Welcome to this Unit Unit 1 Making friends

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情

A Poem Make Friends Make friends Make new friends But keep the old The new is silver The old is gold A circle is round It has no end 交友 结识新朋友 不忘老朋友 新知贵如银 旧友贵如金 圈子是圆的 循环无尽头

Three Questions ? 1. Why do we need friends?

2. How many ways can we use to make friends? Friends around our life: classmates &colleagues Internet: QQ &MSN cyber friend Write letters penfriend

Hi & Lo Cartoon: I have a letter from my penfriend. Do you have a penfriend, Lo? Yes, I do. Hi Lo

Hi & Lo Do you know the names of the boy and the robot? What does Hi mean by ‘penfriend’? Does Lo have the same idea with Hi? What does he mean?

What does he/she like to do? Have you seen each other by now? Do you have a penfriend or an e-friend? What’s his/her name? How old is he/she? Where does he/she live? What does he/she like to do? Have you seen each other by now? Why do you like to be his/her penfriend/e-friend?

A letter from a penfriend Reading A letter from a penfriend Before you read the letter below, take a look at it. How can you tell it is a letter and not a story or a poem? Tick the things that tell you. a title(标题) a signature (Simon) at the end It has a greeting (Dear … ) an address in the top right a date under the address

Look and think The letter is from a boy called (1) __________ to a girl called (2) __________. The boy lives in a country called (3) __________. He wrote this letter to the girl on (4) _______________ (date). He wants to be the girl’s (5) __________ and he wants her to (6) __________ to him soon. Simon Li Jie the UK 12 October penfriend write

an address, a date. a greeting, closing敬语 a signature, A letter has Middle Street Walker Newcastle uponTyneNE6 4BY England 12 October A letter has an address, a date. Dear May Hi! I saw your name and address in ‘Pen-friends’ magazine, and I would like to be your pen-friend ……………………………………………………… …………………………………………………….. I enclose a photo of myself and some school friends. I am in the middle. I hope you will write to me soon, May, and tell me all about yourself. Best wishes Jack a greeting, closing敬语 a signature,

Format of a letter f 15 September I am very glad to be your e-friend. Let me tell you …… I hope we can be good friends. Jim Class 7, Year 7 at No.21 Middle School, Guangzhou, China Yours sincerely Dear Mary d f b e c 12

A postal code(邮编) is a group of letters and numbers. Which is a postal code?

Find the meanings accountant (A) a kind of food (B) a kind of job am keen on (A) like very much (B) don’t like very much rugby (A) a subject (B) a sport maths (A) a subject you learn at school (B) the best subject at school engineer (A) a person who works with machines (B) a person who works with animals address (A) what you like (B) where you live magazine (A) something you can read (B) something you can write or draw on hobby (A) something you like to do (B) someone you like own (A) like (B) have

A letter from a penfriend Simon’s address Date Dear Li Jie 1. starting sentences information about ____________ Simon himself 2. information about ___________________ his family and home his school life and his dream job 3. information about ___________________ his photo 4. information about ___________ ending sentences Best wishes Simon

A3 Read … In the list below, tick the boxes of the things he writes.  his full name  his age  his height  his weight  his hobby  the name of his parents’ restaurant  the name of his school  his brother’s name  his worst school subject  his dream  Li Peichun  12 years old  163 cm  playing chess  Walker School  Edwin  to be an engineer

A4 Read these statements about Simon’s letter and write T or F. 1 Simon knows Li Jie’s address. 2 He has an English name and a Chinese name. 3 He is less than 165 cm. 4 He likes playing chess. 5 He can not write Chinese at all. 6 He wants to become an engineer. Answer: 3. T. 1. T. 5. F. He can write it, but he can not write it well. 6. T. 4. T. 2. T.

Fill in and answer: 1. _____ does Simon’s brother work as? _____________. 2. _____ does Simon want to be? 3. _____ do Simon’s parents own? _____________________. What An accountant What An engineer What A Chinese restaurant

Fill in and answer: How many Two How He walks / On foot 4. ___________ sports does Simon play in winter? ________. 5. ______ does Simon travel to school? __________________. Two How He walks / On foot

Find out the English phrases. 1. 想成为/做….. 2. 来自… 3. 担任… 工作 4. 走路上学 5. 热衷于... 6. 喜欢做 7.最美好的祝愿 * would like to be/do * be from … * work as …(+职业) * walk to school * be keen on … enjoy doing Best wishes

Find out the English phrases and put them into Chinese. 1. 在学校; 在上学 2. 我本人的照片 3. 在…中间 4. 告诉某人有关… 5. 最良好的祝愿 at school a photo of myself in the middle of tell sb. all about… best wishes

3) My hobby is playing chess. Language points 1) would like to be / do…=want to be/do I would like to be your penfriend. a) 我想当一名工程师。 b) 你想跟我一起去购物吗？ I would like to be an engineer. Would you like to go shopping with me? 2) be from = come from 3) My hobby is playing chess. = Playing chess is my hobby.

4) work as… 5) walk to school Language points 担任……的工作 He works as an accountant in London. a) 我妈妈在广州当教师。 Gary的爸爸在英国当警察吗? 他大学毕业后成为了一名教师。 My mother works as a teacher in Guangzhou. Does Gary’s father work as a policeman in the UK? worked as He _____ ____ a teacher after he finished university. 5) walk to school = go to school on foot

They are keen on jogging. I’m keen on sports. 6) be keen on + sth. + doing… (maths /English … ) (travelling /swimming…) 热衷于… 他们热衷于慢跑。 They are keen on jogging.

He enjoys swimming in winter. Language points I enjoy playing rugby. enjoy + doing… 喜爱做… a. 他喜欢冬天游泳。 b. 你喜欢玩电脑游戏吗? He enjoys swimming in winter. Do you enjoy playing computer games?

完成以下短语翻译： 1.在右上角________________________ 2.下象棋 ________________________ 3. 担任……的工作____________________ 4. 热衷于某事________________________ 5. enjoy doing sth._____________________ 6. in the middle _______________________ 7. tell sb. about … _____________________ 8. best wishes ________________________ in the top right play chess work as … be keen on (doing) sth. 喜欢做某事 在中间 告诉某人关于……的事 最美好的祝愿

Homework 1. Finish Book B P.1 Vocabulary A & B. 2. Recite Simon’s letter. 3. Write a letter back to Simon. 3. Prepare B, B1 & B3.

Read and think Simon is a healthy boy because he likes playing _________. Simon usually eats good meals because his parents _________ _________ ___________. Simon probably speaks English very well because he and his parents _________ _________ _________ _________. Simon will go to university (大学) after he leaves school because he wants to _________ _________ _________. Simon’s brother is not a student because he is _________ _________. Simon’s brother doesn’t live with him because he works _________ _________. sports own a restaurant live in the UK be an engineer an architect in London

Discuss in groups (A): What are they? What job do they do? actor teacher doctor engineer policeman scientist farmer

Discuss in groups (B): Topic: name … age height outlook hobbies family What would you like to talk about with your penfriend in the letter? Write down the things you like to know about. Topic: name … age height outlook hobbies family subject favorite sports dream