Unit 1 Friendship

Step1.Speaking (page 6)

Sample dialogue:

A: Now let us design a questionnaire to find out what kind of friend one is．

B: OK．First we must think of four questions and three possible answers to each question．

C: What about the first question? Have you got one in mind?

D: Suppose your friend has taken away your book by mistake．What will you do or say to him / her?

C: That's a good question．Let me put it down．"Your friend has ... "

B: Then how about the three possible answers?

A: Well, the answer I think should be "You will ask your friend to be more careful next time．"

D: I agree．The worst choice may be "You will get upset and won't talk to him / her any more．"

A: All right．One more choice．Listen, I've got one．"You will ask your friend to return it to you．"

B: That's quite natural．How many points shall we give each possible answer?

D: The highest score is two．The best should score two and the worst zero．

B: The third will score one．Shall we go on to the next question?

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Step2.Reading and writing(page 7)

This activity enables students to express their feelings and to help others．In other words, it gives students a better understanding of how to deal with this common situation．This is as much a role play as a writing activity, so it is important for students to discuss their ideas first．In this way they can collect their ideas, sort them out and prepare to write．

Sample writing:

Dear Xiaodong,

Some people like talking with others, but some people are shy．If you fall into the second group, it can be hard to make friends．But you can change the situation．

What are you interested in? If you like basketball, for example, you could talk with some of your classmates who like basketball．The easiest way to start talking to people is to find something you have in common．

If you are standing beside a group of your classmates, join in their discussion if you know something about the subject they are discussing．But if you don't, you shouldn't feel afraid to say, for example,”That sounds interesting, what is it about??Once you start talking to one person, it will get easier to talk to others．

Find one person you have something in common with, and once you become friends with him, his friends will start talking to you too．

Good luck!

Editor

Step3.Talking(page 41)

Sample dialogue:

A: I agree with Leslie．What she said is true．In China, people are very friendly．

B: I'm afraid I can't agree with you．Some people are, but sometimes they make friends to get a job or to get to know important people．I want to have friends to share my thoughts and feelings with．I want us to care for each other．Whenever you are in trouble, you don't feel worried if you have your friends．And your friends can get help from you too if they need it．Isn't that being a good friend?

C: Exactly．A friend in need is a friend indeed．You can not just think of yourself, you must think about your friend's needs, interests and feelings．

A: That's correct．But some people do try to use a friend- ship to help them make a lot of money．You need friends in business and Leslie is in business．So she has to expect that some people are being nice to her to get some advantage for themselves．

B: Yes, of course．But a true friend will last and stay friends for many years．Leslie will just have to see if the Chinese friends she made will stay friends for a long time．Then she will know true Chinese friendship．

Step4.USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS(page 41)

Answer key for Exercise 1:

1　trust; concerned; calm down; in order to

2　share; thoughts; upsets; feelings

3　on purpose

4　crazy; share; cheats

5　has gone through

Answer key for Exercise 2:

1　They hid there for almost two years and never dared go out．

2　We tried to calm him down, but he kept shouting．

3　Don't laugh at him．Sometimes you are not able to do as well as he （does）．

4　In the early 20th century, China went through too many wars．

5　The children haven't been outdoors （have been indoors）all day．Let them play outdoors for a while．

6　Please use the word to make a sentence according to the situation given．

7　This series of readers is very interesting．

8　The man saved the girl from the river and her mother was very grateful．

9　Mr Jones lives alone and often feels lonely．

10　We communicate with each other by Internet / through the Internet．

Step5.USING STRUCTURES(page 42)

Suggested answers to Exercise 1:

Anne said that they went quickly upstairs and into the hiding place when they arrived at Prinsengracht．She said that they closed the door behind them and they were alone．She said （that）Margot had come faster on her bicycle and was already waiting for them．She said （that）all the rooms were full of boxes and they lay on the floor and the beds．She said （that）the little room was filled with bedclothes and they had to start clearing up at once, if they wished to sleep in comfortable beds that night．Anne said （that）her mother and Margot were not able to help．She said （that）they were tired and lay down on their beds, but her daddy and she, the two "Helpers" of the family, started at once．

Anne said （that）they unpacked the boxes, filled the cupboards and tidied the whole day, until they were extremely tired．She said they did sleep in clean beds that night．She said they hadn't had any warm food to eat all day, but they didn't care．Anne said （that）her mother and Margot were too tired and worried to eat, and her daddy and she were too busy．

Step6.SPEAKING TASK

The purpose of this task is to provide students with communicative practice．The students are put into situations that involve moral choices and could happen to anyone．These situations do not have a clearly right or wrong choice．Rather, their importance lies in the ideas produced during the discussion．

Sample dialogue:

S1: Hello, Liu Ming．How are you? I have something to discuss with you．I feel very uncomfortable about this but I think we must talk about it．I have been offered a ticket to a concert of the”Backstreet Boys?

