必修一 Unit 1 Friendship
Using language
A. Teaching content and analysis
Teaching content: learn The letter on page 6.
Teaching analysis: reading belongs to the input during the process of the language learning. The input has great effect on output, such as speaking and writing.
B. Teaching aims
1.To develop the student’s reading ability, especially their skimming and scanning ability.
2.To train the students’ ability of working in pairs
3. By completing the task, the students increase their interest and set up their own national unique identity.
C. Teaching methods:
1.3P (presentation practice production)model;
2.TBLT method (total situation action and task-based language teaching)
D. Teaching procedures
lead in—reading—comprehending.
Step 1 read
Read the letter that Lisa wrote to Miss Wang of Radio for Teenagers.
Step 2comprehending
Answer the question according to the text.
Read the letter and tell me what trouble Lisa meets with.-----Her classmates’ gossiping that she has fallen in love with the boy.
Step 3 guessing
Discuss in groups and predict what Miss Wang will say.
Designing purpose: to stimulate students’ abilities of solving problems.
Step 4 . To reply the letter
Four students in a group to discuss, and then to reply the letter
Step 5. Elementary exercise 全优设计 P15
Step 6. consolidation exercise 全优设计 P19
Step 7 enhancement exercise
Hobbs was an orphan（孤儿）. He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work made him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.
One day a lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”
“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will（遗嘱）,” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”
“Yes, I see. I’ll do that,” said the young man.
1. Hobbs wanted to borrow money to _______.
A. study abroad B. work abroad
C. pay off the debts D. learn to paint pictures
2. What does the underlined word “dumbfounded” （in Paragraph 2） probably mean?
A. Surprised. B. Frightened.
C. Satisfied. D. Excited.
3. With the money he got, at first Hobbs _______.
A. planned to have a happy life for a few days
B. decided to give up his work in the factory
C. was to give a dinner to his friends
D. had no idea what to do
4. Hobbs was asked to _______.
A. tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it
B. read his uncle’s will
C. tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money
D. buy some pictures
Answers: DADA
Step 8 writing
英文建议信属于应用文写作范畴，是向征询建议者就某事提出写信人的建议和忠告。
高考中此类信件多属于半开放性作文，要求考生根据所给的材料(多为征求建议信)，提出合理化建议，或者给出有针对性的解决办法。
建议信除了遵循书信的格式之外，还要求在信中针对别人的问题，给出你的观点及解决办法，常用于建议的句式有：
In my opinion, you should ... My opinion is ... I believe we should …
I don’t think it’s necessary to ...
5.注意格式（书信格式）；
客观地提出建议；
针对对方的问题，给出你的观点；
语言要委婉、精炼，同时要简洁，表达清楚。
Miss Wang has received a letter from Xiao Dong. He is also asking for some advice. Read the letter carefully and help Miss Wang answer it.
Dear Miss Wang,
I’m a student from Huzhou Senior High School. I have a problem, I’m not very good at communicating with people. Although I try to talk to my classmates, I still find it hard to make good friends with them. So I feel quite lonely sometimes. I do want to change this situation, but I don’t know how. I would be grateful if you could give me some advice.
Yours,
Xiao Dong
Dear Xiao Dong ,
I’m glad to receive your e-mail. You ask me something about making friends. The following is my advice ______________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sincerely,
Miss wang
Teaching reflection
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必修一 Unit 1 Friendship
Using language
Teaching goals 教学目标
Reading of Using the language on WB
Target language目标语言
a. 重点词汇和短语
culture, part of, settle, selfish, solve, one another
b. 重点句子
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
We can live without a brother, but not without a friend.
A good thing in life is the encouragement of a friend.
I think friendship is more important than anything else in my life.
Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures that people can enjoy．
One of the best ways to keep friendship is to return it.
In the language of the Hawaiians who first settled the islands long ago, aloha had a very special meaning.
It is believed that the islands can be a paradise when people live in peace.
People are told that their actions should be as gentle as the wind that blows from the sea.
Ability goals 能力目标
a. Discuss different ways of showing friendship.
What are different ways of showing friendship in Hawaii?
How do you show friendship to visitors?
What is the first / following / third way of showing friendship in Hawaii?
b. Guess the meaning of the words.
Aloha, lokahi, kokua, ohana, lei
c. Discuss the questions about the passage.
Why do many different peoples call Hawaii their home?
