Question

Everyone has his own birthday．People celebrate their birthdays in different countries in different ways．Now here are four people from different countries．They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in the countries．

Sandy Morison comes from Madrid（馬德里）．He says happily, “My twenty-first birthday is on Saturday, and I’m going to go out with some friends．To wish me a happy birthday, they’re going to pull on my ear 21 times, once for each year． It’s an old custom．Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional（傳統）．”

Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo．Mr. Sato is going to be 60 tomorrow．In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki—it’s the beginning of a new life．The colour red is for a sixtieth birthday．Mrs. Sato says, “What am I going to give my husband? I can’t say．It’s a surprise!”

Li Xiaomei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, “Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday． It’s a special birthday, so we’re going to have a family party．I’m probably going to get some money in lucky envelopes（信封） from my relatives．My mother is going to cook noodles— noodles are for a long life．”

Phillip Evans, from Paris, smiles to us, “I’m going to be 30 next week, so I’m going to invite three very good friends out to dinner． In France, when you have a birthday, you often invite people out．In some countries, I know it’s the opposite—people take you out． ”

How do you usually celebrate your birthday?

根據短文內容, 判斷下列陳述內容的正誤, 正確的寫“T”, 錯誤的寫“F”。

（   ）1．To celebrate her birthday, Sandy is going to pull on her friends’ ears．

（   ）2．On his birthday, Mr. Sato is going to receive something red．

（   ）3．Li Xiaomei is going to cook some noodles on her birthday．

（   ）4．Phillip is going to take his friends out to dinner on his birthday．

（   ）5．Mr. Sato is from Japan and Phillip is from France．

Answer 1

FTFTT