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1、Unit2FriendshipBackground Information Background Information Halloween Background Information (Popwin_ Halloween1)Background Information Halloween HalloweenHalloweeniscelebratedannually.Itisonthenightof 31 October, when people once believed thatghostscouldbeseen.Now,inBritainandAmerica,itisatimewhen
2、childrenhaveparties,dressupaswitches,makelanternsoutofpumpkinsfromwhichthe inside has been removed, and play “trick ortreat”.CloseNextHomeBackground Information (Popwin_ Halloween2)Background Information Halloween “Trick or treat ” is a traditionalactivity at Halloween. Childrendressincostumesandvis
3、ithouses.At each house they say “Trick ortreat”. This means that they willplaya“trick”,orjoke,onthepeopleinthehouseunlesstheyaregivena “treat”, e.g. sweets or money.Most people prefer to give treatsratherthanhavingtricksplayedonthem.ClosePrevWord Web 1Word Web The stories in this unit are about frie
4、ndship. Write down five words which you would use if you were writing a poem on this subject.friendshipWord Web 2 friendshipdurableeverlastingwarmlifelongperpetualtrustcloseintimate long-standing enduringgenuinehelpgenerousTextAAlltheCabbieHadWasaLetter1.available:adj.1)abletobegot,obtained,used,etc
5、.Wehavealreadyusedupalltheavailablespace.对不起对不起, ,这种外套没有你要的颜色和尺码。这种外套没有你要的颜色和尺码。Imsorry,thoseovercoatsarenotavailableinyourcolorandsize.2)abletobevisitedorseen;nottoobusy 律师现在没空律师现在没空Thelawyerisnotavailablenow.2.orsomething:usedwhenyouarenotverysureaboutwhatyouhavejustsaidTheairfarewasahundredandnin
6、ety-ninepoundsorsomething. Heressomemoney.Getyourselfasandwichorsomething.同义的短语同义的短语：orsomethinglikethat3.goahead:continue;begin(sometimesfollowedbywith + n.)Theboardofdirectorswillvotetodayonwhethertogoaheadwiththeplan.Henrywillbelatebutwewillgoaheadwiththemeetinganyway.4.might/may(just)aswell:Ifyo
7、usaythatyoumight/(just)aswelldosomething,youmeanthatyouwilldoitalthoughyoudonothaveastrongdesiretodoitandmayevenfeelslightlyreluctantaboutit.Anyway,yourehere;youmightaswellstay.Thepostofficeisreallybusy.Wellhavetoqueueforagestogetserved.Wemightaswellgohome.这道甜食我还是不吃了吧这道甜食我还是不吃了吧Imightaswellgivethesw
8、eetcourseamiss.5.correspondence:n.1)theactofwriting,receivingorsendingletters(oftenfollowedbywith + n.)Hisinterestinwritingcamefromalongcorrespondencewithaclosecollegefriend.敌人空袭后通信中断了。Thecorrespondencedroppedaftertheenemysairraid. 2) thelettersthatsb.receivesorsends(usedasanuncountablenoun)Maryreal
9、lynevermentionsherstep-motherinhercorrespondence.ThelibraryboughtallthecorrespondencebetweenQueenVictoriaandherdaughters.Collocation:carryoncorrespondence进行通信breakoffcorrespondence中断通信business/commercialcorrespondence商业书信personalcorrespondence私人信函incorrespondencewith与有通信联系 6.ononesmind:inonesthought
10、s;ofconcerntoone(Ifsomethingisonyourmind,youareworriedorconcernedaboutitandthinkaboutitalot.)Dealingsonthestockmarkethavebeenonhismindallthetime.Thistravelplanhasbeenonmymindallweek.Youarealwaysonmymind.7.urge:vt.tryveryhardtopersuadeThey urged the local government to approve plans fortheirreformpro
11、gram.Sir Fred urged that Britain (should) join the EuropeanMonetarySystem.当老朋友布赖恩怂恿我接受一支香烟时，我实在忍不住了。WhenmyoldfriendBrianurgedmetoacceptacigarette,itwasmorethanIcouldbear.Pattern:urgesb.todosth.urge+that-clause.(Inthethat-clause,“should”orthebaseformofaverbisused.)8.reunion:n.apartyattendedbymemberso
12、fthesamefamily,school,orothergroupwhohavenotseeneachotherforalongtimeBeforeshewentabroadforfurtherstudy,thewholefamilyhadabigfamilyreunion. Thesoccerclubholdsanannual/ayearlyreunion. Collocation:aclassreunion毕业后的同班同学聚会毕业后的同班同学聚会afamilyreunion家人团聚家人团聚PassageReadingTrue or FalseTrue or False1.Thedrive
