Unit 1 When is your birthday? 教学设计(3)
When is your birthday?
How old are you?
1. Which age groups in our culture like to talk about how old they are and which age groups don’t? In the United States, young children like to tell how old they are. Teenagers are sometimes sensitive about age questions because they want people to think they are older than they really are. After age 25, it is not considered polite to ask someone’s age, except for business reasons. Many people in the United States think it’s good to be young and bad to be old.
2. Most American children celebrate birthdays with a cake with lighted candles on top, one candle for each year of their age. The birthday boy （or girl） is supposed to make a wish （without telling anyone what it is） and blow out the candles. If he blows out all of the candles with one breath, the wish will come true. Singing "Happy Birthday to You" is also a tradition on birthdays.
Some birthdays are more important than other birthdays, especially in the life of a teenager and young adult.
Age 13: becomes a teenager
