettable. They would ever remember it.In China, weddings are different from those abroad. In our cities, the wedding is usually hold in a big restaurant; the bridegroom prefers taking the bride to the restaurant by a car decorated with flowers and a Chinese character that means “double-happiness". In the ceremony, the new couple bow to each other and bow to their parents. After that is a feast. Relatives and friends are invited to the feast to eat and drink and to share the happiness of the bride and bridegroom.。