S2: Wow! That's wonderful! I know how much you like them and how much you have always wanted to go to one of their concerts．Is there any chance I might get a ticket too?

S1: I am so sorry．They are only staying here for one night and Shen Ming offered me one．There was only one, or of course I would have thought of you．

S2: When are they coming? Perhaps I can queue up with you to get their autographs?

S1: That's just what I wanted to say．The concert is on Saturday．

S2: Oh I see．You want to change our arrangement for the picnic．Well, as a matter of fact I cannot go either on Saturday．My cousin is coming over and we shall have to visit my aunt．

S1: So it all turned out for the best．Thank goodness!

Step7.WRITING TASK(page 46)

The purpose of this task is to involve the students in a critical thinking process．The students are provided with a list of proverbs about friends and friendship．These may help them to better understand how differently people see friends．It also gives them a chance to express their own views on friends and friendship．Make sure the students understand the meaning of the proverbs before they start to write．

Sample writing:

I don't agree with all the proverbs about friends or friendship．I agree with the following ones:

1 The same man cannot be both friend and flatterer．

2 Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light．

3 Friendship cannot stand always on one side．

I think a person can praise, blame, scold but shouldn't flatter his / her friend（s）．A friend is a treasure to his / her friend（s）．Friends should help each other and share their joys and sorrows-true friendship isn't one-sided．

I disagree with the following ones:

1 A friend in need is a friend indeed．

2 Friends are like wine; the older, the better．

3 With clothes the new are the best; with friends the old are the best．

In my opinion, a friend is a friend．There should be no such terms as true friend or false friend．I think a false friend cannot be a friend at all．I also think that a new friend is as good as an old one．A friend, new or old, is a friend．He / She is always devoted and helpful to his / her friend．

Enrichment

NOTE

PERSONS

Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany．At that time the Jewish community was a key part of the city's economic and cultural success．Her father, Otto Frank, was a respected businessman whose ancestors first came to the city centuries before．His family lived in a comfortable five-room flat and Anne was raised with loving concern and great care．In the spring of 1934, a year after Hitler rose to power, the family moved to Holland, whose people welcomed them．

After the German invasion of 1940, Anne was forced to leave her school, as were all known Jews．Almost right away, the Gestapo began to send thousands of Dutch resisters to slave labour camps in Germany．Then in February 1941 the Gestapo began to arrest Jews．It was at this moment that Otto Frank made plans to hide his family．

For the next 25 months the Franks and another family, the Van Daans, stayed on the top floor, curtains drawn so as not to attract unwanted attention．Sadly, a Dutch employee in the office told the Gestapo of the whereabouts of the families．Finally, they were arrested．They were in one of the last groups of Jews to be taken to the camps．Anne's mother got very ill at Auschwitz in Poland and stayed behind when Anne, her sister, and Mrs Van Daan were moved to Belsen, a smaller camp in Germany．Peter, who was in better health than the others, was forced into a long march from the camp where he disappeared．When Margot died in March, 1945, Anne probably lost her desire to live．She died just before her 16th birthday and less than a month before the surviving Jews were liberated by American, British, Canadian and Russian soldiers．

測試性評價

1．Complete the sentences using the words below in their proper forms．

add point ignore reason dare

suffer advice communicate power

1）Can you explain the ________ behind the decision?

2）Jane, who grows up in a circus, is able to ________ with all the animals．

3）After the earthquake, people hardly ________ hope that their families were still alive．

4）I ________ from a bad headache after the operation．

5）I followed my teacher's ________ and bought an English-English dictionary．

6）Parts of the city had ________ cuts yesterday because of the big fire from the restaurant．

7）Please ________ your daughter's name to this list．

8）Air pollution is one of the problems that we can't afford to ________．

9）There are five important ________ in her speech．