1、unit 2,friendship,teaching objectives,grasp the main idea (never delay expressing your true feelings to a friend) and the structure of the text (developing a story around a letter); appreciate that spoken english is much more informal than written english; master the key language points,warm-up,stra

2、tegy 1step 2 what proverbs about friends do you know in english?,proverb 1,friends must part. friendless is the dead. friends agree best at distance. a friend in need is a friend indeed. the only way to have a friend is to be one. friends may meet, but mountains never greet.,proverbs 2,friendship is

3、 a plant which must be often watered. friendship is to be strengthened by truth and devotion. friendship is, at any rate, a relation of perfect equality. friendship is love with understanding (love without wings).,proverb 3,friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. friend

4、s are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight. friends that desert us in the hour of need are friends in name, not in reality. friendship multiple joys, and divide grief. friendship? two bodies and one soul. friendship cannot stand always on one side. friendship is like wine, the old

5、er the better.,warm-up 3,what expressions about friends do you know in chinese?,expressions about friends,when people meet and become friends, they hold a ceremony and promise each other that they will cherish their friendship and be loyal to each other until the day of their death, and during their

6、 lifetime, they will share almost everything they have. 生死之交,expressions about friends 2,two persons, one being much older than the other, have become such good friends that they forget their difference in age 忘年之交 bosom friend 知音 two students in the same class who have become friends 同窗,warm-up,str

7、ategy 2 do you often write letters to friends frequently, sometimes, rarely, never?,a lead-in question to the text,sometimes we put off writing letters because we think letters can wait until other matters are dealt with, or because we think a phone call will do instead. however, sometimes, as you a

8、re to find in this text, we may leave it too late to write, and letters are the best in expressing our innermost feelings.,while-reading 1,ask the ss to read the text, and put it into a dialogue, and work in pairs first, then have role play. here are the tips:,while-reading (questions),1 is your cab

9、 available? 2 is the letter from a child or grandchild? 3 hes someone youve known quite a while? 4 did you go to school together? 5 is he dead? 6 did you two work at the same place? 7 the letter must have made you feel good, didnt it? 8 i thought your friend was ed. why did he sign it tom?,while-rea

10、ding (answers),1 yes. 2 no. ed was my older friend. 3 all my life. 4 all the way through high school. 5 he died a couple of weeks ago. 6 no, but we hung out together when single, later we grew more distant.,while-reading (answers),7 the driver said something that the narrator couldnt understand. 8 t

11、he letter was not from ed to me, i am tom. its a letter i wrote to him before i knew hed died. so i never mailed it.,text organisation,parts paras main ideas part 1 (1-20): from a conversation with the cab driver the author learned how much he regretted failing to keep up correspondence. part 2 (21-

12、35): reading the letter by himself, the author learned more about the lifelong friendship between the driver and old ed. part 3 (para36): the drivers experience urged the author to reach for his pen.,language study,24 language points,language points 1-2,1 be lost in/ lose oneself in): be absorbed in

13、, be fully occupied with he was lost in playing computer games so he was unaware of my entering the room. she was lost in her novel. i had lost in my thought. 2 available: able to use, had, or reached there are tickets available for jay chows concert. you can use the directions available in the book

14、.,language point 3,3 or something: or something like that, used when you are not sure about you have just said. the air fare was 199 or something. heres some money. get yourself a sandwich or something.,language point 4,4 go ahead: continue, begin (sometimes followed by with +n) they will vote today

15、 on whether to go ahead with the plan. henry will be late but we will go ahead with the meeting anyway.,language points 5-6,5 know/learn a classic poem by heart: memorise, remember exactly 6 might as well: you have the strong desire to do it though you may feel reluctant about it so many people queu

16、e here to get serve. we might as well go home first. anyway, youre here; you might as well stay.,language points 7+8,7 not much of a: not a good he is not much of a father, but he is an outstanding professor. in their eyes, being a pop singer is not much of a career. 8 correspondence: the act of wri

17、ting, receiving or sending letter his interest in writing came for correspondence with a penfriend.,language point 8,letters that sb receives or sends (used as an uncountable noun) any further correspondence should be sent to my new address. she never mentioned her french experience in her correspon

18、dence.,language point 9,9 neighbouthood: one of the parts of a town where people live it seems like an ideal neighbourhood to raise the kid. houses in a good neighbourhood are likely to be sold at a high price.,language points 10-11,10 lost touch with sb, keep in touch with sb 11urge sb to do sth: t

19、ry very hard to persuade sb to do sth they urged the local authority to take actions immediately. sir fred urge that britain join the european monetary system.,language points 12+13,12postpone: delay doing sth the couple postpone having kid to establish their careers. somehow they postponed telling

20、me the sad news. 13 reference: the act of talking about sb/sth, or mentioning sb/sth strangely he made no reference to any work experience in his resume.,language points 13+14,sth that shows you where else to look for information make a note of reference number shown on the form the act of looking a

