七年级上英语|Unit 8 When is your birthday?|教案

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Unit 8 When is your birthday？
Learning objectives:
1. Skill Focus
Talk about ages
Learn to talk about dates of birth
Talk about the events at school
Listen for ordinal numbers
Listen for dates
Learn to read about the information about birthday and the school events
Write the events at school
2. Language Focus
(1) 功能句式:
Talk about when people were born.（P47—P48）
When is your birthday
My birthday is June fourth.
When is Liu Ping’s birthday
His birthday is September 5th.
Talk about age.
How old are you (P49)
I’m fifteen.
Talk about the events at school. (P51)
Do you have a School Day at your school
Yes, I do.
When is it
It’s April 19th.
When is the school trip
It’s October 30.
(2) 词汇:
1 重点词汇:
when, birthday, month, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, date, happy, happy birthday, Leila, Robert speech, contest, party, trip, birth, age, old, how old, art, festival, Chinese, music, famous, surprise
② 认读词汇:
tenth, fourth, fifteenth,
second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, thirtieth, Vera, Jeff ,basketball game, volleyball game, school day, year, year(s) old, John, William, Tina, Johnson
③ 词组:
School Day, Art Festival, Chinese Contest, Music Festival, English Party, school trip, speech contest
(3) 语法:
When, how questions.
Possessive “s”
3. Strategy Focus
(1) Act out the conversation on pairs.
(2) Help students to learn to talk about months and dates.
4. Culture Focus
After age 25, it’s not considered polite to ask someone’s age, except for business reason in America.
Teaching materials analyzing and rearranging:
本单元以“When is your birthday ”为话题, 共设计了三个部分的内容。
Section A
该部分有4个模块：第一模块围绕“When is your birthday ”这一话题展开思维（1a）、听力（1b）、口语（1c）训练；第二模块围绕“English names, dates and months” 进行听力（2a-2b-2c）,口语训练（2d）；第三模块继续就上一模块中的“English names, dates and months”这一话题展开训练，训练形式为阅读编对话（3a）和角色表演（3b）；第四模块仍就“English names, dates, months and ages”, 以小组活动形式玩生日游戏。
Section B
该部分有4个模块：第一模块是词汇的学习（1）与运用；第二模块围绕“talk about dates and the events at school”继续对“dates and the events”进行听力（2a-2b）、口语训练（2c）；第三模块继续围绕“dates and the events”这一话题展开阅读及口语（3a）和写作及口语（3b）训练；第四模块仍就“Ages, dates, and events”这一话题以写作训练形式展开小组及全班活动。
Self Check
该部分有3个模块：第一模块以在你认识的词前打对号的形式对所学词汇进行训练；第二模块还是以写单词的形式对所学词汇进行训练。
教材重组和课时分配
Period 1 (Section A: 1a, 1b, 1c) New function presenting
Period 2 (Section A: 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) Practice
Period 3 (Section A: 3a, 3b, 4 ) Integrating skills
Period 4 (Section B: 1, 2a, 2b, 2c) Listening and speaking
Period 5 (Section B 3a, 3b, 4) Reading and Writing
Period 6 (Self check) Revision
Teaching procedures and ways:
Period 1 Listening and speaking (I)
Language goals:
1. Words & expressions
when, birthday, month, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August,
September, October, November, December, tenth, fourth, fifteenth, Vera, Jeff
2. Key sentences
When is your birthday
My birthday is October 10th.
Ability goals:
Enable students to learn to talk about dates.
Emotion & attitude goals:
Enable students to remember somebody’s birthday. And say “Happy birthday to you!”
Strategy goals:
Help students to learn to talk about birthday
Culture awareness goals:
To understand the targets language by reading pictures.
Teaching important:
How to talk about dates.
Teaching procedures & ways:
Step 1. Revision and Lead-in
Showing a calendar to students, and then learn dates.
T: Good morning, everyone! Dou you know how to talk about dates in English Today we’ll learn to talk about dates. Now I have a riddle for you.
“一物生来真稀奇，身穿三百多件衣，每天给它脱一件，年底剩下一张皮。”
Do you know what it is in Chinese
S: It’s “日历”.
