1. Welcome to this Unit
Unit 1
Making friends

2. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情

3. A Poem Make Friends Make friends Make new friends But keep the old
The new is silver
The old is gold
A circle is round
It has no end 交友
结识新朋友
不忘老朋友
新知贵如银
旧友贵如金
圈子是圆的
循环无尽头

4. Three Questions ?
1. Why do we need friends?

5. 2. How many ways can we use to make friends?
Friends around our life: classmates &colleagues
Internet: QQ &MSN
cyber friend
Write letters
penfriend

6. Hi & Lo
Cartoon:
I have a letter from my penfriend. Do you have a penfriend, Lo?
Yes, I do. Hi Lo

7. Hi & Lo
Do you know the names of the boy and the robot?
What does Hi mean by ‘penfriend’?
Does Lo have the same idea with Hi? What does he mean?

8. What does he/she like to do? Have you seen each other by now?
Do you have a penfriend or an e-friend?
What’s his/her name?
How old is he/she?
Where does he/she live?
What does he/she like to do?
Have you seen each other by now?
Why do you like to be his/her penfriend/e-friend?

9. A letter from a penfriend
Reading
A letter from a penfriend
Before you read the letter below, take a look at it. How can you tell it is a letter and not a story or a poem? Tick the things that tell you.
a title(标题)
a signature (Simon) at the end
It has
a greeting (Dear … )
an address in the top right
a date under the address

10. Look and think
The letter is from a boy called (1) __________ to a girl called (2) __________. The boy lives in a country called (3) __________. He wrote this letter to the girl on (4) _______________ (date). He wants to be the girl’s (5) __________ and he wants her to (6) __________ to him soon.
Simon
Li Jie
the UK
12 October
penfriend
write

11. an address, a date. a greeting, closing敬语 a signature, A letter has
Middle Street
Walker
Newcastle
uponTyneNE6 4BY
England
12 October
A letter has
an address,
a date.
Dear May
Hi! I saw your name and address in ‘Pen-friends’
magazine, and I would like to be your pen-friend
………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………..
I enclose a photo of myself and some school
friends. I am in the middle. I hope you will write
to me soon, May, and tell me all about yourself.
Best wishes
Jack
a greeting,
closing敬语
a signature,

12. Format of a letter f 15 September
I am very glad to be your e-friend. Let me tell you …… I hope we can be good friends.
Jim
Class 7, Year 7 at No.21 Middle School, Guangzhou, China
Yours sincerely
Dear Mary d f b e c 12

13. A postal code(邮编) is a group of letters and numbers.
Which is a postal code?

14. Find the meanings accountant (A) a kind of food
(B) a kind of job
am keen on (A) like very much
(B) don’t like very much
rugby (A) a subject
(B) a sport
maths (A) a subject you learn at school (B) the best subject at school
engineer (A) a person who works with machines (B) a person who works with animals
address (A) what you like
(B) where you live
magazine (A) something you can read (B) something you can write or draw on
hobby (A) something you
like to do (B) someone you like
own (A) like
(B) have

15. A letter from a penfriend
Simon’s address
Date
Dear Li Jie
1. starting sentences
information about ____________
Simon himself
2. information about ___________________
his family and home
his school life and his dream job
3. information about ___________________
his photo
4. information about ___________
ending sentences
Best wishes
Simon

16. A3 Read … In the list below, tick the boxes of the things he writes.
 his full name
 his age
 his height
 his weight
 his hobby
 the name of his parents’ restaurant
 the name of his school
 his brother’s name
 his worst school subject
 his dream 
Li Peichun 
12 years old 
163 cm 
playing chess 
Walker School 
Edwin 
to be an engineer

17. A4 Read these statements about Simon’s letter and write T or F.1
Simon knows Li Jie’s address. 2
He has an English name and a Chinese name. 3
He is less than 165 cm. 4
He likes playing chess. 5
He can not write Chinese at all. 6
He wants to become an engineer.
Answer:
3. T.
1. T.
5. F. He can write it, but he can not write it well.
6. T.
4. T.
2. T.

