Unit1 Good Friends

Period 1 Warming-up & Speaking

Period 2 Listening & Speaking

Period 3-5 Reading& Integrating skills

Period 6 Grammar & Language

study

Period 7 Writing

教学设计

教学目的和要求通过学习，使学生了解友情和生存的意义。

Self-introduction

• Name: Kang Ming (Connie)

• Age: 28

• Likes: singing, music, movies, reading

• Dislikes: doing the housework• Personality: open-minded, modest, hard-working

• Email: [email protected]

Introduce yourself1.What’s your name? Do you have an English name?2. Which school did you study at?3. Do you have any hobbies? / What do you like doing in your spare time? (music, books, movies, sports, computers, etc.)

4. Which is your favorite subject?5. Do you have anything special to say to your classmates / teacher?

friends

kind happyfunny

niceable

humorousclever

interesting

helpful

polite

brightstrong honest

What should a good friend be like?

qualities of a good friend

quality

■ He has all the qualities of a successful businessman.

■We all think of him as a man of fine quality.

■The quality of iron is hardness; the quality of sugar is sweetness.

Make as many sentences as you can.

A good friend should be kind.

A good friend should be …

A good friend is someone who makes me

happy.

A good friend is someone who …

Describe yourself in three words:

I think I am __________ , _________ and ______________.

Describe one of your friends in three words:

I think he / she is _______ , _______ and ___________.

I think I am _______ because I _____

______. So when you _________, you

can _________.

I think he / she is _______ _________. Because he/she ….

Homework

1. Write down the dialogues according

to the tapes (p2).

2. Preview Speaking and think about

how to express likes and dislikes.

Did you ever argue with your friend(s)?

What happened? What was the result?

Pre-listening

Listening Listen to the two friends arguing.Situation 1Problem: Peter is often

Solution: I think Peter should Situation 2

Problem: Ann usually

Solution: I think Ann should

Situation 3

Problem:

Solution:

late and this is the third time.

borrowed sth, without asking and doesn’t return on time.

Adam borrowed John’s CD player and broke it .

be on time next time.

ask the owner and return on time.

Ask his uncle to mend it.

Words to talk about likes and dislikes

like :

dislike:

enjoy love be fond of

be into

hate …bad

…boring/ terrible

Name John Steve Peter

Age 15Gender boy

Likes footballreading

Dislikes singingcomputersrock music

14

boy

skiingreadingsinging

hikingrock music

football

15

boysinging

rock music computers

footballclassical music

dancing

Name Ann Sarah Joe

Age

Gender

Likes

Dislikes

16girl

dancing

computers

rock music

hikingclassical music

reading too much

14girl

reading

football

singing

rock music

dancing

computers

boysurfing the Internetplaying computer gamesrock musicskiing

football

hiking

Discussion:

Which of the six students do you want to make friends with? Why?

Word Spelling

1. Our garden is beautiful, e_________ in early spring.

2. It’s very h_____ of you to tell the truth.3. Any personal h_____ such as sports, music

and collecting stamps never had a place in his life.

4. The young man has a h_________ face, but his suit is worn out.

specially

onestobby

andsome

especially handsome smart loyal hobby honest skiing

5. The soldiers stayed l_____ to their country.

6. S______ in winter is an enjoyable way to spend one’s weekends and holidays, and to exercise.

7. The new employee was s_____ and quick to learn.

oyal

kiing

mart

Word Spellingespecially handsome smart loyal hobby honest skiing

Homework:Homework:

1.1. P85 listeningP85 listening

2.2. p87 Ex 2 (make sentences)p87 Ex 2 (make sentences)

3. preview “Chuck’s friend”.3. preview “Chuck’s friend”.

finish p3 pre-reading Exfinish p3 pre-reading Ex

Reading(I)

Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks p85 1 Problem: Friends get angry with each other when they try to talk about something difficult. Solution:

2 Problem: Friends don’t know how to apologise. Solution:

3 Problem: Some friends don’t know how to keep secrets. Solution:

Try to understand your friend.Try to talk about the problem in a different way.

Start by talking each other that you are sorry and take it from there. A simple apology is often enough.

Keep your secrets to yourself.

Tom HanksForest Gump

You’ve got mail

The film Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks,

describes a man’s struggle with loneliness

and his journey towards self-knowledge.

The film shows us how Chuck, a busy

manager who never has “enough time,” ends

up on an island with nothing but time. He

manages to survive on the island and he

realizes the importance of friends and

friendship.

The text describes his experience and the

lessons he learns from his unusual friend,

Wilson.