T: How bright you are! Yes, it’s a calendar. Here is a calendar. What can you see on it
Help students answer.
S: I can see some months.
T: What can you see in each month
S: I can see some dates.
T: Well done, everyone! Today we will learn months and dates.
(Let students look at the calendar carefully.)
T: The first month is January.
Point January on the calendar. Let students repeat it.
Then write first and January down on the blackboard.
Point at the months on the calendar one by one to teach students the new words.
Learn the other words in the same way. Let students look at the calendar and ask in pairs:
T: What months can you see on the calendar
S: I can see January, February, March, April...
Ask students can read and write twelve months correctly.
Step 2. Listening (la: P47)
In order to ask students can read and write twelve months correctly. In this procedure, students listen to the recording and learn the months of the year.
T: Look at the picture in la on P47. It’s a calendar. There’re twelve months in the calendar. What are they
S1: They are January, February, March, April, May, June...
Point out we often use short forms when writing.
Write abbreviated versions on the blackboard.
Point to random months on the abbreviated list and have students tell the full form. Play the recording the first time. Students only listen as they follow along.
Play the recording the Second time. Ask Students to listen and repeat each word.
Note: The stress comes on the middle syllable in the words September, October, November and December. Let the students chant these in order, the middle syllable louder than the other two: Sep-tem-ber, Oc-to-ber and so on.
Step 3. Listening and Practicing (lb, Ic: P47)
First read the instructions, ask students to listen to three conversations and number them in order.
T: Look at the box beside the conversation. We’ll listen to the recording carefully twice. For the first time just listen. You’ll write the number in the box after listening to the conversation twice.
Check the answers. And then ask them to listen to the recording and repeat the conversations.
Sample dialogue 1:
S: When is your birthday, Li Lei
S: My birthday is January fifteenth.
Sample dialogue 2:
S: My birthday is October fourth. What about you, Vera
S: My birthday is July tenth.
Step 4. Sum up
Ask some students to sum up this lesson by overhead projector and then have a test for the aim.
Check the answers and correct the answers.
Homework:
1. Ask students to do activity 1 in the workbook.
2. Ask students to read and learn the words in this unit (on P110) by heart.
3. Make up a dialogue using dates and months.
Period 2 Listening and speaking (II)
Language goals:
1. Words & expressions
second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, thirtieth, date, happy, happy birthday, Leila, Robert
2. Key sentences
When’s your mother’s birthday
Her birthday is September fifth.
Ability goals:
Enable the students to talk about date of birth.
Emotion & attitude goals:
Enable students to remember somebody’s birthday. And say “Happy birthday to you!”
Strategy goals:
Enable the students to learn to talk about dates and months.
Culture awareness goals:
After age 25, it’s not considered polite to ask someone’s age, except for business reason in America.
Teaching important:
How to talk about date of birth.
Teaching procedures & ways:
Step 1. Revision and Lead-in
Let’s go over the cardinal numbers and prepare for the new language points.
T: What is your number？
S: I’m Number 10.
T: What is her number
S: Her number is 18.
T: Can you count from 0 to 30
S: Yes.
T: Can you write these numbers down
Ask some others to check if the students write them correctly.
Then students will talk about their birthdays with each other.
T: Tina, when is your birthday
S: It’s September 15th.
T: (Pointing to a boy student) When is his birthday, do you know
S: Yes. His birthday is January 12th.
Step 2. Listening (2a, 2b: P48)
In this procedure, practice ordinal numbers in various ways.
Ask six students to stand in a line in front Of the class.
T: There are six students in front of us. The first one is Li Lei. The second one is Zhang Li. The third one is Tina. Practice the other ordinal number in this way.
Ask students to listen to the recording and read after it.
Make sure they can read the ordinal numbers correctly. Make sure students can understand the meaning of first, second, third…
Play the recording a second time and ask students to listen and repeat each ordinal number. Ask students to listen to the conversations again and circle the numbers they hear in 2a.
