Unit 1

Friendship

Enjoy a beautiful song

《 Auld Lang Syne 》是一首苏格兰民谣，是我们熟知的那首《友谊地久天长》。

Questions :1.Do you need friends?

2. Do you think friendship is important in your life? Why do you think so?

3.  Do you have any good friends? What do you think of them?

to cope with stressful situations in life

to share my worries and secrets in my inner world

to show my concern for other people

to let other people share my happiness

to unfold to other people the secrets in my heart

Reasons I need friends:

Words about friends:lovely helpful quick-minded （思维活跃的）honest brave wise loyal smart handsomepretty kindhearted talkative （爱说话的）silent careful generous （大方的）unselfish （不自私的） diligent （勤奋的） active creative thoughtful humorous responsible open-minded funny kind ….

Brainstorming-I----words (3m)

brave

funny

beautiful

strong

rich

Make a list of the qualities a good friend should be…...

Good friendGood friend

honest kind

friendly

helpful

humorous

responsible

loyal

patient

The qualities of a good friend

Does a friend always have to be a person? What else can be your friend?

Do you think a diary can become your friend? Why or why not?

Pre-reading (1)----questions

Pre-reading(2)

Look at the pictures and the title of the reading passage. Guess what it might be about.

Anne’s best friend

Now observe the text carefully to find out:• how many parts it contains• what the different parts are about

It contains two parts. One part is one page of Anne’s diary, the other one is the background knowledge about Anne and her diary.

Pre-reading(3)

Anne’s Best Friend

1.Anne kept a diary because

2.She felt very lonely because

3.They have to hide because

4.Anne named her diary Kitty because

A.She couldn’t meet her friends.

B.Jews were caught by Nazis and put away.

C.She could tell everything to it.

D. She wanted it to be her best friend.

Join the correct parts of the sentences.Scanning:

Read the passage again and fill the following form:Time Nature Feeling

Before hiding

After hiding

Blue sky, songs of birds, moonlight, flowers

Never felt spellbound

Darkness, rain, wind, thundering clouds

Grew crazy

Skimming:

Careful reading: 1.About how long had her family been in

the hiding place when she wrote this part of her diary?

2.Why do you think her feelings changed towards nature?

Answers:1.About two years.2.Her feelings have changed because

she was no longer able to go out as she pleased because she is in hiding. Losing freedom has mad her feel more excited about good and beautiful things around her.

Difficulties

Listen to the tape and pick out the difficult sentences from the reading passage. Discuss in groups of four and work out the meaning together.

Difficulties

1. I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.it’s because…

grow/be crazy about…something/anything/everything to do with…我不知道这是不是因为我很久无法出门的缘故 ,我变得对一切与大自然有关的事物都无比狂热。

2. I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound.

Difficulties

我记得很清楚，以前，湛蓝的天空、鸟儿的歌唱、月光和鲜花，从未令我心迷神往过。spellbind v. 吸引人；迷人when 引导的定语从句（划线部分）修饰句中的 time

Difficulties

3. It was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face…

It’s the first time…that… 某人第一次做某事face to face... 面对面这是我一年半以来第一次面对面目睹夜晚。

4. I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty windows.

hanging before very dusty windows 现在分词短语 , 修饰 curtains.

我只能透过肮脏的窗帘看大自然 ,窗帘悬挂在沾满灰尘的窗前。

Difficulties

Summary: Fill in the blank

I lived in ___________in the ______________ during _____________. My family were ______, so we had to ___________ for a year and a half in order ________________ by the German Nazis. During that time I wasn’t able to go ________ for so long that I had ______________ about everything to _______ nature. Once, I decided to look at the moon ___________ by myself.

Amsterdam NetherlandsWorld War II

hide awayJewish

not to be caught

outdoors grown so crazydo with

at midnight

Summary: Fill in the blank

But I didn’t _______ open the window to see the night ___________ because I was afraid of being discovered by the Nazis.

I felt very _______ without seeing my old friends. So I had to make a new friend --_____________, whom I could tell _________ to. Sadly, at last my family was discovered and caught by _______________ sometime later.

dare toface to face

lonely

my diary Kitty everything

the German Nazis

Activity: discussion

What will you take? Why?How will you spend the 3 months?How will you treat each other and make friends ?

Suppose you and your partners have to hide yourselves for 3 months. During the three months, you will be offered the basic food, water and clothes. Your group can take 5 things with you.

1. Read the text again and review the meaning and usage of the key words and phrases:

do sth. on purpose, in order to, face to face, hide away, set down, a series of, go through, dare, hold…in one’s power, no longer

2. Retell the story yourself in the first person.

Homework