How can people in Hawaii live in peace?
How do people in Hawaii get on with one another?
d. Teach the Ss to read a poem and get them discuss the real meaning of friends and friendship. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Enable the Ss to get to know about different ways of showing friendship.
Teaching important points教学重点
Talk about different ways of showing friendship.
Teaching difficult points教学难点
a. Discuss the answers to the questions.
b. Teach the Ss to read a poem and get them discuss the real meaning of friends and friendship.
Teaching methods教学方法
Fast reading.
Dealing with comprehension questions.
Discussion.
Student-centered vocabulary learning.
Teaching aids教具准备
A projector, a computer and a recorder.
Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式
Step I Revision
First, show the question about the text and the target language on the screen and ask the Ss to discuss it; then ask some of them to retell the text and give some comment, at last get them to answer the question about what different ways of showing friendship are in Hawaii.
T: Last class we have learned the story about the Jewish Anne, her family and her diary. The writer exposed the cruel control of the Nazis, while proposing a sharp question to the whole society, under control of the powerful Nazis, what attitude on earth did the wide oppressed people take? Now I’ll give you a couple of minutes to discuss it.
Show the question and the target language on the screen.
If you had been Anne, what have you done at that time?
Discuss what attitude on earth the wide oppressed people should take towards the powerful Nazis, choosing inactive and passive waiting for death, or uniting actively to face the reactionaries and fight against them bravely?
Talk about agreement and disagreement
I think so. I don’t think so
I agree. I don’t agree
That’s correct. That’s exactly my opinion.
You’re quite right I don’t think you are right.
I quite agree with you.
I’m afraid I don’t agree / disagree with you.
Of course not. I’m afraid not.
T: Are you ready? Now, I’ll ask some of you to give your opinions?
S1: Where there is oppression, there is resistance. I think she shouldn’t give in the evil power of the Nazis. She should devote herself to revolutionary struggle, like Liu Hulan. She joined the Chinese Communist Party and died bravely for the revolution career.
S2: I don’t agree with you. Under the control of the powerful Nazis, she was too weak to rebel against them.
S3: I don’t think you are right. She could try to find the organization to unite with more Jewish to fight for their freedom and human rights.
S4: You’re quite right. Choosing inactive and passive waiting for death was helpless to change the Jewish fate. On the contrary, it only brought them much more miserable life.
S5: I agree uniting actively to face the reactionaries and fight against them bravely. All the Jewish should learn from Karl Marx, who was also a Jewish and founded the Communist Party. Its aim is to lead all the oppressed working people to seize political power through revolutionary struggle.
S6: I think wars and cruelty will bring incomparably grave disaster. We should not only love peace, hate wars, but also we can join the struggle against all the reactionaries in order to cherish and safeguard the peaceful and stable political situation.
T: Well done! I advise you to join the League and agree to and fully support the leadership of the Communist Party from now on. Unite with the whole world people who love peace in order to abolish all the thoroughly and realize the international communism in the end.
Teacher shows the retelling work.
T: Now, I’d like you to retell the text according to the chart. Volunteer!
Ss: ...
Step II Pre-reading
Ask the students to read the quotation from Ani Di Franco and repeat the meaning of these sentences.
T: Today we are going to learn more about friends and friendship. Please look at the screen, there is a quotation from Ani Di Franco. Read it carefully and then tell me your understanding to her words.
The Ss are encouraged to give their own interpretation of the words.
Ss: In my opinion, friends here is a broad sense, which means all people around us could be our friends, as long as we have something in common to share with each other.
Step III Reading
This reading passage is about friendship in Hawaii. After the first reading, let the Ss do Ex 1 on P45. Show the passage chart on the screen. Guide the Ss to guess the meaning of the words according to the reference expressions from the context. Then, let them talk about the questions on Page 45 after reading the text again.
T: Last time I asked you to prepare for the reading task on Page 44 and think about what different ways of showing friendship are in Hawaii. Now read the passage quickly and try to find the three signs of friendship in Hawaii, and then decide what each of the following words means in the language of the Hawaiians. Fill the chart at last.
Show the passage chart on the screen.
Sign(Way)
Meaning
Reference expression (clue)
Aloha
To be with happiness
Meaning, that is
Aloha
Our hearts singing together
Mean
Lokahi
Oneness with all people
Kokua (help)
Ohana (family)
Love, community, paradise
Which means
Leis
A flower ring to show friendship.