T: We’ll listen to conversations about date of birth. Dates are ordinal numbers. Please listen to the conversation and circle the numbers you hear in 2a. I’ll play the recording twice. For the first time you just listen. For the second you’ll listen and circle the numbers you hear.
Step 3. Listening (2c: P48)
In 2c, we’ll go on practicing months and ordinal numbers through listening. Ask students to look at the columns in 2c. Point out the three columns: Name, Month and Date. Ask one student to read each column to the class.
T: I’m going to play the recording again, you will hear the conversations about Leila’s, Nick’s, Robert’s and Jane’s birthdays. Please listen to the conversations carefully. Draw a line connecting each person’s name with the month and the date of her / his birthday.
Play the recording the first time, students only listen to the conversation and look at the three columns in their books. Play the recording a second time and let students draw lines connecting each person’s name with the month and the date of their birthdays. Play the recording once again and then check the answers in the following way.
T: When is Li La’s birthday
S: September 17th.
T: When is Nick’s birthday
S: Nick’s birthday is July 4th.
T: When is Robert’s birthday
S: January 17th. And Jane’s birthday is August 22nd.
Then ask them to listen to the conversation and repeat after the recording.
Step 4. Practice (2d: P48)
In 2d, ask students to practice asking about real birthdays by making their own conversations.
Make a class birthday calendar with students. Display a large wall calendar and ask students to talk about their birthdays in pairs.
T: Now, let’s fill in the class birthday calendar. Lei Lei, when is your birthday
S: It’s March 3rd, Miss Yang.
T: I know, how about yours, Fang Fang
S: June 4th.
T: And Lu Lu
S: My birthday is January 9th.
S: When is your birthday, Xiao Fei .
S: July 2nd. And Sun Tong
S: January 5th.
T: OK, and Gao Li, when’s your birthday
Put their birthdays on a calendar while students are talking.
Step 5. Grammar
In this procedure, students will learn how to use the ordinal numbers to express dates. Ask students to read the sentences in the grammar box.
T: In English-speaking countries, when people talk about the date of birthday, they use ordinal numbers. There’re some rules about ordinal numbers: Numbers add th except 1, 2, 3. 1-first, 2-second, 3-third. Eight, take away t then add th; nine, take away e then add th, 8-eighth, 9-ninth. In five and twelve, change ve into f. 5—fifth, 12 - twelfth. From twenty to ninety, change y into i then add eth. Tell students to pay attention to the answers to when questions. Ask them to use dates correctly. Review the difference between your and her.
Step 6. Sum up:
Ask some students to sum up this lesson by overhead projector and then have a test for the aim.
Check the answers and correct the answers.
Homework:
1. Ask students to make an English calendar like the one the teacher shows them in class.
2. Ask students to do activities 2 and in the workbook.
3. Make up a dialogue according to their birthday.
Period 3 Integrating skills.
Language goals:
1. Words & expressions
birth, age, old, how old, John, William, Tina, Johnson
2. Key sentences
How old are you
I’m fifteen.
Ability goals:
Enable students to talk about date of birth and age.
Emotion & attitude goals:
Enable students to remember somebody’s birthday. And say “Happy birthday to you!”
Ability goals:
Enable students to learn to talk about dates.
Emotion & attitude goals:
Enable students to remember somebody’s birthday. And say “Happy birthday to you!”
Strategy goals:
Help students to learn to talk about birthday.
Culture awareness goals:
To understand the targets language by reading pictures.
Teaching important:
How to talk about date of birth and age.
Teaching procedures & ways:
Step 1. Revision and Lead-in
In 3a, go over the last lesson and introduce new language points.
T: Morning, everyone! I’m very happy today. Do you know why
(Encourage students to guess the reason.)
T: What is the date today
S: November the 10th.
T: Yes. Today is my birthday.
S: Happy birthday to you, dear teacher!
(Sing the song “Happy birthday to you” with students.)
T: You know my birthday. Do you know my age
S: Sorry. We don’t know.
(Show students the ID card. Point to the age and the number after age on the card. Make sure students can understand the meaning of age.)
T: Well. I’m 40. How old are you
(Write: “How old are you ” on the blackboard.)