13、rcaughtacoldthatday. 2.ThedriverhadneverseenEdinthepast25or30years. 3.Thedriverhadneverforgottenhisoldfriend. 4.Thenarratorwasquiteeagertoreadtheletter. HomeFFTF()()()()True or FalseTrue or False1.Thedrivercaughtacoldthatday. 2.ThedriverhadneverseenEdinthepast25or30years. 3.Thedriverhadneverforgotte
14、nhisoldfriend. 4.Thenarratorwasquiteeagertoreadtheletter. ()()()()FFTFHehadjustcried. True or FalseTrue or False1.Thedrivercaughtacoldthatday. 2.ThedriverhadneverseenEdinthepast25or30years. 3.Thedriverhadneverforgottenhisoldfriend. 4.Thenarratorwasquiteeagertoreadtheletter. ()()()()FFTFHehadonlyseen
15、himonceortwiceayear. True or FalseTrue or False1.Thedrivercaughtacoldthatday. 2.ThedriverhadneverseenEdinthepast25or30years. 3.Thedriverhadneverforgottenhisoldfriend. 4.Thenarratorwasquiteeagertoreadtheletter. ()()()()FFTFHethoughtitwasverypersonal. Main Idea( Part I):From a conversation with the ca
16、b driver the author learned how much he regretted failing to keep up correspondence with his old friend Ed.Questions and Answers1Questions and Answers1. What did the driver and Ed use to do before they gotmarried? Theywenttoschoolandpassedtimetogether. 2. What did the narrator mean by saying the fir
17、st sentencein the letter reminded him of himself?Thelettersauthoroftenpostponedwritingtohisfriends.Questions and Answers2Questions and Answers3. Who wrote the letter? Who did the narrator think hadwritten the letter? Find out sentences that demonstrate thenarrator s misunderstanding? Thedriverwrotet
18、heletter.ThenarratorthoughtthatEdhadwrittentheletter.Forexample,“IknowIdliketoreceivealetterlikethatfrommyoldestfriend.”4.What did the narrator decide to do when he arrived at thehotel? Why? Hedecidedtowritealetterandmailitimmediatelybecausehewouldntwaituntilitwastoolate. Main idea (Part II):Reading
19、 the letter by himself, the author learned more about the lifelong friendship between the driver and Old Ed. Mainidea(PartIII):The drivers experience urged the author to reach for his pen. Group Discussion1Group Discussion 1. The following questions are what the narrator asked the cabdriver. Put the
20、m in the right order.1)Didyougotoschooltogether?2)Thelettermusthavemadeyoufeelgood,didntit?3)Isyourcabavailable? 4)Ishesomeoneyouveknownquiteawhile?5)Ishedead? 6)IthoughtyourfriendwasEd.WhydidhesignitTom?7)Istheletterfromachildoragrandchild? 8)8)Didyoutwoworkatthesameplace? 3-7-4-1-5-8-2-6Group Disc
21、ussion2Group Discussion 2. What were the cabbies responses to these questions?3. The narrator thought that the cabbie had received a letterfrom a friend named Ed. Which round of question-and-answer in the text leads to the misunderstanding? Thesecondround:“Istheletterfromachildoragrandchild?”“No.Edw
22、asmyoldestfriends.”AR_UsefulExpressions1Useful Expressions 1.完全沉浸于完全沉浸于 becompletelylostin 2.引起引起的注意的注意getsb.sattention 3.坐进后座坐进后座 settleintothebackseat 4.不着急不着急 innohurry 5.不大会不大会notmuchofahandat 6.保持通信往来保持通信往来keepupcorrespondence 7.从小学一直到高中从小学一直到高中allthewaythroughbothgradeandhighschool AR_UsefulEx
23、pressions2Useful Expressions 8. 老街坊老街坊anoldneighborhood 9. 保持联系保持联系 keepintouchwith 10. 老同学聚会老同学聚会 aclassreunion 11. 时间不饶人。时间不饶人。 Timegoesby.12. 在一起闲逛在一起闲逛hangoutonthesamecorner13. 点头称是点头称是 nodinagreement14. 在远处在远处 inthedistance AR_Writingstyle1Writing Style 1.FindoutsentencesfromTextAsimilarinmeani
24、ngtothosegivenbelow. 1)Goonreadingyourletter. Goaheadandfinishyourletter. 2)Imnotusedtowritingletters. Imnotmuchofahandatwriting. 3)Wewerefriendssinceourchildhood.Soourfriendshiphasalonghistory. Wewerekidstogether,sowegowayback. 4)Foronereasonoranotheryoulosetoucheventhoughyouneverforget. Youkindofl
25、osetoucheventhoughyouneverforget. 5)Itispainfultoloseanyfriend. Itsnofuntoloseanyfriend. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingHome Text AnalysisMostofthistextisare-creationoftheconversationbetweenataxidriverandthenarrator,thereforeisprovidesampleexamplesofhowEnglishisspokenindail
