1. The document outlines goals for planning special days, holidays, life plans, and expressing wishes and plans. It provides examples of activities people usually do on birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays.
2. Grammar concepts around using "be going to" for making plans and "would like to" for expressing wishes are explained. Examples are given of conversations using these structures to talk about upcoming events.
3. The reading passage profiles people from different cultures and their wishes and plans, such as a 15-year-old girl who wants to study acting, a South African woman planning to get married, and a Ukrainian couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.