1. Where is the man?

3. What happened to him? 2. Has he got a friend on the island?

4. How would you feel if you were alone on the island without friends?

desertedsurvive

crash castaway

lonely sorrow feeling

a knifea box of matchesa mirrora radioa frying pana guna hammera booka sawan umbrellaa ropea compass

Decide TrueTrue or FalseFalse

1) Chuck is the only person on the

island.

2) Water and food are all Chuck need

on the island.

3) Chuck makes some friends there

one of whom is Wilson, a volleyball.

4) Staying on the island helps Chuck

realize his own shortcomings.

T

F

F

T

5)In Chuck’s opinion, people make friends to share happiness and sorrow.

6)Wilson is fond of Chuck because he

is well treated by him.

7)Chuck thinks friends are teachers,

for they can teach people everything.

8)Friends can be human beings,

animals and even things.

T

F

T

F

find the topic sentence of each paragraph

Para 2 ▪ ▪ Chuck has to learn how to survive on the island. Para 3 ▪ ▪ Chuck learns a lot about himself when he is alone on the island. Para 4 ▪ ▪ Chuck has made an unusual friend on the island.

Para 1 ▪▪ Chuck’s plane lands on a deserted island.

Homework

1. Read the text alould

2. Think about the following questions● What kind of person was Chuck Noland

before the plane crash?

● How will the experience on the island

affect ( 影响 ) Chuck Noland’s

personality and life?

Reading (II)

Para 1 ▪▪ Chuck’s plane lands on a deserted island.

•businessman •send emails •on a flight /crash •survive

Para 2 ▪ ▪ Chuck has to learn how to survive

on the island.

•learn … and…

•challenge

•in order to /develops

Para 3 ▪ ▪ Chuck learns a lot about himself when he is alone on the island.

• realize

• learns how to…

• fond of / talks / friend

• need /care /understand

Para 4 ▪ ▪ Chuck has made an unusual friend

on the island.

•humans / also

•the lesson / unusual /teachers

•who /why /what

Discussion

2. How will the experience on the island affect ( 影响 ) Chuck Noland’s personality and life?

1. What kind of person was Chuck Noland before the plane crash?

Before

the crash

A successful businessman

Has little time for friends

After

the crash

The most difficult challenge

Learn and understand the friendship

The clue

What kind of person is Chuck ?

Further Discussion1. What can we do to be good friends even if we are very busy?2. Does a successful man or woman need friends? Why?3. The text talks about “giving”and “taking.”

How do friends give and take?4. Is it better to have a human friend or an unusual friend such as a volleyball, a pen or a dog? Why?

Homework: 1. Retell the text.2. prepare An interview. Suppose you are Chuck. You have just come back from the deserted island. You are to answer questions by reporters. (pair work)3. P88-89 “Many Flavored Friends” finish Q1—8

Reading (III)

A Face-to-face Interview

• Chuck became famous after he was rescued

• from the deserted island. Many people wanted

• to know him. Suppose you are reporters from

news agencies. Now there is a press conference

• ( 记者招待会 ). Try to make a face-to-face

• interview with Chuck.

Tips on friendship( 友谊秘诀 )♦♦The six most important words: “I admit I made a mistake.” ♦♦The five most important words: “You did a good job.”♦♦The four most important words: “What’s your opinion?”♦♦The three most important words: “If you please.”♦♦The two most important words: “Thank you.”♦♦The one most important word: “We”♦♦The least important word: “I”

Homework:

1. Review the text carefully

2. Preview words and phrases (p1-p4)

3. Preview direct and indirect speech

Find the following words in the text

crash survive care

share sorrow adventure

deserted realize feeling

hunt

Word Study

crash v. &n.

• John crashed his car last night.

• Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center.

• There was a serious car crash this morning.

survive v.

• Her parents died in the accident, but she survived.

• He survived in the desert for a week on biscuits and water.

• Only one baby survived the terrible earthquake.

care v. & n. • When his dog died, Allan didn’t seem to

care at all.• The only thing he cares about is money.• Would you care to come to the party?• I don’t care to tell him the truth. • I don’t care for basketball. • Would you care for a cup of tea?

hunt v.

We’ll go hunting tomorrow.

She hunted the room for

her glasses.

share v.

•The boy shared his toy with other children.

•We share a bathroom in the dorm.

sorrow n.

• Life has many joys and sorrows.

• He felt great sorrow when his mother died.

• To his sorrow, his mother can’t attend our wedding.

adventure n.

