18.Birthday Food Around the World What would people like (1)
(eat) on their birthday? The answer would be different in different (2)
(country). In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles. The number of candles is the (3)
(person) age. The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles. If he or she (4)
(blow) out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is (5)
(luck). In China, it is getting popular (6)
(have) cake on your birthday. But many people still eat very long noodles for their birthday. They never cut up the noodles because the long noodles (7)
(be) a symbol of long life. In some places, (8)
(China) people also eat eggs on their birthday. They are a symbol of life and good luck. All of (9)
(this) birthday foods may be different, but the (10)
(idea) are the same. They bring good luck to the birthday person.