The lei is put over a friend’s neck. And the picture shows it.
T: While filling the chart, please look for the reference expressions from the context, such as “mean, meaning, that is, or the punctuation, like round parentheses ( ) or quotation marks “” you may know the meanings of the words.
Check the answer with the whole class.
T: Now let’s talk about the questions on Page 45 with your partners.
A few minutes later.
T: All right. Who’d like to answer question 1?
Ss: 1. The first way is to use the word “aloha”, which means “to be with happiness”
2. The second way is to use the word “lokahi”, which means “oneness with all people”
3. The third way is to use the word “lei”, which is a garland of flowers worn around the neck.
4. Because all the visitors and natives in Hawaii are all unselfish and friendly like one of the members of a big family like a paradise.
5. People in Hawaii are all unselfish and friendly, living in peace.
6. Their actions are gentle. They solve the problems with understanding.
7. Can you find similar things in your hometown? How do you show friendship to visitors?
Sa: Yes, as we know, China is an old cultural country with a long history. The Chinese people are very hospitable. As the citizens of Taiyuan, we are also very polite to visitors.
Sb: We also use many polite words to welcome visitors to show our friendship. For example, “Welcome to Taiyuan.” “It was a pleasure to meet you. Hope you can visit here again.” “Goodbye and have a good trip/journey/voyage/flight.”
Sc: Like Hawaiians, we treasure friendship, too. Wherever the visitors come from, we’ll treat them like our family and make them feel as comfortable as they would if they were at home. We usually show them around Taiyuan, visit some famous places of interest like Jinci Temple, Shanxi Provincial Museum, Mianshan Pavilion, Temple of Twin Pagodas.
Sd: When they visit here, we usually invite them to the big hotel to taste our local flavor. When they leave, we also give them our native product as a gift, such as Fen liquor and preserved apricot.
Step IV Further-reading
Here is a supplementary reading material on the screen, a poem named “Friends”. Read it carefully and then do some comprehension exercises with their partners. At last, get the Ss to discuss the real meaning of friends and friendship. Ss are encouraged to give their own opinions freely with the target language.
T: Till now, we have learned two passages about friends and friendship. Have you really caught the meaning of friends and friendship? Here is a supplementary reading material on the screen, a poem named “Friends”. Read it carefully and prepare to do some reading comprehension exercises with your partners and teach them about rhyme.
Show the poem and the exercises on the screen.
Friends
A friend is someone we turn to when our spirits need a lift,
A friends is someone we treasure for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives with beauty, joy, and grace
And makes the whole world we live in a better and happier place.
Reading comprehension:
1. Write down the pairs of words that rhyme and add more similar rhyming words.
2. Speak out the main idea of the poem.
3. Study and practise the poem until you can read it with the right rhythm. Then read it out to the class.
T: (A few minutes later,) Stop reading, please. First of all, who can tell me what rhyme mean?
S: Rhyme is sameness of sound between words or syllables, especially the endings of lines of verse.
T: Exactly. For rhyme, the most important thing is that the sound is the same. Would you like to give us an example?
S: Clime && time, ball & fall, poor & door.
T: Are all of them right?
S: No, the sounds of poor & door are not the same.
T: Very good! Sometimes the letters may be the same in English spelling, but words may still not thyme. How about this poem? Who’d like to come to the blackboard to write down the pairs of words that rhyme?
S: (On the blackboard) lift & gift, grace & place.
T: Who can add more similar rhyming words?
S: (On the blackboard)
Homey & money, inner & winner, brown & clown, book & cook mouse & house, sound & pound, page & sage, test & rest.
T: Well done! What’s the main idea of the poem?
S: It tells us what kind of people a real friend should be.
T: Quite right! Now let’s read the poem together with the tape, paying more attention to the right rhythm.
The Ss are doing some reading aloud.
T: Now, let’s discuss the real meaning of friend and friendship in groups of 4. Please give your opinions frankly and actively.
T: Now, I want to know how you think of the meaning of friends and friendship. Who can give your opinions for the whole class?
S1: I think so. Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures that people can enjoy. We can live without a brother, but not without a friend. It is very difficult to find a better definition of friendship. But I think one of the best ways to keep friendship is to return it.
