2 文本研读课 Unit 1 Friendship Period

-2- Step 1 Lead-in A friend is a present which you give yourself. Why do you need friends?

-3- play happily together

-4- take good care of each other or get ready to help each other

-5- cooperate and improve together

-6- learn from each other and compete with each other

-7- share joys or sadness with each other

-8- be true / faithful to each other

-9- Group work: Work in pairs on the following questions: 1. Does a friend always have to be a person? What else can be your friend? 2. Do you think a diary can become your friend? Why or why not?

-10- Step 2 Predicting 1.Look at the title of the text and the pictures on Page 2 and 3. Guess who those people are and what the text might be about.

-11- ANNE’S BEST FRIEND

-12- Step 3 Fast Reading 1. Skimming Skim the passage and answer the following questions: (1) How many parts can the text be divided into? How do you know that? (2) What’s the main idea of the first part ? Read Para.1 and the first two sentences of Para.2 to get it.

Scanning: Scan the passage and fill in the form below:

-14- Name Place Time Her family They had to ___________, or they would be caughty by the German Nazis. What we can learn from her diary  She hadn't been ________for too long, so she was crazy about everything to do with ________.  To have a good look at __________ by herself, one evening she stayed awake on purpose until 11:30, but she didn't dare _________________ as the moon gave far too much light.  Another time five months ago, she _________ nature face to face for the first time in a year and a half.  She hated to look at nature through dirty _____ and she hoped to ___________ it. Anne Frank

Name Her family They had to ___________, or they would be caughty by the German Nazis. What we can learn from her diary  She hadn't been ________for too long, so she was crazy about everything to do with ________.  To have a good look at __________ by herself, one evening she stayed awake on purpose until 11:30, but she didn't dare _________________ as the moon gave far too much light.  Another time five months ago, she _________ nature face to face for the first time in a year and a half.  She hated to look at nature through dirty _____ and she hoped to ___________ it. Place Time Anne Frank In Amsterdam in the Netherlands During World War II hide away outdoors nature the moon open a window saw / looked at curtains experience

Intensive reading Work in groups of four and discuss the following questions.

What is a true friend like in Anne’s opinion? 2. What is an ordinary diary like according to Anne? What about her diary? 3. How did Anne feel about nature after she and her family hid away? 4. Why do you think her feelings changed towards nature?

What is a true friend like in Anne’s opinion? In Anne’s opinion, a true friend is a person whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts.

-19- Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? A: whom you could tell everything to 是定语从句，修 饰 friend 。如 : 这就是我们刚才谈论的那个男孩。 This is the boy whom we talked about just now. B: 此处的 like 相当于 such as 。如： 他已学会了几门外语，如法语和德语。 He has learned some foreign languages, like (such as) French and German.

What is an ordinary diary like according to Anne? What about her diary? According to Anne, an ordinary diary is where most people like to set down a series of facts. But Anne wrote down her deepest feelings and thoughts in her diary. She told everything to her best friend—her diary.

How did Anne feel about nature after she and her family hid away? She felt so crazy about nature.

Why do you think her feelings changed towards nature? Because she had been indoors too long, she was so eager to see the outdoor world --- the blue sky, the singing birds, the beautiful flowers, the bright moon.

-23- Read and discuss 1. What do the following two words imply （暗示） in Anne’s letter? Words What is implied outdoors nature 2. How would you describe Anne’s feelings as she was looking out at the night sky?

What do the two words imply （暗 含） in Anne’s letter ? Words/phrases What is implied outdoors nature the blue sky, the singing birds, flowers, the bright moon free

-25- very sad, lonely, helpless, depressed （忧愁的）, maybe hopeless … 2. How would you describe Anne’s feelings by using some adjectives as she was looking out at the night sky?

-26- Step 4 Post—reading Discuss the following questions: 1. Why is nature one thing that really must be experienced? 2. In what case can we experience nature? 3. Can we go outdoors to get close nature freely today? Why?

-27- Step 5 Consolidation Try to recite the text according to the form on the screen and the sentence patterns on the blackboard:

Name Her family They had to ___________, or they would be caughty by the German Nazis. What we can learn from her diary  She hadn't been ________for too long, so she was crazy about everything to do with ________.  To have a good look at __________ by herself, one evening she stayed awake on purpose until 11:30, but she didn't dare _________________ as the moon gave far too much light.  Another time five months ago, she _________ nature face to face for the first time in a year and a half.  She hated to look at nature through dirty _____ and she hoped to ___________ it. Place Time Anne Frank In Amsterdam in the Netherlands During World War II hide away outdoors nature the moon open a window saw / looked at curtains experience

-29- Step 6 Homework 1. Read the text after class and try to recite the diary. 2. Write a short passage about your good friend. 3. Do Ex.2 & 3 on P4.

-30- Thank you!