Everyonehashisownbirthday.Peopleindifferentcountriescelebrate(庆祝)theirbirthdaysindifferentways.Herearefourpeoplefromdifferentcountries.Theywilltellushowtheycelebratetheirbirthdaysintheircountries.SandyMorrisoncomes
Everyonehashisownbirthday.Peopleindifferentcountriescelebrate(庆祝)theirbirthdaysindifferentways.Herearefourpeoplefromdifferentcountries.Theywilltellushowtheycelebratetheirbirthdaysintheircountries.SandyMorrisoncomesfromMadrid(马德里).Hesayshappily,"Mytwenty-firstbirthdayisonaSaturday,andI'mgoingtogooutwithsomefriends.Towishmeahappybirthday,theyaregoingtopull(拉,扯)onmyeartwenty-onetimes,onceforeachyear.Itisanoldcustom(风俗).Somepeoplepullontheearjustonce,butmyfriendsareverytraditional."Mr.andMrs.SatoarefromTokyo.Mr.Satoisgoingtobesixtytomorrow.InJapan,thesixtiethbirthdayiscalledKanreki-it'sthebeginningofanewlife.Thecolourredisforanewlife,sotheyalways,givesomethingredforasixtiethbirthday.Mrs.Satosays,"WhatamIgoingtogivemyhusband.Ican'tsay.It'sasurprise(惊喜)."LiXiaomeifromBeijingfeelsveryexcitedandtellsus,"Tomorrowismysixteenthbirthday.It'saspecialbirthday.Sowe'regoingtohaveafamilyparty.I'mprobablygoingtogetsomemoneyinluckyenvelopes(信封)frommyrelatives.Mymotherisgoingtocooknoodlesnoodlesareforalonglife."PhillipEvans,fromParis,smilestous,"I'mgoingtobethirtynextweek,soI'mgoingtoinvitethreeverygoodfriendsouttodinner.InFrance,whenyouhavebirthday,youofteninvitepeopleout.Insomecountries,Iknowit'stheopposite-peopletakeyouout."
1.towishsandyisbirthday,whatwillhappen?2.whyisthesixtiethbirthdayspecialinjapan?3.whatfoodwillLiXiaomeieatonhersixteenthbirthday?andwhy?4.whowillinvitefriendsouttodinner?5.whattothefourpeopletellusinthepassage?