S2: In my opinion, everybody needs friends, someone you can share the bad times as well as the good times with. Someone you can turn to for help or advice, or someone who can assist you when you are trouble. This is a friend.
S3: I agree with a friend in need is a friend indeed. A good thing in life is the encouragement of a friend. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. Friends are very important to any person.
S4: That’s exactly my opinion. The meaning of friendship is respect, which is the base of the friendship. If you do not respect others, they will not respect you either. And they are not fond of you. For example, a teacher thinks his students as immature and forces them to finish their homework which he assigned. When they can not finish them in time, he blames them loudly in front of their classmates. The students will become afraid of their teacher. There will be no friendship between them. If you want to make friends to others, respect them first.
S5: I quite agree with you. Real friendship is a rare and precious gift, strong, stable, yet fragile, and never to be taken for granted.
S6: That’s correct. Friendship, in my mind, means having people who you know will help you if you are ever in trouble. I think it’s also people who you feel you can actually tell things to and they will listen. I think friendship is more important that anything else in my life.
T: Well done. I quite agree with you. I wish all of us make a lot of faithful friends and keep our real friendship forever.
Step V Homework
Collect materials to prepare an English party or an English paper on friendship.
Prepare for the language study, reviewing the word they’ve learnt in this unit.
必修一 Unit 1 Friendship
Using language
●三维目标
1.Knowledge：
words/phrases：get along well with，have some trouble with，gossip，fall in love，hate doing/to do，make a questionnaire，try out
a sentence pattern：That way you will show them that you are more...
2.Ability：
Train the students’ skill of predicting the listening material based on given information.
3.Emotion：
Learn to develop friendship and misunderstanding in a proper way.
●教学重点
（1）Train the students’ listening ability.
（2）Master the new phrases and sentence pattern and make the students be free to express their agreement and disagreement.
●教学难点
（1）How to improve the students’ listening ability.
（2）How to finish the task of speaking.
●教具准备
a recorder，a blackboard，a project
●教学过程
Step 1
T：Yesterday we learned the grammar-the interchanges of Direct speech and Indirect speech. We know we usually change the verb tenses and pronoun forms and adverbials in Indirect speech. But it is not necessary to change the tense when we report things that are always true. Now let’s do some exercises to see if you have mastered them. Look at the screen.
（Show the following on the screen.）
T：Turn the following Indirect speech.
1.John said to Tom，“Come to my house tomorrow.”
2.“Could you help me with my homework？” she asked.
3.Mary said to her brother，“Don’t come to the airport to see me off.”
4.The teacher said，“I must go now.”
5.“Why didn’t you stop her？” he asked.
T：Turn the following into Direct speech.
6. She said that she would go there the next day.
7. He asks whether Tom is an Englishman.
8. She said that the earth is round.
9. I asked Tom why he had not told her the truth.
10. His aunt said that she had got there five days before.
Suggested answers：
1. John told Tom to go his house the next.
2. She asked me if I could help her with her homework.
3. Mary told her brother not go to the airport to see her off.
4. The teacher said he had to/must go then.
5. He asked why I hadn’t stopped her.
6.She said，“I will there tomorrow.”
7.He says，“Is Tom an Englishman？”
8.She said，“The earth is round.”
9.“Why didn’t you tell her the truth？”I asked Tom.
10.His aunt said，“I got here five days ago.”
T：I am glad to see you are familiar with this grammar. Now please turn to Page 6.Let’s do some listening. You are going to read a letter from Lisa first. What’s the problem with her？Read it quickly to find the answer.
S1：Lisa’s classmates misunderstood her and her boy friend.
S2：Lisa thought they had pure friendship，but her classmates thought they fell in love with each other.
T：Quite right .Now Lisa is asking Miss Wang of Radio for Teenagers to give her some suggestions. Before listening to the tape，please guess what Miss Wang will say to Lisa. Work in groups of three to have a discussion.
T：Share your ideas with the whole class.
S1：Miss Wang will suggest Lisa explain their friendship to her classmates.
S2：Miss Wang will advise Lisa not to pay more attention to what others say.
S3：She will ask Lisa to list some possible reasons for other students’ misunderstanding.
T：OK，now let’s listen to the tape. Read questions first. Then check answers with your partners and later check them with the whole class.
T：Great! Read the requirements in exercise 3 to make sure what main sentences you should notice. For the second time，fill in the blanks.
