1. When do you like to organise you

1. When do you like to organise your birthday party, during the day or in the evening?
2. What foods and drinks are often served at your birthday party?
3. What activities do you often have at your birthday party?

KEY:
1. I’d like to organize my birthday party in the evening.
2. At my birthday party, I usually serve fruit, candy, soft drinks and cake, of course.
3. We ususlly sing our favorite songs and play games.

While you listen



TASK 1. Listen and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Mai’s birthday party was held at home in the evening.
2. Over twenty guests were at the party.
3. The birthday cake was cut at the beginning of the party.
4. The birthday party lasted about three hours.
5. All the friends stayed after the party to tidy up the mess.

KEY: 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F

TASK 2. Listen again and answer the following questions.
1. How old was Mai?
2. Why didn’t she like having her party at a restaurant?
3. What did Mai’s mother serve the guests at the beginning of the party?
4. What time was the birthday cake brought out?
5. What was the birthday cake like?
6. What did all the guests do while Mai was cutting the cake?
7. What time did the birthday party finish?

KEY
1. She was 16 years old.
2. Because it’s noisy and expensive.
3. She served them soft drinks and biscuits.
4. It was brought our at about 4.30.
5. It was beautifully decorated with pink and white icing and sixteen colourful candles in the middle.
6. They clapped their hands eagerly and sang ‘Happy birthday’.
7. At about 6 in the evening.

After you listen
Take and answer the following questions.
KEY:
- We just were at Mai’s birthday party.
- It was her sixteenth birthday.
- And the party was held at her house at about three p.m, because she doesn’t like having party at a restaurant.
- We gave her presents.
- At the party we were served with soft drinks, biscuits and cake, of course.
- We sang the usual song ‘Happy Birthday’ while Mai was blowing out the candles and cutting the cake.
- We listened to music and played cards.
- The party ended at about 6 p.m.
- We were all tired but happy.
TAPESCRIPT
Mai is my neighbor. She turned 16 recently and her parents held a birthday party for her. I was one of those invited.
The party began at about three in the afternoon. There were about twenty of us gathering in Mai’s house. She didn’t like having the party at a restaurant because it is noisy and expensive.
We gave presents to Mai and she happily opened them. It must really be exciting to receive all those presents. After that Mai’s mother served us soft drinks and biscuits. We then listened to music and played cards. The winners were given prizes. At about four thirty Mai’s mother brought out the birthday cake. It was beautifully decorated with pink and white icing. Sixteen colourful candles sat in the middles of the cake. We all clapped our hands eagerly and sang “Happy Birthday” as she blew out the candles and cut the cake. We helped ourselves to slices of the delicious cake and sang all the songs that we knew.
Finally at about six in the evening the party came to an end. We were all tired but happy. The parents of other children came to collect them by motorbikes. I helped Mai and her mother clean up the mess we had made. After that I walked home, which was only three doors away.