1、Learning aims:,To understand the two passages well and deepen the insight into problems between friends; To learn and use the reading strategy: reading to understand feelings; To learn how to mend a broken friendship and how to make the friendship last long .,Lead-in,What may lead to a broken friend

2、ship? having little in common lacking trust there being conflict of interest being jealous of each other being indifferent to each other being hostile to each other ,Lets read the two letters below written to a magazine advice columnist.,Secrets and lies A friendship in trouble,Fast-reading,Secrets

3、and lies Secret:_ Lie: _ A friendship in trouble Trouble: _ Cause: _,Secrets and lies,Secret: Sarah got a D in a surprise math quiz. Lie: Hannah didnt admit having let out the secret.,A friendship in trouble,Trouble: Andrews friend Matthew has stopped talking to him. Cause: They quarreled after they

4、 lost the football game .,Careful reading,Read the first letter carefully and answer the following questions. 1. What did Sarah think about the surprise math test? 2. What did Sarah tell Hannah in the girls toilets? 3. Why did Sarah tell Hannah that they werent going to be friends any more?,Secrets

5、and lies,Careful reading,1.What did Sarah think about the surprise math test? She thought it was quite easy. 2.What did Sarah tell Hannah in the girls toilets? She told Hannah how badly she had done in the math test.,Careful reading,3.Why did Sarah tell Hannah that they werent going to be friends an

6、y more? Because she thought that Hannah has told everyone how badly she had done in the math test.,Careful reading She felt The reasons,She thought her best friend Hannah didnt keep her secret.,She scored the lowest mark in her class.,She found a piece of paper on her desk that said “stupid Sarah go

7、t a D”.,She thought Sarah didnt keep her word.,betrayed,ashamed,upset,angry,Reading Strategy: reading to understand feelings,The text we read is a letter to a magazine advice columnist. These letters often describe a problem the writer has strong feelings about, like an important event or an unforge

8、ttable experience. Usually the writer writes what he/she honestly thinks and feels.,Find out the sentences expressing the writers feelings, the more, the better.,1. I feel betrayed by my friend Hannah. 2. I felt so ashamed. 3. I was so upset that I felt like crying. 4. I was so angry that I went str

9、aight to 5. Everyone must have been laughing behind my back! 6. I dont think I can truly forgive her.,Careful reading,A friendship in trouble Read the second letter carefully and answer the following questions. 1.Why did Matthew get annoyed at Andrew after the match? 2.What did Matthew think about l

10、osing the match? 3.What kind of boy is Matthew?,Careful reading,1.Why did Matthew get annoyed at Andrew after the match? Because Andrew was very angry with him and said he was not trying hard enough. 2.What did Matthew think about losing the match? He thought it wasnt his fault. 3.What kind of boy i

11、s Mathew? He is usually cheerful and outgoing.,Careful reading,Choose the best answer according to the second letter. 1. According to Andrew, they lost the football game because _ A. the other team was brilliant B. Matthew was not as athletic as him C. Matthew was absent-minded and careless D. even

12、Beckham couldnt always give a great performance,Careful reading,2. The main idea of the passage:_ A. Andrew and his best friend Matthew had an important match against another school, but they failed because Matthew was absentminded in the game. B. Andrew quarreled with his best friend Matthew becaus

13、e of Matthews bad behavior in the game. They both felt very sad for their quarrel. Andrew didnt know what to do. C. Andrew and Matthew took part in a game, but they failed. Andrew blamed his friend, which made his friend Matthew very sad. D. Andrew and Matthew quarreled with each other and wanted to

14、 make sure who should be blamed for the failure of the game.,Careful reading,He got angry.,He felt really guilty.,He felt awkward.,Consolidation,1.Group work: Problem solving Suppose you are the advice columnist, what advice will you give Sarah and what to Andrew? Choose one of the topics and try to

15、 think of as much advice as possible.,Consolidation,2.Finish Exercise E on Page 5 and get to know what advice it is that the advice columnist actually gives to Sarah and Matthew.,Keys to Exercise E,(1) betrayed (2) pretended (3) horrible (4) awkward (5) apologize (6) guilty (7) cruel (8) admit (9) forgive (10) swear,The recipe of