T：You are clever.I d like you to listen to another passage about why people write a diary. Also，first try your best to fill in the blanks and then listen to the tape. After that，check by yourselves to see how well you finished this exercise and let’s see who is the top student in this activity.
T：Just now we have learned some information about how to keep friendship with your friends in a proper way and why a diary can be our friend. But why do people make friends with one another？We are going to hear what Lesile Clark，a Canadian says. Do you agree with her？What do you think of people from foreign countries？Use the expressions listed to help you express your ideas and reasons.
Step 2
T：We talked much about friends and friendship. How do you evaluate a friend？What kind of friends are your classmates？Let’s make up a quiz.
Version：1.You’re talking to someone at your locker when you see your friend approaching. She’s sporting a new hairdo that is a definite don’t. The person you’re with makes a nasty comment. You
a. announce that you think the style is great and then study it until you find something about it that you really do like.
b. ignore the comment and find a time to gently break it to your friend that she might want to try something else.
c. agree with the comment. After all，the style is awful.
T：That’s all for discussion. Now let’s learn some language points. First，pay attention to phrases：get along well with，have some trouble with，fall in love，hate doing，try out，make a questionnaire.（Write them on the blackboard.） Then we’ll learn a sentence pattern：That way you will show them that you are more（Write it on the blackboard.） Now look at their usages.（Show the following on the screen and explain them.） Would you please make up sentences using them？
S1：How are you getting along in school？
S2：Don’t you hate people who gossip about their friends？
S3：She fell in love with the dress as soon as she saw it.
S4：Try out the brakes before you drive down a hill.
S5：We have much trouble with English pronunciation.
T：We can use it in the following structure：
（1）have some/much/little/no difficulty/trouble in doing sth.
（2）There is little difficulty/trouble in doing sth.
T：Look at the usage of “the way”.
This is the way （that/in which） he did it.
I don’t like the way you solved the problem.
Step 3 Homework
1.Practice speaking after class.
2.Finish the workbook exercise on Page 4.
●板书设计
Unit 1 Friendship
The Fourth Period
phrases
1.get along well with
2.have some trouble with
e.g.
3.fall in love
e.g.
...
sentence pattern
1.That way you will show them that you are more...
●活动与探究
Let students make up quizzes as many as possible. Choose some best ones to paste on the walls or put them on the internet. Who are more creative？
必修一 Unit 1 Friendship
Using language
(A letter from a student to the editor of The 21st Century)
Aims
To listen to a letter about friendship
To speak about a questionnaire about friendship
To write advice about friendship
To write a few lines describing a friend
Procedures
I. Warming up
1. Read the letter to Miss Wang and find out what was upsetting Lisa.
2. Listen to what Miss Wang says, and then answer the questions in Exercise 2.
3. Listen to the tape again and try to spell out the missing words in Ex 3.
II. Talking about designing a questionnaire
Work in groups of four. Design a questionnaire to find out what kind of friends your classmates are. Ask the Students to use the quiz in the Warming Up as an example.
Note: The students should be talking while they are doing the task. This provides the students with the opportunity to practise expressing thought and concern in matters of immediate concern and interest. Tell the students to follow these steps:
Step1: In your group, come up with four situations among friends. Design four questions accordingly with three possible answers.
Step2: Put the four questions together and form a questionnaire.
Step3: Check the questionnaire through and try it out on your own group.
Step4: Share your questionnaire with another group and try each other’s questionnaires.
Sample questionnaire:
This questionnaire has four questions, and each question is followed by a set of possible answers. Please read the questions, and then consider which response fits you best.
1.Why am I close friends with this person now?
A. Because being friends with him/her helps me feel important.
B. Because my friend would be upset if I ended the relationship.
C. Because he/she is someone I really enjoy sharing emotions and special events with.
2. Why do I spend time with my friend?
A. Because my friend would get mad at me if I didn’t.
B. Because it is fun spending time with him/her.
C. Because I think it is what friends are supposed to do.
3.Why do I listen to my friend’s problems, or to what my friend has to say?
A. Because my friend praises me and makes me feel good when I do.
B. Because it’s interesting and satisfying to be able to share like that.
C. Because I really value getting to know my friend better.
4.Why do I keep promises to my friend?
