漳州三中 高一英语 林惠

Period 2 Reading

Anne's Best Friend

NAZI HITLER Watch a piece of video and try to describe the pictures in the text.

Lead-in Look at the pictures and the heading and guess what the text might be about.

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 Families were separated and transported in trains. For many days, they went without food, water, sanitation or fresh air. To avoid this terrible fate, some Jewish families went into hiding, often with the help of non-Jewish friends.This diary was written during the time when Anne and her family moved to escape from being killed by Nazis.

Scanning Fill in the form below. The time of the story The place of the story The heroine of the story Anne’s best friend The length of time they hid away The date of the diary World War II Netherlands Anne her diary--Kitty over two years Thursday 15,June,1944

Reading method when where who what why how

Skimming Skim the passage fast to get the main idea with your partners. It showed the common ideal and wish of the whole world people, hating wars and terrors while longing for peace and freedom.

Anne’s best friend What What kind When Where Her diary What happened Told everything to World War II Amsterdam, Netherlands Hid away not to be caught

Time Nature Feeling Before hiding After hiding Blue sky, songs of birds, moonlight, flowers Never felt spellbound Darkness, rain, wind, thundering clouds Grew crazy, held in their power

Detail Reading 1. What is a true friend like in Anne’s opinion? In Anne’s opinion, a true friend is a person whom you can trust. That’s to say, you can tell everything to this person.

2. What is an ordinary diary like according to Anne 2. 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.

3. Why was she so crazy about things to do with 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.

4. Why did she stay awake on purpose until very late one evening? Because she wanted to have a good look at the bright moon.

5. Why didn’t she dare open the window when the moon was too bright? Because she was afraid that she might be discovered by the German Nazis.

Guessing in groups Read the dairy again and pay special attention to the boldfaced words. Then discuss in groups the inside meanings of them. Then think of some other words or expressions to describe Anne’s feelings and thoughts.

What do the boldfaced parts imply? Words/phrases What is implied outdoors nature crazy free the blue sky, the singing birds, flowers, the bright moon anxious, eager, thirsty

didn’t dare thundering entirely power scared, frightened, thrilled helpless, depressed, lonely

Debate: 1.What would you miss most if you went into hiding like Anne? Explain why? my relatives and friends, my school, the department store….

2 .How would you describe Anne’s feelings when she was looking out into the night sky? Anne’s feelings were very sad and lonely for she realized what she was missing by going into hiding.

Learning about language P4. 2. Complete the following passage with some important words or phrases.

Anne’s sister, Margot was very _____ that the family had to move Anne’s sister, Margot was very _____ that the family had to move. However, she knew that she had got to ___________ all the difficulties with her family. She found it difficult to settle and ______ ______ in the hiding place, because she was _________ _____whether they would be discovered. She suffered from loneliness, but she had to learn to like it there. What she really missed was going________ and walking the dog for her neighbour. It was such fun to watch it run ______ in the park. She wished she could tell her neighbour_____ ____ _____ that she was sorry not to be able to do it any longer, but she knew that was too dangerous. upset go through calm down concerned about outdoors loose face to face

Learning about language P4. 3. Complete the following sentences using words and expressions from the text.

6.Although Tim and Mike come from _______different backgrounds, 1.When the man saw the car accident on the highway, he stopped __________ offer help. 2.” How can Linda recover from her illness in this room when it’s so dirty and _____? It will only make her worse,” said the doctor. 3. After Peter died, George _________ the story of their friendship in a book. 4. When the street light go on _______, they make a beautiful picture , so different from the daytime. 5.Good friends do not _______what they do for each other; instead they offer help when it is needed. 6.Although Tim and Mike come from _______different backgrounds, they became close friends. 7.Please draw the ________; the sunlight is too bright. 8.“Sorry , I didn’t break the plate ___________.” “It’s OK. Don’t worry about it.” in order to dusty set down at dusk ignore entirely curtains on purpose

P. 41 1. You will know the result when you add up all the numbers. 2. We tried to calm him down but he kept shouting excitedly. 3. After a long stay in hospital,Mary recovered. 4. Since Li Ming settled here, he has got along well with his neighbours. 5. If you don’t want to stay with me, you can pack up and go. 6. During the war, I suffered a lot. I wrote my diary to set down my experiences so I would remember them when I was old.