Unit 1 Good friends

friends kind happy funny nice able humorous clever interesting helpful polite bright strong honest I have a good friend / some good friends. He / She / They is/are _________________.

Words we use to describe our friends: Appearance: tall thin short fat strong beautiful pretty handsome Qualities: kind kind-hearted / warm-hearted polite helpful gentle noble honest trustworthy frank openhearted brave great full of courage loyal true faithful to a friend dependable wise clever bright learned

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 ….

Describe your friend’s hobby. Like : Dislike: enjoylovebe fond ofbe into Don’t likehate…bad …boring, terrible

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

Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks 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.

Name JohnStevePeter Age 15 Gender boy Likes football reading Dislikes singing computers rock music 14 boy skiing reading singing hiking rock music football 15 boy singing rock music computers football classical music dancing

Name AnnSarahJoe Age Gender Likes Dislikes 16 girl dancing computers rock music hiking classical music reading too much 14 girl reading football singing rock music dancing computers boy surfing the Internet playing computer games rock music skiing football hiking

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

A deserted island

a knife a box of matches a mirror a radio a frying pan a gun a hammer a book a saw an umbrella a rope a compass

movie post CAST AWAY Tom Hanks Chuck Noland At the edge of the world, his journey begins.

Read the text Chuck’s Friend and answer Qs: 1 Who is Chuck and who is Chuck’s friend? 2 What happened to him one day when he was flying across the Pacific Ocean? 3 How many years did he stay on the deserted island?

Find out the following phrases in the text: on a deserted island, hunt for food, make (a) fire, be alone on the island, become / be fond of …, treat sb as…, share happiness and sorrow, make friends with … develop a friendship with

1) Chuck is a businessman who is always so busy that he has little time for his friends. 2) One day Chuck is on a flight across the Pacific Ocean when suddenly his plane crashes. 3) Perhaps the most difficult challenge is how to survive without friends. 4) In order to survive, Chuck develops a friendship with an unusual friend — a volleyball he calls Wilson. so that ( ).). when (=just at that time) [ ] Perhaps how to survive without friends In order to

5) … it is important to have someone to care about. 6) He also learns that he should have cared more about his friends. 7) He understands that friendship is about feelings and that we must give as much as we take. 8) The lesson we can learn from Chuck and all the others who have unusual friends is that friends are teachers. care about The lesson is that friends are teachers ( ) ) ( should have cared more about

Retell the text 1 Chuck : who what why 2 How to survive? 3 Learn about himself. 4 The lesson we learn from him. 5 What do you know about friendship?

Direct and indirect speech 1“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.

Direct and indirect speech 1.“I’m very glad to visit your factory,” said the visitor. 2.The woman told us that she did not like American movie very much. 3. “There’s something wrong with the front wheel,” said Uncle Wang. 4.The teacher told the students that they were going to have a meeting at three o’clock. 5. “When shall we go outing this autumn?” the students asked. The visitor said (that) he was very glad to visit our factory. The woman said to us, “ I don’t like American movie very much.” Uncle Wang said there was something wrong with the front wheel. The teacher said to the students, “we are going to have a meeting at three o’clock.” The students asked when they should go outing that autumn.

6.She said that she would try to finish reading the book by the end of this week. 7. “ Mum has gone to the supermarket,” the daughter said to her father. 8. Sarah’s friend asked her if she was going to mail the gifts to her parents. 9. “ Why were you so excited today?” Tom asked Bob. 10. Sandra asked her friend how she could solve the problem. She said, “ I will try to finish reading the book by the end of this week.” The daughter told her father her mum had gone to the supermarket. Sarah’s friend asked her, “are you going to mail the gifts to your parents?” Tom asked Bob why he had been so excited that day. Sarah asked her friend, “how can I solve the problem?”

Language points of unit one Play sb./play with sb./sth./play football…/play the violin… So…that/so that /in order that/in order to/so as to Across/through Alone/lonely Hunt for/look for/find/find out Make (a) fire Even though/even if Be/become fond of/like enjoy/be into

Treat sb as/regard sb as/have sb as/look on sb as Share (in)sth with sb Care about/care for Should/could/would have done Make friends with Such as /for example/for instance So do /can/have I /neither/nor do /can/have I So it is with sb./it is the same with sb.