18. Fill in and answer: 1. _____ does Simon’s brother work as?
_____________.
2. _____ does Simon want to be?
3. _____ do Simon’s parents own?
_____________________.
What
An accountant
What
An engineer
What
A Chinese restaurant

19. Fill in and answer: How many Two How He walks / On foot
4. ___________ sports does Simon play in winter?
________.
5. ______ does Simon travel to school?
__________________.
Two
How
He walks / On foot

20. Find out the English phrases.
1. 想成为/做…..
2. 来自…
3. 担任… 工作
4. 走路上学
5. 热衷于...
6. 喜欢做
7.最美好的祝愿
* would like to be/do
* be from …
* work as …(+职业)
* walk to school
* be keen on …
enjoy doing
Best wishes

21. Find out the English phrases and put them into Chinese.
1. 在学校; 在上学
2. 我本人的照片
3. 在…中间
4. 告诉某人有关…
5. 最良好的祝愿
at school
a photo of myself
in the middle of
tell sb. all about…
best wishes

22. 3) My hobby is playing chess.
Language points
1) would like to be / do…=want to be/do
I would like to be your penfriend.
a) 我想当一名工程师。
b) 你想跟我一起去购物吗？
I would like to be an engineer.
Would you like to go shopping with me?
2) be from
= come from
3) My hobby is playing chess.
= Playing chess is my hobby.

23. 4) work as… 5) walk to school Language points
担任……的工作
He works as an accountant in London.
a) 我妈妈在广州当教师。
Gary的爸爸在英国当警察吗?
他大学毕业后成为了一名教师。
My mother works as a teacher in Guangzhou.
Does Gary’s father work as a policeman in the UK?
worked as
He _____ ____ a teacher after he finished university.
5) walk to school
= go to school on foot

24. They are keen on jogging.
I’m keen on sports.
6) be keen on + sth.
+ doing…
(maths /English … )
(travelling /swimming…)
热衷于…
他们热衷于慢跑。
They are keen on jogging.

25. He enjoys swimming in winter.
Language points
I enjoy playing rugby.
enjoy + doing…
喜爱做…
a. 他喜欢冬天游泳。
b. 你喜欢玩电脑游戏吗?
He enjoys swimming in winter.
Do you enjoy playing computer games?

26. 完成以下短语翻译： 1.在右上角________________________
2.下象棋 ________________________
3. 担任……的工作____________________
4. 热衷于某事________________________
5. enjoy doing sth._____________________
6. in the middle _______________________
7. tell sb. about … _____________________
8. best wishes ________________________
in the top right
play chess
work as …
be keen on (doing) sth.
喜欢做某事
在中间
告诉某人关于……的事
最美好的祝愿

27. Homework 1. Finish Book B P.1 Vocabulary A & B.
2. Recite Simon’s letter.
3. Write a letter back to Simon.
3. Prepare B, B1 & B3.

28. Read and think
Simon is a healthy boy because he likes playing _________.
Simon usually eats good meals because his parents _________ _________ ___________.
Simon probably speaks English very well because he and his parents _________ _________ _________ _________.
Simon will go to university (大学) after he leaves school because he wants to _________ _________ _________.
Simon’s brother is not a student because he is _________ _________.
Simon’s brother doesn’t live with him because he works _________ _________.
sports
own a
restaurant
live in the UK
be an engineer an
architect
in London

29. Discuss in groups (A): What are they? What job do they do? actor
teacher
doctor
engineer
policeman
scientist
farmer

30. Discuss in groups (B): Topic: name … age height outlook hobbies family
What would you like to talk about with your penfriend in the letter? Write down the things you like to know about.
Topic: name …
age
height
outlook
hobbies
family
subject
favorite sports
dream