Module 10 My future life Unit 2 I wish you success for the future

friends kind happy funny nice able humorous clever interesting helpful polite bright strong honest What should a good friend be like? I think that a good friend should …

A friend in need is a friend indeed. The importance of Share Go on to Continue All the time Treasure Stay in touch

Thank our teachers pay back kind ---Kindness patient---patience gift of knowledge be strict with make sb do sth fair ---unfair role models

Thank my parents Thank … for… Make a home Prepare… for.. Both …and… Help….with… Owe…to… Suggest--suggestion

Pre-reading Think about a speech at a school leavers’ party, and answer the questions in pairs. There may be more than one answer. Who is likely to be thanked?

1.Think about a speech at a school leavers’ party, and answer the questions. 1.Who is likely to be thanked? a) Family. b) Schoolmates. c) Teachers. d) Strangers. 2. What is the speaker likely to say? a) Thank you. b) Good luck! c) I’m sorry. d) Cheers! 3. Which personal qualities are likely to be mentioned? a) Good behaviour. b) bad temper. c) Patience. d) Good fun.

What can the speech be about? What will the speaker say in the speech?

Find the sentences which show: 1. the three things they have learnt 2. the three groups of people they have learnt from “ The three things are friendship, love and knowledge. “ “The first group is my friend…” “The second group is our parents and grandparents. “ “…the third group is our teachers. Listening and Reading

3. What they have learnt from each group of people Friends: “the importance of friendship.” Parents and grandparents: “we thank you for the love you have shown us during our years at junior high school. For making a home where we feel both safe and relaxed, and where we can prepare ourselves for our schooldays.” Teachers: “we can never pay you back for your kindness, your patience, and gift of knowledge which you have offered us.”

Read and answer the questions about the style of the speech. 1.What’s the purpose of the speech? a) To thank people. b) To say sorry. c) To look forward to the future. d) To describe personal achievements

2. Which words can you use to describe the tone? careful excited humorous moving polite proud thankful silly troubled warm worried 仔细的 激动的幽默的感人的 有礼貌的骄傲的 感激的傻的 麻烦的温暖的担心的 √√ √ √√√ √√

3. Which words and phrases do you often find in speeches? a) I wish you success for the future. b) We’ll always stay in touch. c) Sometimes you’ve been strict with us. d) We promise that we’ll never forget …

Read again and pay attention to the words marked in the questions. Try to answer the questions. 1.“…so please forgive me if it shows!” What does it refer to? 2. “A life without old friends is like a day without sunshine.” So in other words, what are old friends like? Her nervousness (she is nervous). Sunshine.

3. “How many of us owe our good grades to the suggestions you have made…” So do we know how many? 4. “We can never pay you back for your kindness, your patience…” So what should we do instead? 5. “I couldn’t say it better myself.” What does it mean? No, we don’t. Say thank you. That they will meet strangers who will become friends in their new schools.

Language points 1. it’s time to do sth 该做 … 做 … 的时间到了 It’s time to start our work now. it’s time for sb to do sth 该是 … 做 … 的时候了 It’s time for me to stop to prepare the meal for our family. 2. at the end of … 在 … 的末尾 / 结束的时候 At the end of this year we will have a party to celebrate the coming year. 相关短语 : in the end 最后 end …with 以 … 结束

例 : In the end, he won the prize and became famous all over the world. Please end the article with a simple sentence. 3. Others will go on to senior high school… go on doing He went on washing the dishes in the kitchen. He went on to wash the dishes after answering the phone. He went on with his homework. 继续 … go on to do go on with sth. 继续手头做的事情 继续做原来间断的事情 继续手头做的事情

4. stay in touch 保持联系 =keep in touch with sb get in touch with sb 与 … 取得联系 we have kept in touch with him for years, but last month he moved without informing us. we got in touch with each other three years ago. 5. thank sb for sth/doing sth. 为 … 感谢 … They thanked their parents for bringing them up. 6. prepare for sth. 为 … 做准备 I have to prepare for the text coming new week. prepare sth 准备 Mother prepares meals for us, while we children help to wash dishes.

7. pay sb back 偿还 … He has paid me back all that he had borrowed from me. pay money for sth. 为 … 付 … 钱 He paid 2 dollars for the meal. pay sb money for sth/doing sth 为.. 付某人 … 钱 They paid me a lot of money for repairing their car. 8. be strict with sb 对 … 严格 / 严厉 My mother has always been strict with me. 9. from the bottom of my heart 从心底

Writing Write a letter to your teacher your father or mother your friend.

homework Finish the exercise in Unit 3. Write a passage for your speech at the school leavers’ party. Revise the key phrases and words in this unit.