Unit1 Good Friends

Pre-reading

a knife a box of matches a mirror a radio a frying pan a gun a hammer a book a saw an umbrella a rope a compass How would you feel if you were alone without friends just like the man?

Reading Enjoy some wonderful pictures from the famous film Cast Away!

Fast reading

TrueFalse Decide True or False 1) Chuck is the only person on the island. 2) Water and food are all Chuck need on the island. 3) Chuck makes some friends there one of whom is Wilson, a volleyball. 4) Staying on the island helps Chuck realize his own shortcomings. T F F T

5)In Chuck’s opinion, people make friends to share happiness and sorrow. 6)Wilson is fond of Chuck because he is well treated by him. 7)Chuck thinks friends are teachers, for they can teach people everything. 8)Friends can be human beings, animals and even things. T F T F

Listen and answer: 1 ） What is Cast Away? 2 ） Where does the story take place ？ 3 ） How many people stay there ？ 4 ） How long does Chuck stay there ？ 5 ） What does Chuck do in order to survive ？ The name of a film. On a deserted island. No one. Five years. He learns how to collect water, hunt for food, and make fire. More importantly, he learns to live without friends.

1..play a man named Chuck Noland ---act as /play the part of a man with the name Chuck Noland 2.so busy that he has little time for his friends --- too busy to have any time to stay with his friends manager manage to do sth. 3.is on a flight--- is flying go on board the plane/ship/train ----get on the plane/the ship/train 4.crash n. vi. --fall/drop crash into the tree a car crash an aircraft crash

5.deserted island--- on an island without people/ where there are no people a deserted village/island/temple desert n. v. in the desert 6.hunt for---search for/look for 7.challenge ---something difficult that you have to do 8.in order to do ---so as to do/in order that sb can do 9.develop a friendship---- make a friendship better 10.realise/realize---- come to know, make sth true realize his own danger realize one’s hope

11.have been thinking about 现在完成进行时 表示动作从过去某时开始， 一直延续到现 在并有可能延续下去。它和 always, often 等连用时表示重复动作。 From yesterday, he has been reading the novel. --Hi, Tracy, you look tired. ---I am tired. I ______ the living room all day. A. painted B. had painted C. have been painting D. have painted 12.treat …as ---regard …as, look on …. As treatment(n.) C

13.share happiness and sorrow ---to have the same happiness and unhappiness share something with sb. share the cost with you share my troubles and joys take my share of the cost 14.to one’s great sorrow/surprise/joy… look at sb. in sorrow 15. survive ---escape being killed, go on living survival(n.) the last surviving member of the family survive on---feed on/ live on

16.care about ---take care of don’t care to do something( 否定 ) care for—like be fond of 17.should have cared more about his friends should have done ( 过去应该做而没做 ) shouldn’t have done( 过去不该做而做了 ) What a pity! He should _____ ________ (solve) the problem. Otherwise he can’t be busy now. We should _____ _______ (cast) away the useless things last week. have solved have cast

18.give as much as we take 19.such as--- for example/ like 20. so… that.../ such …that so + adj. /adv. so good/smart/loyal.. such + 名词 /. such boys/material/e-pals/such a boy such a adj.+ 单数可数名词 so busy a manager so adj. a + 单数可数名词 such a busy manager so many/much/little/few such adj. 名词复数 / 不可数名词 such funny stories such good weather

Before the crash A successful businessman Has little time for friends After the crash The most difficult challenge Learn and understand the friendship The clue What kind of person Chuck is?

Post reading

Chuck Noland, a successful businessman,lands on a_______ island. after a plane _____. Chuck has to learn basic survival skills on the island. __ ____ __ do with loneliness, he _______ a friendship with a volleyball _____ Wilson and _____ it as a real friend deserted crash In order to develops called treats

Five years’ life on the island teaches Chuck the importance of having friends and being a good friend. He knows friends should ______ happiness and _______.Friends should _____ and as much as they _____from each other. He also learned that he _____have cared more ____ his friends.So in some ways friends are _______. share sorrow give take should about teachers

Human friends and unusual friends are important in our life.Friend and friendship help us understand ___ we are, ___ we need each other and ___we can do for each other. who why what

Further talk

Discuss the following questions in groups. 1.If you were alone on an island, what would you do in order to survive? 2. Imagine that four people are in an airplane that is going to crash. One is a policeman, one is a doctor, one is a teacher, and one is a scientist. There are only one parachute. Decide who should get the parachute and explain why.

Homework: 1.Review the text carefully 2.Preview words and phrases (p1-p4) 3. Preview direct and indirect speech