Unit 1 Friendship Warming up

The qualities of a good friend honest …… kind loyal Good friend friendly responsible helpful patient

Other qualities: generous, brave, easygoing, trusty, funny, smart, hard-working, wise, clever, warm-hearted, cool-headed, dutiful, happy, understanding. etc.

True Friends always say hello…

True friends don’t care If you’re different…

everyone come along(进步)… True friends let everyone come along(进步)…

True friends don’t laugh when you get new glasses…

True friends never fight like cats and dogs…

True friends help you up when you fall down…

when you wake up the next morning! And true friends never let you do something you will regret when you wake up the next morning!

Some proverbs about friendship 谚语 Some proverbs about friendship A friend in need is a friend indeed. A life without a friend is a life without the sun. A man who has friends must show himself friendly. A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

Reading ANNE’S BEST FRIEND

2 Does a friend always have to be a person? Why ? What else? Pre-reading: 1 Why do we need friends? 2 Does a friend always have to be a person? Why ? What else? 3 Do you think a diary can become your friend? Why or why not?

Background This is a true story. It took place in Amsterdam, Holland in the early 1940s after the German Nazis had occupied most of Europe. The Nazi Party ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. One of their key policies was to kill all the Jews in Europe. If any persons known to be Jews were found, they would be sent to concentration camps farther east, mostly in Poland. Families were separated and transported in trains. For many days, they went without food, water, sanitation(卫生设备) or fresh air. To avoid this terrible fate, some Jewish families went into hiding, often with the help of non-Jewish friends.

Fast reading Read the first and second paragraph and answer the following questions: 1 Who is Anne’s best friend? 2 How long were Anne and her family in the hiding place before they were discovered? Read the letter and answer the following question: What is the main idea of the letter? Her diary Twenty-five months Anne was crazy about everything to do with nature. (her love for nature)

F T F F T F F True or False 1 A friend would never laugh at you. 2 Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during the second world war. 3 She and her family hid away for 1.5 years before they were discovered. 4 She kept a diary as others did. 5 She was fond of nature. 6 She stayed awake in the night because she couldn’t sleep well. 7 She couldn’t go out as she liked. F T F F T F F

Read the text carefully and finish the exercises on page 3.

Read and fill the following form Time Nature Feeling Before hiding After hiding blue sky, songs of birds, moonlight, flowers never felt spellbound darkness, rain, wind, thundering clouds grew crazy

Skimming Students skim the passage in 2 minutes to get the main idea : 1. It exposed the crimes that the Nazis oppress the Jewish and make them suffering the extreme misery and hardship. 2. It showed the common idea and wish of the whole world people, hating wars and terrors while longing for peace and freedom.

Intensive reading Students work in group of four to discuss the following open questions: 1.Why did the windows stay closed? 2.How did Anne feel? 3.What do you think of Anne? 4.Guess the meanings of “spellbound”, “ hold me entirely in their power” from the discourse(语篇,上下文). 5.Which sentences attract you in the passage?

Activity Four students a group to discuss the situation: Suppose you four have to hide yourselves for 3 months. During the three months, you will be offered the basic food, water and clothes. Your group can take 5 things with you. What will you take? Why? How will you spend the 3 months? How will you treat each other and make friends ?

Assignment 1.Surf the internet to find Anne’s Diary and read some of it. Print out a piece of the diary and write down your feelings after reading it on the page. We will share the pieces and your feelings with the whole class. 2.Ex1,2 on Page3

Anne Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who had to hide in order to escape from Nazis. Anne’s diary