S: I’m 14.
Point at another student. Practice it like this. After that, let students talk about their ages in pairs.
Step 2. Reading and speaking (3a, 3b: P49)
Point out the conversation in 3a. Ask two students to read the conversation to the class. After that, point to the three ID cards, and ask different students to read each card to the class. And ask students to read the conversation in 3a together.
Point to the three ID cards and ask one of the students to choose one card to have a conversation, using the information on the ID cards.
T: Now you know John’s, William’s and Tina’s birthdays and ages. I want three of you to act them out. The other students ask you questions about your birthdays and ages. Please have a conversation talking about their birthday and age.
Then ask pairs of students to practice together. And then ask several pairs to present their conversations to the class.
Sample conversation:
S: When is your birthday, LiHong
L: It’s October 7th.
S: How old are you
L: I’m 14.
Step 3. Birthday game (4: P49)
In 4, go over this lesson through the game.
Point to each person in the picture in order in 4 (from the boy on the left to the man on the right), and ask students to answer your questions.
T: How old is he
S: He is 6.
S: How old is she
S: She is 10.
S: How old is she
S: She is 47.
….
T: The fourth is 50. They are lined up from the youngest to oldest.
Make sure students can understand the meaning of line up from the youngest to the oldest. Divide the class into groups of four.
T: Now let’s play a birthday game. Talk to the students in your group. Ask about their birthdays and ages. Please take out your calendars.
The Birthday Game Step:
1. Four students in each group. Ask students to talk to the other students in their groups. Ask about their birthdays and ages.
2. Other students mark the students’ dates of birth on the calendars while one student is reporting.
3. Put the information in a large chart and line up from the youngest to the oldest. Let students find out how many students were born the same year, month and on the same date.
4. Find the best calendars among all the calendars. Put them on the wall.
Sample conversation 1:
S: When is your birthday, Xiao Hong
S: My birthday is May 5th.
S: When is Yang Yang’s birthday
S: Yang Yang's birthday is December1st.
Sample conversation 2:
T: How many students were born in November ,
S: There are seven.
T: How many students were born on 3rd
S: There are four.
T: Well done. Please put the birthday information in the chart from the youngest to the oldest. Find the students who were born on the same day or in the same month.
Show the following.
Names Birthdays
Months Days
Step 4. Sum up
Ask some students to sum up this lesson by overhead projector and then have a test for the aim.
Check the answers and correct the answers.
Homework:
1. Ask students to do activity 3 in the workbook.
2. Make up a dialogue according to students’ own birthday and age.
Period 4 Listening and speaking (III)
Teaching goals:
Language goals:
1. Words & expressions
speech, contest, party, trip, basketball game
2. Key sentences
When is the speech contest
It’s October fifth.
Ability goals:
Enable the students to talk about the events at school.
Emotion & attitude goals:
Knowing about school events and take part in them.
Strategy goals:
Help students to learn to talk about date and event at school.
Culture awareness goals:
Enable students to understand the targets language by reading pictures.
Teaching important & difficult points:
How to talk about the events at school.
Teaching procedures & ways:
Step 1. Revision arid Lead-in
Check the homework by asking students to talk about their classmates’ birthdays in class. (Use the class calendar)
T: Look at your class calendar, how many students were born in January 19th / April 6th...
S: 5 students were born in the same month. 3 students were born on, the same day. 2 students were born in the same year, same month and date. They are just like twins.
T: Please write a short passage reporting your results.
(Show a picture with some people having a contest.)
T: These people are talking to the whole school. Other people are waiting to speak.
Who is the best speaker It’s a contest.
(Teach party, school trip, basketball game. Art Festival and music in the similar way.
Show students a picture with students walking in the open air.)
T: Look at the picture, some students are wearing sports clothes and shoes. They are going to walk to the countryside. It’s a school trip.
(Show a picture with students drawing pictures in class.)
T: What are the children doing
S: They are drawing pictures.
T: They are drawing in class. Do you know what glass they are having
(Help students answer.)
S: They are having an art class.
(Teach festival by means of imitating real situations.)
T: Do you know when Mother’s Day is
S: It’s on the second Sunday in May.
T: Yes, it’s mother’s festival. (Write school trip, contest, art, festival on the blackboard)
Make sure students can understand the meanings of these new words. Let them repeat the new words several times till they can say the new words freely.
Step 2. Match (1:P50)
Ask students to match the pictures with the events.
Write the correct letter next to the word.
T: Look at the four pictures in 1, what happens in each picture
Let students discuss each picture in groups. Offer language support when needed.
Sample conversation 1:
S: What happens in picture a
S: They are having a basketball game.
Sample conversation 2:
S: Are they on the playground in picture b
S: No, they are in the classroom. They are having ac.
Sample conversation 3:
S: What are they doing in picture d
S: They are having a speech contest.
T: Nice work! Please look at the four pictures in 1, write the letter of the pictures on the lines next to the numbers. ( Point to the sample answer.)
Step 3. Listening and Writing (2a, 2b P50)
In 2a 2b, help students practice listening by answering the teacher’s questions.
T: Now we’ll listen to a conversation about the pictures.
Listen carefully and make a checkmark to the right of each word that you hear on the recording in the box. I’ll play the recording twice.
(After listening, ask students to answer the questions.)
T: How many events did you hear just now
S: Four. They are about speech contest (1), party (2), basketball game (3) and school trip (4).
(Point to the pictures in 1.)
T: We’ll hear the conversation again. This time, please fill in Joe’s calendar in 2b.
(First let the students look at Joe’s calendar carefully.)
T: What does the calendar show
S: It shows the September and October dates.
T: When is Sally’s birthday party
S: It’s October 5th.
(Let students listen to the recording carefully.)
T: I’ll play the tape. Listen carefully to the recording and then write the name of each
event in the proper place on the calendar.
(Point out the sample answer.)
T: You will fill in three more events: the basketball game, the school trip, and the speech contest.
(Check the answers by asking students to answer the questions about the conversation as follows.)
T: When is the school trip
S: It’ September 26th and 27th.
T: When is the speech contest
S: It’ September 29th.
Step 4. Pair work (2c: P50)
In 2c, ask students to do pair work to practice when questions and go over 2b at the same time.
Let students look at the calendar they completed in 2b and read the conversation in 2c.
T: Please have a conversation like this with the information from the calendar.
Sample conversation 1:
S: When is Sally’s birthday party
S: It's October 5th.
Sample conversation 2:
S: When is the basketball game
S: The basketball game 7. Oh, it’s October 2nd.
Ask some students to present their conversations to the class.
Step 5. Sum up
Ask some students to sum up this lesson by overhead projector and then have a test for the aim.
Check the answers and correct the answers.
Homework:
T: Describe your birthday in English. Your topic must include the following details:
1. How old are you
2. When is your birthday
3. What do your parents do for your birthday
4. Do you have a birthday party on you birthday
Period 5 Reading and writing
Language goals:
1. Words & expressions
speech, contest, party, trip, basketball game
volleyball game, school day, art, festival, Chinese, music, year, year(s) old
2. Key sentences
Do you have an Art Festival
Yes, we do.
When is it
It’s April 19th.
Ability goals:
Enable students to talk about the events at school.
Emotion & attitude goals:
Take part in school events at school.
Strategy goals:
Enable students to learn to talk about the events at school.
Culture awareness goals:
Enable students to understand different festivals in different countries.
Teaching important & difficult points:
How to talk about the events at school.
Teaching procedures & ways:
Step 1. Revision and Lead-in
In 3a, first have a free talk and then check the answers to the homework, and then ask as many students as possible to speak about their birthdays.
T: I think your birthday parties are very wonderful. Who would like to tell us your birthday party
S: My birthday is February 20th. I am 14 years old. On my birthday, my father often buys me a big birthday cake. My mother helps me have a party. My friends come to my birthday party. They give me nice presents. We sing and dance together. I am happy on that day.
Step 2. Pair work(3a: P51)
Ask students to look at the chart in 3a and the schedule on P84, work in pairs and finish the schedule.
