(5) I attended a birthday party in 1991. My teacher was then 59 years old.__1__her fellow teacher said that we were__2__(celebrate) her 9th birthday! We were all__3__(surprise) and puzzled. __4__the party I was told by the fellow teacher that American women have a special saying about__5__(birth). If a woman is over 10, or even if she is 80, her birthday is always the 9th. If she is in her thirties, her birthday will be the 29th. And in her__6__, it's the 19th. They usually have their “real” birthday __7__they are below 20. This shows that American women, __8__(special) elderly women, are very sensitive about their ages. But my teacher always says, “We want to be__9__(young). ” so about the age of Western women, my advice is__10__if you don't know it, don't ask about it; if you really know it, don't mention it.