1. Reading
Anne’s
Best Friend

2. * Does a friend always have to be a person?
Pre-reading
* Does a friend always have to
be a person?
* What else can be your friend?

3. Anne
(heroine)
Born on June 12, 1929, Anne was a German-Jewish teenager who had to hide in order to escape from Nazis.
Who is Anne’s best friend?
doll
pet
diary

4. Anne Frank, a young girl who hid from the Nazis for two years, has touched many people who have read her famous diary.
In the 50 years since its publication, the diary has been read by tens of millions of people worldwide. The Diary of Anne Frank has become the world’s best-known memoir (记事录、回忆录) of the Holocaust (大屠杀).

5. Why do most people keep a diary?
They just set down a series of facts in the diary.
There’s a television series on this channel.
a series of good stamps / questions
单复同形
a series of + n(pl)
Why did Anne keep her diary?
She wanted this diary itself to be her friend whom she could tell everything to, like her deepest feelings and thoughts.
go through
Anne went through many dangers during the war.
经历，经受

6. Did Anne have any other friend?
When did the story happen?
during World War II
the German Nazis
Jews being rounded up by Nazi soldiers and forced to leave home.

7. The Second World War and the Nazi crime
犹太人排队进入后面的毒气室
纳粹逼迫犹太人离开他们的家园
被关在集中营中的犹太人
纳粹正在建设集中营
被毒死的犹太人的衣服和鞋子

8. Background of the text
This is a true story. It took place in Amsterdam, Holland in the early 1940s after the German Nazis had occupied most of Europe. The Nazi Party ruled Germany from 1933 to One of their key policies was to kill all the Jews in Europe. If any persons known to be Jews were found, they would be sent to concentration camps farther east, mostly in Poland. Families
were separated and transported in trains.

9. For many days, they went without food, water, sanitation or fresh air
For many days, they went without food, water, sanitation or fresh air. To avoid this terrible fate, some Jewish families went into hiding, often with the help of non-Jewish friends.This diary was written during the time when Anne and her family moved to escape from being
killed by Nazis.

10. Read the passage and join the correct parts of the sentences.
Anne kept a diary because
She felt very lonely because
They have to hide because
Anne named her diary Kitty because
she couldn’t meet her friends.
Jews were caught by Nazis and put away.
she could tell everything to it.
she wanted it to be her best friend.

11. Read fast and fill in the form below.
The time of the story
The place of the story
The heroine of the story
Anne’s best friend
The length of time they hid away
The date of the diary
World War II
Netherlands
Anne
Diary (Kitty)
Nearly 25 months
Thursday 15th June, 1944

12. How will you feel if you have to stay in this attic (阁楼) all day long for 25 months?
What about Anne? What is her feeling？
unhappy, lonely, afraid, terrified, unsafe, upset…
“crazy about everything to do with nature…”

13. Description of nature and Anne’s feeling
Time
Nature
Feeling
Before
hiding
After
blue sky, songs of birds, moonlight, flowers
never felt spellbound
held her entirely in their power
darkness, rain, wind, thundering clouds

14. What feelings do the following words imply?
Words/phrases
What is implied
nature
outdoors
crazy
didn’t dare
thundering
entirely
power
free, relaxed, peaceful
free
anxious, eager, thirsty
scared, frightened
helpless, lonely,
depressed,

15. What is the main idea of Anne’s diary?
Her life in the small attic.
Her wish to make a good friend.
Her wish to go outside and enjoy nature.
Her wish to experience more.
Any Questions?

16. Being Jewish Anne’s family ___ away to avoid being caught by the German _____.During that time Anne ___ ___ her diaries. In her Thu. 15, June, 1944 diary, told us about her wondering. She ________ if it was because she hadn’t been able to be _______ for so long that she’d grown so ____ about _________ to do with nature. For example, she once _____ ______ purposefully so that she could ____ a good look at the moon. But she didn’t ____ open the window when the moon came out. Another ____, she remained upstairs one evening until the window was ____. She was ____ by the dark, rainy evening, the wind and the __________ clouds.
hid
Nazis
set down
wondered
outdoors
crazy
everything
stayed awake
have
dare
time
shut
held
thundering

17. Activity Four in a group to discuss the situation:
Suppose you four have to hide yourselves for 3 months. During the three months, you will be offered the basic food, water and clothes. Your group can take 5 things with you.
What will you take? Why?
How will you spend the 3 months?
How will you treat each other?