1. College English Integrated Course 1 Li Meiduan Unit 2 Friendship

2. frequently sometimes seldom never I. Survey: Do you often write letters to your friends?

3. Reasons for writing or not not writing letters? Cheap Special The best way to express innermost feelings Inconvenient Time-consuming Busy Other means do instead

4. Unit 2, Text A All the Cabbie Had was a Letter (infml) a taxi driver

5. Please work in pair to skim the text and find out what questions the narrator asked and what responses the cabbie made.

6. The narrator “I” askedThe cabbie responsed (1) Is you cab available? Yes. (2) (Is the letter )from a child or a grandchild?letter No, Ed was my oldest friend. (3) He’s someone you’ve known quite a while? All my life. (4) Did you go to school together? All the way through high school. 1. Questions-and-answers

7. (5) Is he dead? He died a couple of weeks ago. (6) Did you two work at the same place? No, but we hung out together when single (7) The letter must have made you feel good, didn’t it? The driver said sth that the narrator couldn’t understand. (8) I thought your friend was Ed. Why did he sign it Tom? The letter was not from Ed to me, I am Tom. It’s a letter I wrote to him before I knew he’d died.

8. the letter Tom:the cabbie Ed:the cabbie’s old friend

9. A story with a surprising ending, eg. O’Henry--- The Last Leaf Maupassant’s---Necklace 2. Writing Skill

10. 1. Content questions: a. What was the cab driver doing when the author wanted to take the taxi? b. Did the cab driver have a cold?

11. 2. Language Points (1) be lost in/ lose oneself in: be absorbed in, be fully occupied with a. He was lost in playing computer games so he was unaware of my entering the room. b. She was lost in thought. →He playing…. lost himeself in → She lost herself in thought.

12. (2) availabe:able to be used, had or reached unavailable “We have used up all the available space. ” MBA:Master of Business Administration Married But Available

13. (3) or sth (like that): (infml) used when you are not very sure about what you have just said Here’s some money. Get yourself a sandwich or sth (like that). He said he was going to pick up his girfriend or sth (like that).

14. (4) go ahead: continue, begin (with + n) eg. The board of directors will vote today on whether to go ahead with the plan. b. You go ahead and we’ll cath up with you. c. May I ask you a question? ---Go ahead, please. a. Go ahead, we’re all listening. go in advance permission

15. （ 5 ） know/learn…by heart: memorize, remember You have to know all the music by heart if you want to be a concert pianist. The pupils are required to learn a classic poem by heart every day.

16. 1. be lost in/ lose oneself in: 2. availabe—unavailable ; be absorbed in able to be used, had or reached 3.or sth (like that): 4. go ahead: continue, begin (with + n); go in advance; permission 5. know/learn…by heart: memorize, recite…

17. 1. know key words and phrases of this section by heart. 2. Finish content questions (3-12) on p38.

18. Thank You an Awful Lot!

22. The narrator “I” asked  (1) Is you cab available?  (2) Is the letter from a child or a grandchild?  (3) He’s someone you’ve known quite a while?  (4) Did you go to school together?  (5) Is he dead?  Yes.  No, Ed was my oldest friend.  All my life.  All the way through high school.  He died a couple of weeks ago. The cabbie responsed

23. 1.Questions-and-answers  (1) Is you cab available? The narrator “I” askedThe cabbie responsed

24. A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one’s heart, chaff （谷壳） and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift ( 筛，过滤 ) them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. -- George Eliot (1819~1880), English novelist

25. A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803~1882), American poet and philosopher A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes. -- Doug Larson (1902~1981), English middle-distance runner What is friendship?

26. True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. -- Charles Caleb Colton (1780~1832), English author and clergyman Friendship is a ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul （天气恶劣的）. -- Ambrose Bierce (1842~1914), American author and journalist, from The Devil’s Dictionary What is friendship?

27. Friendship is a treasure that always helps us over come any kind of difficulty. Friendship is a comfort which always understands worries and emotions. Friendship is a blessing because it teaches the way to live. -- Unknown What is friendship?

28. Culture Notes Halloween is celebrated annually. It is on the night of 31 October, when people once believed that ghosts could be seen. Now, in Britain and America, it is a time when children have parties, dress up as witches, make lanterns out of pumpkins from which the inside has been removed, and play "trick or treat'. Trick or treat is a traditional activity at Halloween. Children dress in costumes and visit houses. At each house they say "Trick or treat'. This means that they will play a "trick', or joke, on the people in the house unless they are given a "treat', e.g. sweets or money. Most people prefer to give treats rather than having tricks played on them.