•He is telling us his exciting adventures in Tibet.

•I had a lot of adventures in the desert.

deserted adj.

■ She was afraid to walk through the silent

deserted streets of the city at night.■ The streets are deserted.■ The deserted wife does part-time job to

support the poor family. ■ All his friends deserted him when he became

poor.

realize v.

■ He didn’t realize his mistake until his failure.■ As I didn’t realize how late it was, I still insisted

on playing one more game.■The Chinese people are working hard to realize

the modernizations.

feeling n. •We can understand his feelings.•I have a feeling that something

terrible is about to happen.

•He doesn’t show much feeling for the poor.

important phrases

• hunt for

• make fire

• in order to

• be/become fond of

• treat…as

• be into something

• make friends with

• care about

• be on a flight

• for example

• all alone

• tell lies

• Direct Speech:

e.g.

“ I had a great time at the picnic,” She said.

Grammar: (concept) Direct Speech and Indirect Speech

The direct speech The reporting clause

• e.g.

Jane said, “ I got a new e-pal. He is from Germany. ”

“I got a new e-pal,” Jane said / said Jane / She said, “He is from Germany.”

Direct Speech and Indirect Speech


• She says, “He is very kind.”

• She says, “He was very kind.”

• He said, “It is true.”• He said, “It was true.”

• “Two and two makes four,” said he.

• She says that he is very kind.

• She says that he was very kind.

• He said that it was true.• He said that it had been

true.• He said that two and two

makes four.


• He said, “I’m happy.”• She said to me, “I met

your father.”• You said to him, “We

saw you there.”• He said to Tom, “We

have made a mistake.”

• He said that he was happy.• She said to me that she had

met my father.• You said to him that you

had seen him there.• He said to Tom that they

had made a mistake.


• They said, “We are going to see him now.”

• She said, “I will go tomorrow.”

• He said to me, “I do it yesterday.”

• He said to me, “I came back an hour ago.”

• They said that they were going to see him then.

• She said that she would go tomorrow/the next day.

• He told me that did it yesterday/the day before.

• He said to me that he had come back an hour before.


• I said to him, “Who is she?”

• He asked me, “What do you want?”

• He said, “Are you ready?”

• “Do you think it is right?” said he.

• I asked him who she was.

• He asked me what I wanted.

• He asked if I was ready.

• He asked if I thought it was right.

Direct Speech Indirect Speech

• present

• past

• present perfect

• Past perfect

• Past

• Past or past perfect

• Past perfect

• Past perfect

Direct and indirect speech1. “I like reading adventure stories,” said John.

John said that he liked reading adventure stories.

2. “I don’t like computers,” Sarah said to her friend.

Sarah told her friends that she didn’t like computers.

3. “Ann, have you seen my blue notebook?” Peter asked.

Peter asked Ann if she had seen his blue notebook.

4. “How can you do that?” Mary said to Ann.

Mary asked Ann how she could do that.

5. “What difference does it make?” Peter asked Jim.

Peter asked Jim what difference it made.

Homework

1. Review the words and phrases

2. Review direct and indirect speech

3. P5 grammar ex1

4. P87 grammar ex 1

P88 ex 3 1

Review direct and indirect speech

Suppose you are on the island with Chuck and Wilson.

Chuck often “talks” to Wilson, but he can’t hear what

Wilson says, so you have to tell Chuck what Wilson says in

indirect Speech. Write down what Wilson says and act out

the conversation in groups of three.

1.What do we call friends on the internet in English? e-pal/key pal

2.Do you have friends on the internet?

3.How often do you write to your e-pals?

4.Which do you prefer, a pen-friend or an e-pal or a friend in real life? Why?

Questions:

Advantages of emailAdvantages of emailfast cheapconvenientkeep in touch with friends and

family easilywrite whenever you canenclose digital photos in emails

What do they mean? lol

oic

brb

l8r

btw

asap

imo

d u wnt 2 go out 2nite

c u 2omorrow

ty

laughing out loudlaughing out loud

Oh, I seeOh, I see

I’ll be right back.I’ll be right back.

laterlater

by the wayby the way

as soon as possibleas soon as possible

in my opinionin my opinion

Do you want to go out tonightDo you want to go out tonight

See you tomorrowSee you tomorrow

thank youthank you

What do these mean?

• smiling

unhappy

:) :p :-)

:(

1. Read the e-pal ads and write an

email to one of them. (P6)

2. Write a response to the email on p90.

Exercise / Homework

Thank You! Bye-bye!

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Unit1 Good Friends