Unit 3 Tell me about your friends

 Lead-in Lead-in  Watching and Discussing  Brainstorming  Oral Assignment Oral Assignment Contents

Lead-in Work in groups, discuss the following questions and then share your answers with the whole class.

Lead-in Questions for groups 1 and 2: 1. Who is your best friend? What makes this friend so special? 2. What does friend mean to you? What do you think of “A friend in need is a friend indeed”?

Questions for groups 3 and 4: 3. Have you ever quarreled with a friend? Why? 4. Your friend is having trouble in his schoolwork and asks to copy yours. What should you do? Lead-in

Questions for groups 5 and 6: 5. Do you have any long distance friendships? How do you manage to maintain them? 6. Should students make friends on line? Why? Lead-in

Keys >> T means trust R means respect A means affection V means virtue E means enjoyment L means laughter Brainstorming A. How do you understand friendship? Some define it as TRAVEL, each letter standing for a word that is closely related to friendship. Can you figure out what the six letters refer to respectively?

Brainstorming B. What are your criteria for making friends? Please work in groups and arrange them according to their importance. You may add more items that you think important. looks age personality ability habit intelligence… background social status achievements interests and hobbies self-reliance kind heart…

Brainstorming actual behavior the way he/she speaks being on the same wavelength the same ideas and beliefs mutual support and understanding shared experiences and emotions accept one another as equals learn from each other make allowances for… confident forward friendly honest open-minded sympathetic considerate generous tolerable…

Describing Figure  fat/overweight  thin/bony  plump  slender  slim Stature  tall  short  strapping  small  of medium height A. Work in groups and take turns to describe one of your classmates to your partners. One member sketches according to your description and the others guess who this classmate is. Hair color  dark red  black  auburn  brown  blond  grey

Describing Hair style  long  short  straight  curly  ponytail  baldheaded  brush cut Shape of face  oval  narrow  chubby  square  bony Complexion  fair  pale  tan  dark  yellow  white A. Work in groups and take turns to describe one of your classmates to your partners. One member sketches according to your description and the others guess who this classmate is.

Watching and Discussing Now watch a clip of the American TV series FRIENDS. After that work in groups of 4 and have a discussion. Then finish the following tasks. Main characters: Phoebe, Monica and Amanda

Watching and Discussing 1. What does Monica plan to do to cut out Amanda? 2. What secret does Amanda tell unconsciously? 3. How does Phoebe manage to make up with Monica? Task 1. Answer the following questions after you watch the video clip. Video Clip

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