8 Let's Celebrate!

Unit 8 VOCABULARY 1 1 Listen and read. People all over the world have special celebrations. They take time to remember the past, meet family and friends, eat food, and have fun! a costume, a feast, a mask, a lantern, a party, fireworks, celebrate, remember, dance, dress up, decorations, a parade 2 Listen and say. a costume Do you like my costume? a feast There’s lots of food at this feast. a mask I love the colors on this mask. a lantern This lantern is beautiful. a party I like to go to parties! fireworks The fireworks are loud and colorful! celebrate We celebrate my birthday every year. remember I remember my great-grandparents. dance I always dance at parties. dress up Let’s dress up as superheroes. decorations I love these party decorations. a parade It’s time to watch the parade.

SONG 1 Listen. Read and sing. Celebrate! We went to a carnival. Everyone was there! We dressed up, sang some songs, and watched a parade. But best of all, we danced to music, wonderful music. We danced to music all day long. We danced to music, wonderful music. We danced to music all day long. Did you like the food? Yes, I liked the food. Did you dress up? Yes, I went as a frog. We danced to music, wonderful music. We danced to music all day long. Did you like the costumes? Yes, I liked the costumes. Did you see any masks? Yes, we saw some masks. We danced to music, wonderful music. We danced to music all day long.

GRAMMAR 1 Past simple regular verbs Did you watch the parade? Yes, we watched the parade. Did you like the music? Yes, we liked it a lot!

VOCABULARY 2 1 Listen and say. a present Here’s a present for you.Happy Birthday! a birthday cake I love birthday cakes. candles There are seven candles on the cake. an invitation It’s an invitation to a party! balloons There are eleven balloons. 2 Listen and stick. OK. What do we need to do for your birthday party? We can give people the invitations first! Yes, great. We can write the invitations today. Then we can make the birthday cake. Can we have a chocolate cake? Yes, of course. And I have nine candles to put on the cake, too. OK. And then we can blow up the balloons. Yes—perfect. Then we are ready! And then you can give me my presents! Yes, then we can give you your presents! GRAMMAR 2 Past simple irregular verbs Did you go to the parade? Yes, I went to the parade. Did you see the fireworks? Yes, I saw the fireworks. Did you eat cake at the party? Yes, I ate a piece of cake.

READING 1 Listen and read. November Celebrations The Day of the Dead is a big festival in Mexico. People celebrate it on the first day of November. They remember and celebrate the dead people in their families. They sometimes decorate the cemeteries with skeletons in special costumes. Families take a big feast to the cemetery, and they light candles and play music. People give candy and chocolate in the shape of skulls. For Mexicans, skulls and skeletons are not scary, and the festival is not sad. The Day of the Dead is a time for fun and happy celebrations. In Thailand the festival of Yi Peng usually happens in November, too. On the first day, there is a parade and people wear beautiful costumes. People make lanterns out of rice paper. They light small candles inside them. On the night of the festival, thousands of bright lanterns go up into the sky. People believe that the lanterns are taking away the bad things in their lives. People also decorate their homes and gardens with paper lanterns. And on the last day, there are fireworks.