(共17张PPT)
Unit 4 Friends Forever
—— Click For A Friend
After this lesson, you are able to:
catch the main idea and basic structure of the passage.
konw the features of argumentative essays(议论文).
develop correct attitudes towards making friends online.
Learning Objectives
Look at the questions about friendship and tick your answers.
Lead in
Pre-reading
What does click refer to
Why is there a question mark in the title
Look at the title and picture.
Click usually means “click the mouse on the computer”. In the title, it means “find a friend online”.
The question mark means whether we can find a real friend online is unknown. (open answer)
Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
Fast-reading
To prove that making friends was easier in the past.
To illustrate how it is better to make friends online.
To persuade people to abandon traditional ways of making friends.
To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of making friends online.
Fast-reading
Read the passage and match the main ideas.
Possible dangers of making friends online.
Ways of making friends at present
Para. 3
Ways of making friends in the past
Para. 4-7
Para. 8
Para. 1
Para. 2
The digital age makes it easier for us to find friends who share our interest.
We should take a right attitude towards online friendship.
Ways of making friends
People lost track of their friends after
1______________________.
The only way to stay____ was 2_____________.
Thanks to ________ advances, it’s easy to 3_____________
with social media tools.
Online, people can easily
make new friends with those
who 4_____________.
Past
Present
moving to a new town
writing letters
maintain friendships
share their interests
Careful-reading
Read paragraphs 1 - 3, and complete the diagram.
in touch
technological
Online friendship: real or not
Careful-reading
Read paragraphs 6 - 7, and complete the diagram.
It can be real if people
5___________________________________ online.
It might not be real because social media doesn't present
6_________________________, and people tend to7______________________.
exchange true personal
information
the whole truth
about a person
post only
positive updates
Online
friendship:
real or not
Online friendship: real or not
Remember the saying: on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. A young person could be old; a woman could be a man; we could even be sharing our information with criminals.
Careful-reading
What’s the meaning of “throw the baby out with the bathwater”
To remind us to treat the advantages and disadvantages of making friends online rationally and wisely.
Careful-reading
Careful-reading
According to the author, what are the advantages and disadvantages of making friends online
Advantages
Disadvantages
maintain friendship
not the whole truth
Attitude: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Click for a friend
find
new friends
only positive updates
What is the author's attitude towards making friends online
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Objective
D. Doubtful
Find out some details to show author’s attitude.
Careful-reading
“It depends.” “ If people always... But we need...” “On social media sites,.... But smiling photos can....”
considering facts and look at both sides of sth
3
Post-reading
Argumentative
essays
introduction
arguement
conclusion
one side
the other side
Post-reading
Do you prefer to make friends online
Why
some useful expressions you may need
learn about different lifestyle
easy and quick to get to know people
more chances to talk
understand other cultures
develop cross-cultural communication skills
being cheated by criminals
a loss of physical connection with others
...
Think & Share
Post-reading
假如你是李华,你的初中好友孟浩写信告诉你,他最近在网上认识了一位朋友,该网友约他周末一起外出游玩,孟浩有些犹豫,想听听你的看法。请你给孟浩回信,内容包括:
1. 网上交友的利弊;
2. 你的建议。
注意:1. 可适当增加细节使行文连贯。
2. 字数100左右。
Homework
Thank you!