T: Now work in pairs. One person looks at the chart on P51 and the other looks at the one on P84. Each of you has only half of the information. Your job is to get the rest of the information from your partner.
As students complete the task, make a simple copy of the chart on the board, excluding the dates in the right column. Check the answers together.
Sample conversation:
T: When is the volleyball game
S: It’s on October 3rd.
Step 3. Pair work (3b: P51)
In 3b, help students finish the chart.
Point to the list of events in the chart in 3b and ask a student to read the list to the class. Point to the chart with the headings yes, no, month and day.
Ask students to complete the chart, imagining they are school headmasters. They can choose to have any of the events listed, and can choose whichever dates they prefer for these events.
T: Please look at the dialogue below the chart. First I’ll ask one pair to read to the class. After that please take turns asking each other questions about your events at school. Please fill in the form while you are working in pairs.
Sample conversation:
S1: Hello, headmaster, can you tell us something about your school events
S2:( Act as the headmaster) Of course.
S3: Do you have a Music Festival
S4: When is it
S2: It’s October 5th.
Step 4. Group work (4: P51)
In 4, help students go over this unit in an interesting way.
T: Please write five things about yourself on a piece of paper. If you finish writing I’ll ask another student to read it to the class. At last I’ll make your classmates guess who the student is.
You should talk about: (1) How old are you
(2) When is your birthday
(3) What do you like to do
(4) What don’ you like to do
You can talk about foods or movies or something else. Work on your own and write down five things you will say to the class.
After a few minutes, ask students to exchange their papers. Then do as follows.
T: Who’d like to read the paper in your hand
S: I’d like to read it.
(After Sl has read the paper.)
S: Who is it Please have a guess.
S: I think it’s...
If S2 is right, the person who writes the things says “S2 is right.”
Sample version:
I’m 12 years old. My birthday is November 12th. I like English and music. My favorite food is French fries. Strawberries are my favorite fruit. I don’t like soccer ball.
Step 5. Sum up
Ask some students to sum up this lesson by overhead projector and then have a test for the aim.
Check the answers and correct the answers.
Homework:
1. Write about their classmates’ favorite dates.
2. Find out their favorite famous person's birthday on the Internet or in the library.
3. Make up a dialogue using favorite dates. And finish off all the exercises in the test paper.
Period 6 Revision
Teaching goals:
Language goals:
1. Words & expressions
speech, contest, party, trip, basketball game, volleyball game, school day, art, festival, Chinese, music, year, year(s) old famous, surprise
2. Key sentences
Are you having a fun birthday
Happy birthday!
Ability goals:
Enable students to talk about date of birth.
Emotion & attitude goals:
We should learn from famous men and become a famous man in the future.
Strategy goals:
Tell some stories about famous men to students.
Culture awareness goals:
Learn the ways to deal with problems and accidents in other cultures.
Teaching important & difficult points:
How to talk about date of birth.
Teaching procedures & ways:
Step 1. Revision
Before class, check the homework to review this unit. And then have a free talk.
A simple version:
We each have favorite days. I like March 8th. It’s my birthday. It’s also my mother’s festival. My friend Li Lei likes December 25th because it’s Christmas Day.
He can have an English party.
Step 2. Vocab-builder (1, 2: p52)
In 1-2, ask the students to read and check the words in 1 on P52. Then do some exercises on the screen.
Then ask students to add new words in their vocab-builder.
Step 3. Talking (3)
In 3, ask students to find out the famous people’s birthdays.
T: I asked you to look for the information about your favorite famous people. their birthdays Who’d like to tell us
S: I like LuXun. His birthday is November 25, 1881.
S: 1 like music. So I know Nie Er’s birthday. It’s February 14, 1912.
T: Well done. Now please look at the photos of famous people in 3. Try to find out their birthdays. You can work in pairs.
S: When is Li Siguang’s birthday
S: It’s October 26, 1889.
S: When is Newton’s birthday
S: It’s December 25, 1642.
T: These people are all very famous. I believe that when you grow up, you will be great people too. Remember: where there is a will, there is a way.
Step 4. Sum up
Ask some students to sum up this lesson by overhead projector and then have a test for the aim.