A. Because I believe it is an important personal quality to live up to my promises to a friend.
B. Because it would threaten our friendship if I were not trustworthy.
C. Because I would feel bad about myself if I didn’t.
Scoring Sheet:
Q1
A 1point
Q2
A 1point
Q3
A1 point
Q4
A3 points
B 2points
B 2points
B2 points
B2 points
C 3points
C 3points
C3 points
C1 point
☆ 4~6 points: You are not a good friend. You either neglect your friend’s needs or just do what he/she wants you to do. You should think more about what a good friend needs to do.
☆ 7~9 points: You are a good friend but you sometimes let your friendship become too important, or you fail to show enough concern for your friend’s needs and feelings. Try to strike a balance between your friend’s needs and your own responsibilities.
☆ 10+ points: You are an excellent friend who recognizes that to be a good friend you need balance your needs and your friend’s. Well done.
Students work in groups and try their own questionnaires in the school to collect more information about students’ reflection of the values of friendship.
III. Guided writing
1. Read the letter to the editor from Xiaodong and make sure you know what problem Xiaodong has.
2. Discuss in groups of four. Think what advice you can give Xiaodong.
3. Write your advice to Xiaodong as an editor individually.
Sample writing:
Dear Xiaodong,
Some people like talking with others, but some people are shy. If you fall into the second group, it can be hard to make friends. But you can change the situation.
What are you interested in? If you like basketball, for example, you could talk with some of your classmates who like basketball. The easiest way to start talking to people is to find something you have in common.
If you are standing beside a group of your classmates, join in their discussion if you know something about the subject they are discussing. But if you don’t, you shouldn’t feel afraid to say, for example, “That sounds interesting, what is it about?” Once you start talking to one person, it will get easier to talk to others.
Find one person you have something in common with, and once you become friends with him, his friends will start talking to you too.
Good luck!
Editor
IV. Writing assessment
1. Can you give Xiaodong some good advice?
2. I s your letter well developed?
3. Are your ideas well organized to the point?
4. Do you have a good choice of words and idioms in your writing?
5. Do you get a good mastery of complex structures of language?
6. What kind of mistakes have you made in your writing? What can you do to avoid such mistakes?
V. Further Applying
Here are some proverbs about friends and friendship. Read them carefully and pay attention to the sentence stress and intonation. Then write a passage. Choose some you agree and explain why. Then choose some you disagree and explain why
必修一 Unit 1 Friendship
Using language
●从容说课
T：This period is aim to train the students’ skill of extensive reading. To keep the pace of modern society，we have to be qualified in this way. We should have the ability to get more information in limited time，thus having a wide range of knowledge and renew our knowledge all the time so as to be able to adapt ourselves to the changing time. At the same time，we will learn about friendship in different areas. While dealing with this task，we are going to finish another listening task in workbook exercise.
●三维目标
1.Knowledge：
paradise，live in peace，with understanding
2.Ability：
Train the students’ ability to read fast.
3.Emotion：
To know “unity is strength”.Have a good knowledge of foreign culture.
●教学重点
To cultivate the students’ skill of extensive reading.
●教学难点
How to improve the students’ ability to read fast.
●教具准备
a record，a blackboard，a project connected to a computer
●教学过程
Step 1
T：In the previous periods，we talked much about friends and true friendship. First I’d like to check the answers on Page 41 and 42.Look at using words and expressions. Now I have a question for you to answer. If you have a chance to pay a visit to America，what places are you fond of visiting？
S1：I like traveling to Disney Land，which is full of interesting things.
S2：I want to have a look at Yellow Stone Park.
...
S3：I like the city of Hawaii，in which I can enjoy many wonderful things.
T：Yes，it is a beautiful city and people there are friendly too.（show some pictures on the screen） Do you want to know Hawaiians’ attitude towards friendship？
Ss：Yes.
T：Let’s read a passage about it. Before reading it，go through the first exercise on Page 45.What aloha，kokua，lei，lokahi ando hana mean？Are you clear？
Ss：Yes.
T：Begin please.（after some time） Have you finished your reading？
Ss：Yes.
T：What does Aloha mean？
S1：Aloha means “to be with happiness”.
T：Quite right.What about others？If you can，stand up and speak out your answer？
S2：Lokahi means “oneness with all people”.
S3：Kokua means help.
S4：Ohana means family.
S5：Lei means “to put over a friend’s neck”.
Step 2
T：You are all right.This time read the passage again to get detailed information.Read the questions in exercise 2.After reading it，try to find answers to them.