29. Pre-reading tasks ---What is a fair weather friend? (one who is happy to stay with you when things are going well but leaves as soon as trouble arrives) ---According to the song, what are friends for? (for both good times and bad times)

30. Warm-up Questions Do you often write letters to friends? frequently sometimes rarely never

31. Topic-related Prediction 1)Before you read the story, think about the answers to the following questions. What does a cabbie do? What is a letter used for? Who wrote the letter to the cabbie? Why was all the cabbie had only a letter? 2)Read the last sentence of Text A and try to guess what the story is about. Read Text A as quickly as possible, and find out if you are right. Can you summarize the story with three sentences? key words: lost in thought, read a letter, an old friend, lifelong friendship, regret, author decided

32. 1. be lost in/lose oneself in: be absorbed in, be fully occupied with e.g: He was lost in playing computer games so he was unaware of my entering the room. I had lost myself in thought. Language Points:

34. 2. available: able to be used, had, or reached e.g. Since 1990, the mount of money available to buy books has fallen by 17%. We have already used up all the available space. Language Points:

35. 3. go ahead: continue, begin (sometimes followed by with + n) e.g. The board of directors will vote today on whether to go ahead with the plan. Henry will be late but we will go ahead with the meeting anyway. Language Points:

36. 4. know/learn by heart: memorize, remember exactly e.g. You have to know all the music by heart if you want to be a concert pianist. The pupils are required to learn a classic poem by heart every day. Language Points:

37. 5. estimate: form a judgement about (a quantity or value) e.g. I estimate that the total cost for the treatment of the disease will gofrom$5,000 to $8,000. Bill's personal riches were estimated at $368 million. Language Points:

38. 6. might/may(just) as well: not have a strong desire to do and may even slightly reluctant about something e.g. Anyway, you're here; you might as well stay. The post office is really busy --we'll have to queue for ages to get served. We might as well go home. Language Points:

39. 7. not much of a: not a good e.g. Some people may think that doing housework for others is not much of a career. He is not much of a father, but he is an outstanding professor. Language Points:

40. 8. correspondence: a)the act of writing, receiving or sending letters( 不可加 s, often followed by with + n) e.g. His interest in writing came from a long correspondence with a close friend. b)the letters that sb. receives or sends e.g. Mary really never mentions her step-mother in her correspondence. Language Points:

41. 9. practically: almost, but not completely or exactly e.g.: He'd known the old man for practically ten years. I know people who find it practically impossible to give up smoking. Language Points:

42. 10. kind of/sort of:("kind of”is esp.AmE, "sort of' esp.BrE) a little bit, in some way or degree(used before v. or after a link verb) e.g.: She wasn't beautiful. But she was kind of cute. The boy's description kind of gives us an idea of what's happening. Language Points:

43. 11. on one's mind: in one's thoughts; of concern to one(If something is on your mind, you are worried or concerned about it and think about it a lot.) Language Points: 12. urge: try very hard to persuade(often used in the pattern urge sb. to do sth. or followed by a that-clause. In the that-clause, "should' or the base form of a verb is used.) e.g.: They urged the local government to approve plans for their reform programme. Sir Fred urged that Britain(should) join the European Monetary System.

44. 13. postpone: delay(usu. followed by n./gerund) e.g.: The couple had postponed having children to establish their careers. The Russian experts postponed dumping Mir( 和平号 Russia's space station) in the Pacific Ocean until March 23,2001. Language Points:

45. 14. absolutely: totally and completely e.g. Funding is absolutely necessary if research is to continue. There is absolutely no difference between the two oil- paintings. Language Points:

46. 15. hang out: a)(infml: used mainly in AmE) stay in or near a place, for no particular reason, not doing very much e.g.: I often hung out in coffee bars while I was unemployed. b)hang clothes on a piece of string outside in order to dry them e.g.: What a pain!--It's raining and I've just hung the washing out. Language Points:

47. 16. choke up: become too upset to speak e.g.: When he learned the news of his friend's sudden death, he was so choked up he couldn't say a thing. Losing my job left me completely choked up; I was so upset that I didn't know what to do. Language Points:

48. 17. skip: pass from(one point, etc.) to another, disregarding or failing to act on what comes between e.g.: The teacher skipped chapter five and said it wouldn't be on the test. "As time is limited, we will have to skip some of the exercises in Unit 10,' said the teacher. Language Points: