Presentation Make the students answer the questions about the birthday foods and activities. Answer the questions. To make the students use the target language learned before to review for themselves. Step 3. Discussion Ask the studentst to discuss what they usually eat and do on their birthdays. Discuss what they usually eat and do on their birthdays. Create context to make the students be be interested in learning the target language. Part II Reading Step 1. Scanning Make the Ss scan the article and find the answers to the 'T or F" questions. Scan the article and find the answers to the 'T or F" questions. This part is based on helping the Ss have the general understanding of the article. Step 2. Skimming Make the Ss skim the article and find the answers to the four questions. Skim the article and find the answers to the four questions. This part is based on helping the Ss get the details of the article. Step 3. Task-based reading Make Ss read the article carefully and fill in the chart. Read the article carefully and fill in the chart. This part is to cultivate students' abilities to process information and accumulate some language points. Step 4. Language points Ask Ss to read after the tape one paragraph after another and find out the difficult points that they can't understand. Read after the tape one paragraph after another and find out the difficult points that they can't understand. Help Ss understand the basic target language. Part III Practice Procedures Teacher's Activities Students' Activities Aims Step 1. input Let Ss know more about different foods in other countries and the special meanings. Learn more about different foods in other countries and the special meanings. Let Ss know more about different cultures. Step 2.