You may begin.
Suggested answers：1.It is aloha.
The second way of showing friendship is lokahi.
Their third way of showing friendship is kokua.
Because they think that the land is for everyone who lived on it.
Each person gives help to other people.
When problems happen，people are asked to solve them with understanding.
Yes，I can.People in our city are ready to give help to visitors，such as，showing the way，dealing with them with understanding.
T：To get the main idea of a passage，what do we have to do？
S1：Find out the main words.
S2：Pay attention to the first or the last sentence in a paragraph.
T：When we are reading such a passage，keep it in mind that grasping the key words is the most important.Do you think there is a generation between you and your parents？
S1：Yes，we often hold different views about the same thing.
S2：My parents often misunderstand what I think and what I do.
Step 3
T：Next we are going to listen to a story between Anne and her father.What happened between them？Let’s listen to it.
T：What are their different ideas？
T：Do you think Anne should follow her father’s ideas？
S1：I agree with her father. In my view，parents have more experiences than we，so they can solve a problem in a better way.
S2：I don’t agree with her father. Anne and this boy are lonely. They need ...friends to share feelings.
T：Thank you for your wonderful ideas. Now imagine Anne needs your advice. Think of the things she might say to her father to persuade him.
S1：The boy has the same feeling as I. We have a lot in common.
S2：Talking to him makes me happy.
S3：We can learn from each other. He is a clever boy.
T：...So，when you have a problem with your parents，please calm down. Have a peace talk with them instead of quarreling with each other. In this period，note the phrases：live in peace，with understanding.
Step 4 Homework
Surf the Internet to get more information.
（Http：//www.lhj.com/home/friendship）
（http：//benard.pitzer.edu）
●板书设计
Unit 1 Friendship
The Fifth Period
Phrases wonderful ideas
1.live in peace...
2.with understanding..
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●活动与探究
Design a poster about Hawaii to see which is the best one. Whose poster will attract visitors most. The aim is to develop students’ imagination and encourage them to be willing to make things.
●备课资料
Making Friends
Friends play an important part in our lives，and although we may take the fact of friendship for granted，we often don’t clearly understand how we make friends. While we get on well with a number of people，we are usually friends with only a very few—for example；the average among students is about 6 per person.
Moreover，a great many relationships come under the general term “friendship”.In all cases，two people like one another and enjoy being together，but beyond that，the degree of closeness between them and the reasons for them in each other vary greatly.
At the beginning，much depends on how people meet，and on good first impressions. As we get to know people，we consider things like age，race，looks，economic and social status，and intelligence. Although these factors are not of the greatest importance，it is more difficult to have a good relationship with people when there is a big difference in age and background.
We pay attention to actual behavior，facial expression，and the way a person speaks. Friends will stand closer together and will spend more time looking at each other than ordinary acquaintances. Smiles and soft voices also express friendliness，and it is because they may give the wrong signals that shy people often have difficulty in making friends. A friendly look with the wrong facial expression can turn into an unfriendly stare，and nervousness may be wrongly understood as unfriendliness. People who do not look one in the eye are not trusted when，in fact，they simply do not have confidence.
Some relationships are a result of argument and discussion，but it is usual for close friends to have the same ideas and beliefs，the same opinions and interests—they often talk about “being on the same wavelength”.The more closely involved people become，the more they depend on to make allowances for each other，to put up with annoying habits，and to accept differences in opinion. Imagine going on a long trip with someone you occasionally meet for a drink!
In contrast with marriage，there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the relationship between two people. But the mutual support and understanding that results from shared experiences and emotions does seem to create a close and lasting relationship，which can overcome differences in background，and break down barriers of age，class or race.
Comprehension exercise
Select the most appropriate answer for each of the following questions.
1.According to the passage，a friend is ____________.
A. somebody we usually take for granted
B. a person with whom we often go out with
C. someone with whom we occasionally go for a long trip
D. not just anybody we get on well with
2.Which of the following factors does the author believe is very important in developing friendship？
A. Age and background. B. Economic and social position.
C. Race and looks. D. Same interests and behavior.
3.The passage tells us that sometimes a face with the wrong expression could be mistaken as a sign of____________.
A. nervousness B. confidence
C. unfriendliness D. distrust
4.By saying that “Some relationships are a result of argument and discussion” （Line 1，Para.5），the author means that____________.
A. bad relationships are a result of argument and discussion
B. connections with people can be developed through discussion and argument
C. argument and discussion can lead to improving personal relationships
D. arguing and discussing things will sometimes result in friendship
5.When people talk about “being on the same wavelength”，they mean that____________.
A. they watch the same TV programs
B. they are the same in all respects
C. they listen to the same radio programs
D. they understand and agree with each other
6.According to the passage，a person “one occasionally meets for a drink” is____________.A. not a close friend B. someone one doesn’t often see
C. not a friend D. a person one dislikes
7. We learn from the passage that____________.
A. friendship can overcome differences in experiences
B. there are no special ceremonies to strengthen friendship
C. putting up with differences in opinion can lead to friendship
D. friendship can be strengthened by smiles and soft voices
（答案：D A C D D A B）
（Reading Time：8 minutes）
Friendship
A high school history teacher once told us，“If you make one close friend in school，you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life.” Experience teachers that he was right. Good friendships are just not easily formed. Why？
One reason is that it is easy to move around in our society. Mr. Darrell Sifford，a news reporter for the Washington Daily，has been studying and talking about friendship for a number of years. He reports what one woman thought about the effect of ease of movement on friendship：
“I was nine，and we’d just moved from South Carolina to New Jersey，and I didn’t know anybody. My mother had a way of getting to the root of things and she said to me，Amelia，I know you’re feeling bad because you don’t have any friends. But you can fix that. Just walk across the street—I know there’s a girl about your age over there—and knock on the door and ask her to be your friends.”
She added that going about it directly always worked when she was a child. But as she left childhood，she found that the simple direct approach was more and more difficult for her to follow. So，as an adult，Amelia longed to have friends but her hands were tied when it came to doing anything about it. The problem，according to her，is that society teachers us in a number of ways that direct action is not an acceptable way of doing things. We need to be less direct so that our feelings will not be hurt if our offer of friendship is refused.
Mr. Sifford goes on to describe his own ideas on the subject：
“To most of us，friendship is very important，but we need to have clear in our own minds the kinds of friendships we want. Are they to be very close or kept at arm’s length？Do we want to share ourselves or do we want walk on the surface？”
“For some people，an ordinary friendship is enough—and that’s all right. But at some point we need to make sure that what we expect from the friendship is the same as what our friends expect from it. If one wants more from the friendship than the other，and if this is not talked about，one is likely eventually to feel that he’s not being given enough attention.”
“The sharing of close friend secrets，including our fears as well as our dark dreams，is the surest way to deepen friendships. But the process must be gone through slowly and continued only if there are signs of interest and our efforts are answered.”
What are some of the problems in forming friendships？According to Mr. Sifford，the biggest problem is to expect too much too soon. Deep relationships take time. Another “big difficulty” is to think one “possesses” the other and that he should spend all his time only with you. Similarly，friendships require action of developing friendship. Unless you spend enough time together，talking on the phone，writing letters，doing things together，friendships will gradually fade away.
Why is it so difficult to form friendships？Perhaps it is possible，as Mr. Sifford states，that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for a true friendship to develop. However，we all agree that each of us should think carefully about the kind of friendships we want. As in all inter-personal relationships，success depends on the kind of friendship we expect to have，openness to others，and a willingness to experiment.
Comprehension exercise
Select the most appropriate answer for each of the following questions.
1. It is not easy to form a friendship because____________.
A. ease of movement prevents the development of friendship
B. friends seldom stay with you for life
C. our society has gone through too many changes
D. all friendships should be close friendships
2.By saying that “My mother had a way of getting to the root of things”，the author means that____________.
A. her mother could always find friends for her
B. her mother had a way of making friends with people
C. her mother was able to find the cause of things
D. her mother was able to solve difficult problems
3.According to the passage，the direct approach usually does not work with____________.
A. children B. schoolmates C. girls like Amelia D. adults
4.When forming friendships，one should____________.
A. not be afraid of being refused
B. avoid trying to control a friend’s life
C. not take too much of a friend’s time
D. not be too impatient
5. The main point we learn from the passage is ____________.
A. willingness to experiment is the key to close friendships
B. openness to others is important in inter-personal relationship
C. direct offers of friendship are not easily accepted
D. good friendships are not easily formed
（答案：A C D B D）
（Reading Time：5 minutes）
