1. Anne's Best Friend

2. Revision Match the words or expressions with their meaning. upset
ignore
calm … down
have got to
be concerned about
walk the dog
loose
to become quiet after nervous activity
to be worried about
unhappy and worried
to take no notice of
have to do
free, not tied up
to take a dog for a walk

3. NAZI HITLER
Watch a piece of video and try to describe the pictures in the text.

4. Background
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.

5. Families were separated and transported in trains
Families were separated and transported in trains. 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.

6. World War II
Jews being rounded up by Nazi soldiers and forced to leave home.
In Nazi Germany, Jews were required to wear a yellow star of David on their clothing.

7. Polish Jews on their way to a Nazi death camp.
Jews in a concentration camp（集中营）

8. Victims
of the gas
chambers
（毒气室）
A mass grave
The remains of Jews
（幸存者）
The Holocaust （大屠杀）

9. Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was
a German-Jewish teenager who was
forced to go into hiding during the
Holocaust (大屠杀).

10. Anne’s father
Anne Frank
Anne’s mother

11. Lead-in
Look at the pictures and the heading and guess what the text might be about.
They stayed on the top floor, with curtains drawn so as not to attract unwanted attention.

12. Skimming Skim the passage 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
her diary--Kitty
over two years
Thursday 15,June,1944

13. Reading method
when
where
who
what
why
how

14. Scanning
Scanning the passage fast to get the main idea with your partners.
It showed the common ideal and wish of the whole world people, hating wars and terrors while longing for peace and freedom.

15. Anne's best friend What What kind When Where Her diary What happened
Told everything to
World War II
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Hid away not to be caught

16. Read and fill in the blanks.
Time
Nature
Feeling
Before hiding
After hiding
blue sky, songs of birds, moonlight, flowers
never felt spellbound
darkness, rain, wind, thundering clouds
grew crazy, held in their power

17. Detail-reading
I. Answer the following questions according to the passage.
1. What is a true friend like in Anne’s
opinion?
In Anne’s opinion, a true friend is a person whom you can trust. That’s to say, you can tell everything to this person.

18. 2. What is an ordinary diary like according to Anne
2. What is an ordinary diary like according to Anne? What about her diary?
According to Anne, an ordinary diary is where most people like to set down a series of facts. But Anne wrote down her deepest feelings and thoughts in her diary. She told everything to her best friend --- her diary.

19. 3. Why was she so crazy about things to do with nature?
Because she had been indoors too long, she was so eager to see the outdoor world --- the blue sky, the singing birds, the beautiful flowers, and the bright moon.

20. 4. Why did she stay awake on purpose until very late one evening?
Because she wanted to have a good look at the bright moon.

21. 5. Why didn’t she dare to open the window when the moon was too bright?
Because she was afraid that she might be discovered by the German Nazis.

22. II. Information about Anne’s family
Nationality
________
Address
Amsterdam in the _________
Situation
They had to ___________ for nearly twenty-five months.
Period
During ___________
Reason
If they didn’t, they would be caught by the ____________.
Result
Finally all her family were discovered.
Jewish
Netherlands
hide away
World War II
German Nazis

23. III. Information about Anne’s diary
Name
______
Written period
During the ________
Characteristics
Not just a series of facts
Kitty
25 months

24. Content
The changes of Anne’s life
Before hiding
A deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept her __________.
After hiding
She stayed awake to enjoy the dark, rainy evening, the wind, etc.
She was ______ about everything to do with nature.
spellbound
crazy

25. Relationship with Anne
Anne’s _________
best friend

26. Guessing in groups
Read the dairy again and pay special attention to the boldfaced words. Then discuss in groups the inside meanings of them. Then think of some other words or expressions to describe Anne’s feelings and thoughts.

27. What do the parts on the right imply?
Words/phrases
What is implied
not inside a building
feeling disturbed
to be worried about
free, not tied up
to experience something
outdoors
upset
be concerned about
loose
go through

28. to take no notice of
staying close to and looking at somebody
to become quiet after nervous activity
piece of material hung to cover a window
number of things that happen one after another
ignore
face to face
calm down
curtain
series

29. Debate: 1. What would you miss most if you went into hiding like Anne?
Explain why?
my relatives and friends, my school, the department store….

30. 2. How would you describe Anne’s feelings when she was looking out into the night sky?
Anne’s feelings were very sad and lonely for she realized what she was missing by going into hiding.

31. Summary
1. According to the information in the table below try to use the first person to retell the story:
Anne’s best friend
What
her diary
What kind
told everything to
When
World War II
Where
Amsterdam, Netherlands
hid away so as not to be caught

32. Retelling I felt very ______ without seeing my lonely
old friends. So I had to make a new
friend _____________, whom I could
tell _________ to. Sadly, at last my
family was discovered and caught by
_______________ sometime later.
lonely
my diary Kitty
everything
the German Nazis

33. Summary Anne’s feeling Time Nature Feeling Before hiding
blue sky, songs of birds, moonlight, flowers
never felt spellbound
After hiding
darkness, rain, wind, thundering clouds
felt crazy, held in their power

34. Retelling
I lived in ___________ in the ___________ during _____________.
My family were ______, so we had to
_________ for a year and a half in order
_______________ by the German Nazis.
During that time I wasn’t able to go
________ for so long that I had
______________ about everything to
________ nature.
Amsterdam
Netherlands
World War II
Jewish
hide away
not to be caught
outdoors
grown so crazy
do with

35. Once, I decided to look at the moon ___________ by myself
Once, I decided to look at the moon ___________ by myself. But I didn’t _______ open the window to see the night __________ because I was afraid of being discovered by the Nazis.
at midnight
dare to
face to face

36. Homework
1. Read the text again and review the meaning and usage of the key words and phrases:
do sth. on purpose, in order to, face to face, hide away, set down, a series of, go through, dare, hold…in one’s power, no longer

37. 2. Retell the story yourself in the first person.