21、t sth for information see page 23 for further reference.,language points 14-16,14 absolutely: totally and completely funding is absolutely necessary when shenzhou 6 is to travel into the space. 15 a family reunion/ an annual reunion 16 years /each day go(es) by: (time) pass,language point 17,17 hang

22、 out: stay in or near a place he often hung out in the pub when unemployed. we can just hang out and have a good time. hang clothes on a piece of string outside in order to dry them what a pain! its raining and i have just hung my bed mattress out.,language points 18,18 every now and then: sometimes

23、, at times every now and then i have a desire to quit my tedious job. i still see jane for lunch every now and then, but not as often as i used to.,language point 19,19 mostly: almost all, generally they have invested their money mostly in expensive real estate. the guests at the wedding party are m

24、ostly friends of the bride.,language points 20+21,20 awful: (infml; used to add force)very great; very bad and unpleasant i have got an awful lot of work to do. i cant bear the awful smell of cigarette smoke. 21 choke up: become too upset to speak when he learned the news of his friends sudden death

25、, he was so choked up he couldnt say a thing. losing my job left me completely choked up; i was so upset that i didnt know what to say.,language points 22+23,22 destination: the place to which sb is going or being sent singapore is still our most popular holiday destination. only half of the emergen

26、cy supplies have reached their destination because of the bad weather. 23 skip: pass from (one point, etc.) to another, disregarding or failing to act on what comes between,language points 23+24,the teacher skipped chapter five and said it wouldnt be on the test. as time is limited, we will have to

27、skip some of the exercises in unit 10, said the teacher. 24 right away: (infml) at once tom has got a high fever; he should go and see a doctor right away. i wrote him a letter and posted it right away.,bye-bye and good luck!,unit 2 friendship(3rd session),objectives,1. grasp the main idea and struc

28、ture of the text (developing a story around a letter), and be able to retell the whole story. 2. review the useful expressions. 3. appreciate that spoken english is much more informal than written english . 4. be aware of the skills to conduct conversations. 5. master different forms of english lett

29、ers.,step 1 review the text step 2 review the uesful expressions step 3 writing style a、colloquial vs. formal b、skills to conduct conversations step 4 role-play step 5 letter writing step 6 assignments,review : the text how many heroes are there in text a? who are they? what is the cabbies name? who

30、s ed? what does the story begin with? is it the letter the cabbie received from his friend ed? who wrote the letter? retell the story. back,review: useful expressions,沉浸于 be lost in 引起某人注意 get ones attention 坐在了后座 settle into the back seat 又或者別的什么（猜測(cè)） or something 我不忙 im in no hurry,背下來(lái)了 know it by

31、heart 在行寫(xiě)作 be much of a hand at writing 保持，持續(xù)（聯(lián)系） keep up (correspondence) 我想象著認(rèn)為 i take it 老鄰居 old neighborhood 有點(diǎn) kind of /sort of,和某人保持/失去/取得/聯(lián)系 stay in/keep in/lose/get in touch with 在腦海里 on ones mind 出現(xiàn) come up/occur 鼓勵(lì)某人做 urge sb. to do sth./urge +that-clause(“should”) 馬上 right away/at once,推遲

32、/拖延 postpone/put off/delay 參考 reference 畢業(yè)后的同學(xué)聚會(huì) a class reunion 隨著時(shí)間的流逝 as time goes by 閑逛、徘徊 hung out 不時(shí)的 (every now and then) 窒息 chock up back,try to find out the similar meaning/the original sentence in the text. - go on reading your letter. - im not used to writing letters. - we were friends si

33、nce our childhood. so our friendship has a long story. - for one reason or another you lose touch even though you never forget. - it is painful to lose any friend.,writing style,- go on reading your letter. （go ahead and finish your letter） - im not used to writing letters. (im not much of a hand at

34、 writing) - we were friends since our childhood. so our friendship has a long story. (we were kids together, so we go way back) - for one reason or another you lose touch even though you never forget. (you kind of lose touch even though you never forget) - it is painful to lose any friend. ( its no

35、fun to lose any friend) which sentences above are more colloquial?,spoken language in daily life: 1、short and simple, or incomplete i.e. “ (is the letter) from a child or a grandchild?” “ (you) went to school together?” “time.” “( i have) enjoyed talking with you.” 2、do not exist in written language

36、 i.e. sort of , kind of, you know, i think, i guess, i take it , well, go ahead, hang out , its no fun to do sth. , not much of a hand at doing sth., a couple of , every now and then, an awful lot. back,ways to keep conversation going: 1、express agreement to show the cabbie what a sympathetic（富有同情心的）listener he is. 解析：用表示同意的方法表達(dá)聽(tīng)者的同情 2、ask questions directly to get more information out of the cabbie. 解析：直接發(fā)問(wèn)獲取信息 3、ask indirect questions by making guesses. 解析：用猜測(cè)來(lái)間接的發(fā)問(wèn) back,i.e. “ letters from home always mean a lot. a