(共20张PPT)
If you want to know how your old classmates are now, but you don’t know their phone number ,QQ number or home address ,how can you get in touch with them
What is Friends Reunited
How do you use it
Fast reading
2. Why was it set up and
how did it develop
3. How did the writer show us that
the website was very helpful
Friends Reunited P.41
Read Para.1 carefully and answer the question.
What is Friends Reunited
Friends Reunited is a _______which can _____________--- that is, unites---old friends with each other, who have not seen each other for a long time.
website
bring together
Read Para3 carefully and answer the question
You can _______their name, school, etc. and then you can _______him or her through the website.
type in
contact
How do you use the website
2. Why was it set up and how did it develop
Because its creator Julie wanted to know what her old school friends were doing and the internet was the perfect way to get in touch with old friends.
It was set up in 1999 and developed slowly until it was mentioned on a radio program and became very popular.
3. How did the writer show us that
the website was very helpful
By giving us an example of a man who lost his memory put his memory back together by contacting his old friends through Friends Reunited, and with their help ,he was able to find out his past.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Careful reading
Main idea
What friends reunited is
Who &why set up it, how it developed
How to use Friends Reunited.
Its significance( the benefit it brings to people)
2. Are there similar websites in
China If not, do you think a
website like Friends reunited would
be successful Say why or why not
2. Are there any similar websites in China If not, do you think a website like Friends Reunited would be successful Say why/ why not
Yes, there are. Such as Chinaren.
Words review
reunite
couple
partner
mention
belong to
bottom
from the bottom of one’s heart
v.重聚
n.夫妇
n.合伙人,共同出资人
v.提到,涉及
属于
n.底部,底端
真心诚意地
Cultural Corner
Friends Reunited
P.41
Language points:
1.that is 也就是说
2.Unite=bring together
unite vi. 联合;团结; 一致; 协力
Working men of all countries, unite!
全世界无产者, 联合起来!
Oil and water will not unite.
油和水不融合。
England and Scotland united in 1706.
英格兰和苏格兰在1706年合并。
3. of their own
of (one's) own=belonging completely
to oneself
拥有, 完完全全属于某人自己
He has a room of his own.
他有自己的一个房间。
on (one's) own=by one's own efforts
通过自己的努力
She got the job on her own.
她自己找到了这份工作。
6.belong to 属于(无被动无进行时)
That dictionary belongs to the library.
那本词典是图书馆的。
为…的一员
Do you belong to the trade union
你是工会会员吗?
What club do you belong to
你是哪个俱乐部的
7. To find an old friend, you type in
their name.
type vi, vt.
type in键入(type vi)
type a letter 用打字机打一封信
(type vt.)
8. contact him through the website
通过网络联络
contact him at the number
用…号码联络某人
contact vt. 联络;联系(某人)
She contacted me as soon as she
arrived.
她一到就和我联系了。
n. 联系;关联
She comes into contact with many
people.
她和许多人有联系。
9. as a result
as a result of 结果,效果
10. with their help 在他们的帮助下
11. thanks to多亏,由于
12. It would have been impossible
to find my daughter without the
help of Friends Reunited. From
the bottom of my heart, thank
you.
from the bottom of one’s heart衷
心地