Good morning, dear judges. I amNo.1 candidate applying for English teacher of junior high school. Today mytopic is “Birthday food around the world”.

Step1 Lead -in

T: Class begin. Good morning, boys andgirls, welcome to our English class. Before our new lesson, I want to sing asong” happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you...” Do you know the name ofsong?

S: “happy birthday”

T: Excellent! When will you sing this song?

S: On my birthday.

T: Yes, this is a song for your birthday.Do you want to celebrate your birthday?

S: Yes!

T: OK! Today we are going to talk aboutbirthday.

Step2 Pre-reading

T: As we all known, birthday is a veryimportant day for everyone! Now I want to do a survey.

 Whatdo you usually do or eat on your birthday?

S1:Birthday cake!

T: Yes! It’s very delicious! I like it.Anything else?

S: I will hold a birthday party.

T: Interesting!

S: I often eat noodles on my birthday.

T: Wow! So many things! I want to celebratemy birthday too. As we all known, we often eat eggs and noodles in China. Doyou know the special meaning of it? Do you know what the other countries do oreat on their birthday?

Step3 While-reading

Activity1 skimming

T: OK, Please read the passage quickly. Iwill give you 3mins, then finish the match table in the PPT.

P1  what do people do on theirbirthday in China?

P2  Introduction

P3  what do people do on theirbirthday in UK?

P4  why do people eat special foods ontheir birthday?

T: Time’s up! Any volunteer? You,please.

S: Paragraph one is the introduction of thedifferent birthday food around the world.

T: Is he right?

Ss:Yes!

T: How about the Paragraph two?

S: Paragraph two is what people do on theirbirthday in UK.

T: Who can tell me the third and forthparagraph.

S: Paragraph three is what people do ontheir birthday in China.

Thelast paragraph is why people eat special foods on their birthday.

T: Do you agree with him?

S: Good!

T: We know that different countries havetheir own birthday food. Do you know the special meaning of each kind of food?

Activity2 scanning

T: Now, please read paragraph 2-3carefully, and find the answer of the table. I will give you 5mins. OK, go!

T: Time is up. Now you can discuss theseanswers in your group.

T: OK, stop! Who want to try? You please!

S: In the UK, people sometimes put a candyin a birthday cake.

T: OK, Do you know the special meaning?

S: The child with the candy is lucky.

T: Next one?

S: In China, people often eat long noodles.Because the long noodles stands for long life.

T: Yes! You all did a good job!