My Birthday Party

我的生日派对

本篇适合：朗读，复述

生日当天应该是很多同学一年当中最开心的日子之一吧？同学们过生日会举办派对吗？会邀请同学好友参加吗？大家最难忘的生日派对是怎样的呢？欢迎来信和我们分享哦。这期主题，我们先来看看国外的小朋友是怎么过生日的吧。

by 璇玑

Last Thursday was my birthday. We had a big party at my house.

Three days before the party, my mother helped me to make invitation cards. She made a list of all the friends that I wanted to call and then made a card to send to each of my friends.

Next she took me to the supermarket and we bought balloons, masks and caps. We ordered the cake and bought some return presents. When we got back home, we hung the balloons all over the walls and on the fans and doors and windows.

invitation [,ΙnvΙ΄teΙ∫ən] n. 邀请

list [lΙst] n. 名单

mask [mɑːsk] n. 面具（复数：masks）

order [΄ɔːdə] v. 订购（过去分词：ordered）

return present [rΙ΄tзːn ΄prezənt] 回礼（复数：return presents）

hang [hæŋ] v. 悬挂（过去式：hung）

On the party day, my mother spent the whole day in the kitchen cooking for all of my friends. The cake arrived in the evening. It was a beautiful house with colourful icing and chocolate. I blew out the candles and made a wish. I cut the cake with my mother. Later we played some games and had some toffees and lollipops. And then, my father gave return presents to everybody.

It was really a wonderful party.

1. 展现大家才华的时刻到了！同学们会不会用英文写邀请卡呢？某地区去年小升初考试的英语写作题目就是写生日邀请卡哦！还不赶紧来练练手？大家也可以自己设计一张邀请卡拍给我们，我们会从中挑选优秀作品登在杂志上。以下模版供大家参考。

Birthday Party

To ____

Please come to my birthday party!

Date:

Place:

Time: 3～5 pm

Please reply!

Telephone:020-86569000-121

Email: ce-kids@qq.com

From ____

spend [spend] v. 花费（过去式：spent）

whole [həʊl] adj. 整个的

arrive [ə΄raΙv] v. 到达（过去式：arrived）

icing [΄aΙsΙŋ] n. 糖衣

blow out [bləʊ aʊt] v. 吹熄（过去式：blew out）

candle [΄kændl] n. 蜡烛（复数：candles）

toffee [΄tɒfΙ] n. 太妃糖（复数：toffees）

lollipop [΄lɒlΙpɒp] n. 棒棒糖（复数：lollipops）

2. 璇玑姐姐的生日在9月，也想组织一场生日派对，请大家帮忙把下面的事项按日期先后归类。

a. Place（放置）chairs.

b. Clean the house.

c. Buy flowers.

d. Do some grocery（杂货）shopping.

e. Send invitation cards.

Three days before: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___

Day of the party: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

3. 请在文中找出下列动词的过去式，并写出其中文意思：

make ______ ( ), take _______ ( ), buy _______ ( ), cut _____ ( ), get _____ ( ), give _____ ( )

f. Do cooking.

g. Plan the menu.

h. Make an invitation list.

i. Greet（欢迎）the friends.

j. Set（摆放餐具）the table.

k. Give return presents.

中文大意及答案请见第44页。

生日派对通常都离不开蛋糕，璇玑姐姐顺便给同学们介绍几款好看又好吃的蛋糕，大家一起来了解一下吧。

草莓西瓜蛋糕 strawberry watermelon cake

澳洲悉尼Newtown区有一款人气爆棚的蛋糕——草莓西瓜蛋糕！蛋糕卖相精致诱人，有五六层，中间以西瓜为夹心，顶层以玫瑰花瓣、草莓点缀，吃起来既松软脆甜又鲜美多汁，口感层次丰富，清香而不油腻，是去悉尼旅游必尝的美食。

翻糖蛋糕 fondant cake

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