2 . Birthday is a special day for most people. We may spend much time celebrating it. On birthday, we may go for a trip, have a party or watch a movie with our parents and friends. We can also enjoy some special food. Do you know what people eat on their birthday around the world? Here are three people from different countries. They tell us what food they eat on their birthday.

Liu Jing is from Beijing. “The long noodles are a symbol of long life. In China, red is a symbol of luck. We think red eggs bring us good luck. So you can see Chinese eat long noodles and red eggs when they celebrate their birthday,” says Liu Jing.

“I am so happy because today is my birthday. I want to have a birthday party. At the party, we can play games, sing and dance. We can also eat a big birthday cake with fifteen candles. I’m sure we can have a good time at my birthday party,” says David from America.

“In Canada, people put a coin (硬币) into the cake. If the birthday person eats the cake with the coin, he or she will be lucky. I am so happy because I eat the cake with a coin,” says Sandy.

Cui Qingtao, a nineteen-year-old boy will never forget the day when he received his admission letter（录取通知书）from Beijing University on July 22nd, 2018. He was excited to get the good news while working at a construction site（工地）with his parents at that time. All the family had expected the big day for a long time.

Cui was accepted as a student in the School of Journalism and Communication of this famous university with 669 points in the College Entrance Examination. Such great news spread quickly throughout the small village in Yunnan Province where he lived.

As the oldest son in the poor family, Cui has a younger brother in high school and a sister in the fourth grade of a primary school. To support his family, the caring boy would get up at 3 o'clock a. m. to water plants in the family's greenhouses with his brother when he came home during the school holiday. And on Sundays, Cui would do some construction work with his parents to make money.

"No pain, no gain. Don't worry about what a terrible life you have. If you try your best to study, your dream will come true for sure. Now I'm leaving my home village for college, but I'll return to change the poor conditions of our village someday, "Cui said.

"His starting point is different from other students', and I hope his future will be bright," one Internet user said on Chinese social media（媒体）site Weibo.