Unit 2
Lessons 5 and 6
SB pages 24 and 25
Vocabulary: Celebrations
1 Match the words for different celebrations with their definitions.
1 leaving party
2 get-together
3 ceremony
4 birthday party
5 festival
6 graduation party
a a party celebrating finishing school or university
b a party to say goodbye to someone
c a celebration of the day on which someone is born
d a public event with music, food, etc.
e an informal gathering
f a formal event to celebrate an occasion
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1 b
2 e
3 f
4 c
5 d
6 a
Reading strategies
Reading for general information
• Read the question then read the text quite quickly to find the answer.
• Don’t worry about words you don’t know.
• Think about the general meaning of the text.
• Highlight key words which help you to answer the question.
Reading
2 When do you write invitations? How often do you write invitations?
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3 Read the texts. Which texts are invitations, and which are replies?
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invitations: A, D
replies: B, C
4 Match each invitation with its correct reply
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A – B, D – C
A The Old People’s Home in our town is having a small get-together this weekend. There will be a light dinner and some entertainment. We need volunteers to help out. Would you like to come? It would mean a lot to the elderly if you could help them to have a good time. They would enjoy your company! It would also be an opportunity for me to catch up with you again!
B Thanks very much for the invitation! I’d love to come and help. I’m looking forward to meeting these older people and helping them to have a good time.
C I regret that I won’t be able to come and wish Laila well. Unfortunately, I have another commitment that day, which I can’t get out of. Please tell her I’ll look her up next time I visit Jordan, and wish her every happiness for the future!
D As you know, Laila’s work experience with us is over, and she’s going back to Jordan next week. We’re having a small leaving party for her. It’ll take place in the office after work on Thursday. I hope you’ll all join in as we say goodbye to her. Please let me know if you can come.
Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs
5 Rewrite this paragraph in your notebook, replacing the underlined verbs and phrases with the underlined phrasal verbs from exercise 4 on page 24.
Some relatives have moved to our neighbourhood. We’re having a welcome party for them on Saturday. It’s going to (1) happen in our garden. Would you like to (2) participate? I’d love you to meet them – I think you’d get on well. I haven’t seen you for so long either, and I’d love to (3) exchange news and information with you! You can’t (4) avoid this special party; I’m (5) very excited about seeing you again! I’ll (6) make contact with you in a few days to make sure you’re coming.
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1 take place
2 join in
3 catch up with
4 get out of
5 looking forward to
6 look you up
Speaking
6 Look at the photographs. What makes a special occasion ‘special’? With a partner, discuss how important the following things are to you.
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good food entertainment music friends and family photographs the location the occasion new experiences new people special clothes happy memories |
I think that memories are the most important thing. An occasion will always be special if you have happy memories of it.
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Read the Hadith. Try to translate it into Arabic, and then talk about the implications that this Hadith has on your own life.
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said, “I was sent (by Allah) to perfect the sublime morals.” Musnad Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
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"إنما بعثت لأتمم مكارم الاخلاق"
مسند الامام احمد بن حنبل
Writing
7 Choose one of the celebrations in exercise 1 on page 24. Write an invitation to the event. Work in pairs.
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8 Exchange your invitation with another student’s invitation. Write a reply to the invitation.
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9 Write two paragraphs about a recent celebration. What were you celebrating? How did you celebrate?
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Answers Suggested model: I recently celebrated my grandmother’s ninetieth birthday with all my family, on my dad’s side and my mum’s side. We all went to her house in the mountains, and each of us brought two tasty dishes that we had prepared. We arrived and set the table up outside with the delicious food on it. We gathered in the garden, laughing and happy to be all together as a family again. Finally, it was time to eat. All the family, even the children, had to sit down at table and congratulate my grandmother. She looked very happy to be with all her loved ones on this special day. After the amazing meal, we packed up and went down to the lake to swim and have fun. It was a perfect celebration of my very special grandmother!
Unit 2
Lessons 5 and 6
Activity Book pages 17 and 18
Vocabulary
8 Complete the phrasal verbs to match the meanings in brackets. One word is not needed.
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forward to in up with up place up in up one |
1 (happen) take place
2 (put on formal clothes) dress
3 (be excited about) look
4 (see someone you haven’t seen for a long time) catch
5 (participate) join
6 (enter the house) come
7 (put things away) tidy
8 (make contact with someone) look (someone)
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1 place
2 up
3 forward to
4 up with
5 in
6 in
7 up
8 up
Reading
9 Read this invitation and complete it with the correct form of the phrasal verbs in exercise 8. Not all the verbs are needed.
Dear Claire, Next Saturday, my grandparents are celebrating their sixtieth wedding anniversary, and my parents are organising a party for them. It’s going to (1) take place at our house from 7 to 10 pm, and lots of my grandparents’ friends are going to come, so they are really excited about it. I (2)…………….. to it a lot, too, as there is going to be a live band and folk dancing. It’s going to be quite a formal occasion so I’ll have to (3)……………… . I will have to help my mum to (4)………………. the house, put up decorations and prepare the food. I can invite a friend to the party, so maybe you can (5)……………….. . I hope you can come! It will be a chance for us to (6)…………………… each other as I haven’t seen you for so long.
Please let me know what you think.
Love,
Mary
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1 take place
2 ’m looking forward
3 dress up
4 tidy up
5 join in
6 catch up with
10 Put the sentences in the correct order to write a reply to the invitation in exercise 9.
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1 C
2 E
3 A
4 D
5 B
11 Write an invitation to a birthday party you are having.
Include the following: date, time, location, any special clothes, entertainment, food and drink.
Writing: A description
12 Write a description of a celebration that takes place in Jordan.
1 Choose a celebration. It could be a traditional celebration such as a festival or a family occasion like a birthday or anniversary.
2 Think about the following questions: When does your celebration take place, and where?
Are there any particular customs and traditions that take place during the celebration?
Is there anything you should or shouldn’t do?
Do people have to wear special clothes for the occasion?
What kind of entertainment is there? (music, games, parades, etc.)
What food and drink is there?
Is there anything you can't eat?
Are there any special preparations people make before the event?
13 Now write your description.
Students’ own answers