Check the answers and correct the answers.
Homework:
1. Make an activity plan chart for next week in October.
2. Ask students to go over; all me language items: in this unit and preview next unit.
3. Make up conversations about dates and events.
Teaching Resources
Ⅰ. 语法：
1. 本单元的核心对话是询问日期。如果询问某事是哪一天及其答语常见句式：
When +be+主语（某事）？“……是哪一天？”
It’s+时间（日、月、年）……在……。
主语（某事）+时间。……在……。
例如：—When is your birthday 你的生日是哪一天？
—It’s on May 1st. 是五月一号。
—My birthday is on May 1st. 我的生日在五月一号。
2. 如果询问是“几月几日，或星期几”常见句式：
—What day is it today 今天是星期几？
—It’s Friday. 星期五。
—What’s date today 今天是几月几号？
—It’s March 3rd. 三月三号。
[特别说明]
英语日期的排列顺序为：月、日、年或日、月、年。如：2004年8月1日可作：August 1st, 2004或1st August, 2004。
另外，英语时间的排列顺序为：小时间在前，大时间在后。如：We often get up at 7:00 in the morning. 我们通常在上午7：00点起床。
3. 基数词变序数词的规律：
英语中，用来表示事物的数目的词是基数词，用来表示事物顺序的词是序数词。
那么基数词变序数的口诀是什么呢？请记住：“基变序有规律，结尾字母是th”，“一、二、三特殊记，结尾字母t, d, d”,“八去t，九去e, f要把ve替”，“ty将y变成i,th前面有个e”,“几十几，也好记，只变个位就可以”。
[特别说明]
在基数词改为序数词时，多数都在基数词尾加th，但one, too, three所对应的序数词依次为first, second和third（即“结尾字母t, d, d” ）。还要注意：eight在加th时要去掉末尾字母t(eight→eighth，即“八去t” )；nine在加th时要去掉字母e（nine→ninth,即“九去e” ）；以ve结尾在加th时，应先把ve用f换掉，然后再加th。（如：five→fifth, twelve→twelfth,即f要把ve替）；以ty结尾的基数词在变成序数词，应先将y变i，th前面还要加上字母e（如：twenty→twentieth, thirty→thirtieth,…ninety→ninetieth等，即ty把y变成i，th前面还有一个e）；类似twenty-four, twenty-six这样“几十几”的基数词在改为序数词时，只需变个位就可以了。如：twenty-four→twenty-fourth, twenty-six→twenty-sixth等。
Ⅱ. 德育教育：
Birthday Traditions in Different Countries
Some traditions are quite similar in many parts of the world: birthday candles which carry wishes up to god, birthday games which gauge how much more a child can do versus last year, and birthday pinches or taps which ensure good luck for the coming year.
Some traditions are more specific to certain countries.
1. China: Noodles for lunch. The birthday child pays respect to his or her parents and receives a gift of money. Friends and relatives are invited to lunch and noodles are served to wish the birthday child a long life.
2. Germany: Candles left burning for the day. A member of the birthday person’s family wakes up at sunrise and lights the candles on the birthday cake.
There are as many candles as the years of age of the birthday person plus one for good luck. The Candles are left burning all day long. After dinner that night then everyone sings the birthday song and the birthday person blows out the candles. If all of the candles are blown out in one try then the wish of the birthday person will come true. Presents are opened and then the party starts.
3. New Zealand: Birthday claps. After the birthday candle is lit, the happy birthday song is sung loudly and often out of tune and then the birthday person receives a clap for each year they have been alive and then one for good luck.
4. United States: cake, candles and song. A cake is made, and candles are put on top based on how old the person is. Then everyone sings the “happy birthday” song, and at the end of the song, the birthday child blows out the candles. If they blow then all out with one blow, their birthday wishes will come true.
5. Norway: Birthday day. Children stand in front of the class and choose a friend to share a little dance while the rest of the class sing a happy birthday song.
6. Russia: Birthday Pies. Instead of a birthday cake, many Russian children receive a birthday pie with a birthday greeting carved into the crust.
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