People in different countries celebrate(庆祝) their birthdays in different ways.
Sandy Morrison comes from Madrid(马德里). She says happily, “My twenty-first birthday is on a Saturday, and I'm going out with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to pull(拉) on my ear twenty one times, once for each year. ”
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.
Li Xiaomei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, “Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday. We're going to have a family party. I'm probably going to get some money in lucky envelopes(信封) from my relatives. ”
Phillip Evans, from Paris, smiles, “I'm going to be thirty next week, so I'm going to invite three very good friends out for dinner. ”
| A. What do you think of it? B. So people always give something red for a sixtieth birthday. C. In France, when you have birthday, you should invite people out. D. It is an old custom(风俗). E. Let's go together. F. My mother is going to cook noodles. Noodles are for a long life. |
