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1、UNIT1BirthdayCelebrationsAroundtheWorldExercise1Chairman:WelcometothisspecialbirthdayeditionofOneWorld.Tonightwehaveaspecialprogramdedicatedtobirthdaycelebrationsaroundtheworld.WithusinthestudiowehaveShaheenHagandPatCane,whohaveaweeklycolumnonbirthdaysintheToron
2、toDailyStar.Shaheen:Goodevening.Pat:Goodevening.Chairman:Shaheen,perhapswecouldbeginwithyou.HowarebirthdayscelebratedinIndia?Shaheen:Well,perhapswe'reallassumingthateveryoneintheworldcelebratestheirbirthday.Thisjustisn'tthecase.Low-incomefamiliesinIndia,forinsta
3、nce,simplycan'taffordanyfestivities.AndmostMuslimsdon'tcelebratetheirbirthdays.Pat:IthinkShaheenhasraisedaninterestingpointhere.TheChristianchurch,too,wasactivelyagainstcelebratingbirthdays.Shaheen:OfcoursesomeMuslimsdocelebratetheirbirthdays.InEgypt,TurkeyandIn
4、donesia,forexample,therichpeopleinvitefriendsandfamiliesaround.Butnotinsmallvillages.Chairman:HereinEnglandyourtwenty-firstusedtobethebigone.Butnowitseemstohavemovedtoeighteen.Isthattrue?Pat:Yes,inmostpartsoftheWesteighteenisnowthemostimportantbirthday.InFinland
5、,forexample,eighteenistheagewhenyoucanvote,youknow,orbuywines,driveacarandsoon.ButinJapanIthinkyouhavetowaittillyou'retwentybeforeyoucansmokeordrink.Shaheen:IknowinSenegal,whichisanotherMuslimcountry,girlsgettovoteatsixteenandboysateighteen.AndinBangladesh,girls
6、ateighteenandboysattwenty-one.Chairman:That'sinteresting.Imeanisittypicalthataroundtheworldgirlsareconsideredtobemorematurethanboys?Shaheen:Yes,Ithinkso,andinMexicoandArgentina,forexample,theyhaveenormouspartiesforfifteen-year-oldgirls.Pat:YouknowinNorwaytheyhav
7、eagreatpartyforanyonewho'snotmarriedbythetimethey'rethirty.It'skindofembarrassing.Imeanyougetpepperthrownatyou.Chairman:Pepper?Whypepper?Pat:I'mnotreallysure.Shaheen:Sodoesthatmeanthatonyourtwenty-ninthbirthdayyoucanstartthinking"GodIbettergetmarried"?Pat:Well,I
8、'mnotsurehowseriouslytheytakeit.Chairman:InEnglandwehavequitebigpartiesforyourfortieth,fiftieth,sixtiethandsoon.Pat:Well,inJapanyoureighty-eighthisconsidered...Chairm
