Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate their birthdays in different ways. Here are four people from different countries. They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in their countries. Sandy Morrison comes from Madrid . He says happily, "My twenty-first birthday is on a Saturday, and I'm going to go out with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to pull(,)on my ear, once for each year. It is an old custom . Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional ." Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo. Mr. Sato is going to be sixty tomorrow. In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki---it's the beginning of a new life. The colour red is for a new life, so they always give something red for a sixtieth birthday. Mrs Sato says, "What am I going to give my husband? I can't say. It's a surprise ." Li Xiaomei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us. "Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday. It's a special birthday. So we're going to have a family party. I'm probably going to get some money in 'lucky' envelopes from my relatives. My mother is going to cook noodles --- noodles are for a long life." Phillip Evans, from Paris, smiles to us, "I'm going to be thirty next week, so I'm going to invite three very good friends out to dinner. In France, when you have birthday, you often invite people out. In some countries, I know it's the opposite---- people take you out."
Where does Mr. Sato live? How old will he be? Is there a special word for that milestone? What is it? Meaning? What color represents this concept? How old will Sandy be? Where does she live? What will her friends do? How many times? Who is turning 16? What gift is she expecting? from whom? Who will prepare noodles? What do they represent? Where is Phillip from? How will he celebrate? Who's buying? How old will he be? Which person will be the oldest tomorrow?
Tokyo 60 Yes Kanreki the beginning of a new life. Red 21 Madrid Pull on her ear once for each year. Li Xiaomei money her relatives Her mother a long life Paris He'll go to dinner with three friends Phillip 30 Mr. Sato