Period 5 Reading, listening and speaking Unit 1 Friendship Period 5 Reading, listening and speaking

I Reading 1. Pre-reading: Think about the following questions and give your ideas about them. What will you do if you have trouble with your classmates or friends? For example, if he/she does something wrong that made you angry or sad? Answer: If I have trouble with …, I will … What will you do if you disagree with your friends about something? Answer: If I disagree with …, I will … Do you think it is possible for you to get along with everyone? Answer: Yes/No, I think/don’t think so, because …

2. Read Lisa’s letter and answer the following two questions. Reading 2. Read Lisa’s letter and answer the following two questions. What did Lisa write to Miss Wang for? ( For advice.) Lisa wrote to Miss Wang to ask for advice. What is Lisa’s problem? (have trouble with, gossip) She has trouble with her classmates. Some of them gossiped about her friendship with a boy.

Listening 1. Listen to Miss Wang’s reply and answer: What’s Miss Wang’s advice? “My advice is ______________________,”

Listening 2. Listen again, and finish the exercises below: There’s nothing wrong with you and this boy ________ friends and________ together. ________ your friendship with this boy would be a _________ thing to do. Teenagers like to ________, and they often see something that isn’t real. My advice is to ______ your classmates. That way you will _______ them that you are more _________ than they are. studying being Ending stupid gossip ignore show grown-up

Listening text Listening Dear Lisa, There is nothing wrong with you and this boy being friends and studying together. Of course a boy and a girl can be good friends. Ending your friendship with this boy would be a stupid thing to do. You would lose a good friend and someone to study with.

Listening Teenagers like to gossip, and they often see something that isn’t real. Perhaps your classmates cannot understand your friendship with this boy. That’s no reason to stop it. My advice is to ignore your classmates. That way you will show them that you are more grown-up than they are. Yours, Wang Fei

Listening Ex.3 Answer the following questions orally in pairs. What does Miss Wang say about their friendship? She says that ___________________ _________________________________ ___________________________ there is nothing wrong in Lisa making friends with a boy. She also thinks that it is possible for a boy and a girl to be good friends.

_________________________________ Listening 2. Why does Miss Wang think it would be foolish if they end their friendship? She thinks that __________________ _________________________________ Lisa would lose a good friend who helps her with her studies.

ignore her gossiping classmates. Listening 3. How does she explain why Lisa’s classmates gossip about their friendship? She says that____________________ ____________________________________________________________ 4. What is Miss Wang’s advice? She asks Lisa to _________________ __________ teenagers like to gossip and that perhaps they can’t understand Lisa’s friendship with the boy. ignore her gossiping classmates.

II Speaking Group work What do you think of Miss Wang’s advice? Do you think Lisa ignoring her classmates is a good idea? If you agree, what are your reasons? If you disagree, what do you suggest?

III Speaking task 1. Listen to the tape, and find out: Who are disagreeing about the friendship?

Listening task 2. Listen to the story to find out what happened. What Anne’s father said What Anne thought about being friends with Peter She should be careful because they lived so close together. She thought her father would be happy for her to have a friend.

Listening task about talking to him every night He was unhappy. about following her father’s ideas He was unhappy. She wanted to continue. He thought Anne would agree to stop seeing Peter so often. She thought her father was wrong.

Discussing Do you think Anne should follow her father’s advice? No, I disagree. Why? Yes, I agree. Why?

IV Homework Finish your opinion to Miss Wang’s advice. Talk with your classmates about the friendship between Anne and Peter.