26、ylifebynativespeakers.InspokenEnglishsentencestendtobeshortandsimple.Somesentencesareincomplete,forexample:AR_Writingstyle2Writing Style 2.Trytomakethefollowingsentencescomplete.1)Fromachildormaybeagrandchild?Istheletterfromachildormaybeagrandchild? 2)Wenttoschooltogether?Didyougotoschooltogether? 3
27、)Diedacoupleofweeksago.Hediedacoupleofweeksago. 4)Enjoyedtalkingwithyou.Iveenjoyedtalkingwithyou. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingHomeAR_Writingstyle4Writing Style 4. SaysomethingaboutthedifferencesbetweenspokenandwrittenEnglishBesides, some words or phrases do notusuallyfin
28、dtheirwayintowrittenEnglish,forexample,sortof,kindof,youknow,Ithink, I guess, I take it, well, go ahead,hangout,itsnofuntodosth.,notmuchofa hand at doing sth., a couple of, everynowandthen,anawfullot,etc.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingHomeWarm-up Questions Warm-up Questions
29、 1. Do you often write letters to your friends?2. Did you ever write a letter which was not sent? Why did you keep it? AR_ListeningcomprehensionListening Comprehension Difficultwordsandphrases: interview, jealous, forgive, fault, mood, an essential part, fulfill,tremendoussatisfaction,maleandfemale,
30、spiritually AR_Listeningcomprehension_Popwin_whatdoesfriendshipmeantoyou1)Listening Comprehension Difficultwordsandphrases: interview,jealous,forgive,fault,mood,anessentialpart,fulfilling,tremendoussatisfaction,maleandfemale,spiritually Whatdoesfriendshipmeantoyou? Mr. Brooksisbeinginterviewedonthes
31、ubjectoffriendship. Mr.Brooks: I consider friendship to be one of the mostimportantthingsinlife.Theysay“afriendinneedisafriendindeed”.Thatspartlytrue.Butarealfriendshouldalsobeabletoshareyourhappymoments-withoutfeelingjealous.Agoodfriendshipisonewhere you accept and forgive faults, understandmoods,a
32、nddontfeelhurtifafrienddoesntfeellikeseeingyou.Ofcourse,honestyisanessentialpartofanyrelationship.Weshouldlearntoacceptourfriendsforwhattheyare. CloseNextAR_Listeningcomprehension_Popwin_whatdoesfriendshipmeantoyou2)Listening Comprehension Difficultwordsandphrases: interview,jealous,forgive,fault,mo
33、od,anessentialpart,fulfilling,tremendoussatisfaction,maleandfemale,spiritually Whatdoesfriendshipmeantoyou? CloseNextReporter:Asamarriedman,doyoufindyourfriendshipsareonlywithothermen? Mr.Brooks: Of course not! Both my wife and I havemenandwomenfriends.Althoughfamilylifeisfulfilled,itisntenough!Both
34、mywifeandIgettremendoussatisfactionfromourfriends, married and single, male andfemale-andwebothhaveourseparatefriendstoo. Reporter:Youmusthaveafulllife!Mr.Brooks:Wecertainlydo!AndasIsay,ourfriendsgiveusalotofpleasure.Afterall,friendsshouldnotbepeoplewithwhomyoukilltime.Realfriendship,inmyopinion,isa
35、“spirituallydeveloping”experience. AR_Listeningcomprehension_Popwin_whatdoesfriendshipmeantoyou3)Listening Comprehension Difficultwordsandphrases: interview,jealous,forgive,fault,mood,anessentialpart,fulfilling,tremendoussatisfaction,maleandfemale,spiritually CloseCompletethesummarybyusingtheinforma
36、tionyougetfromtheinterview. InMr.Brooksopinion,friendshipis.Hethinks“Afriendinneedisafriendindeed”istrue.Arealfriendshouldbeabletoshareyour-withoutfeeling.Agoodfriendshipisonewhereoneacceptsandforgives,andunderstands.is an essential part of any relationship.According to Mr. Brooks, family life is no
37、t enoughwithoutfriendsevenifitisfulfilled.Heandhiswifegettremendousfromtheirfriends.Afterall,real friendship, in his opinion, is a spiritually experience.oneofthemost importantthingsinlife partly happymoments jealous faults moods Honesty notenough satisfaction developing AR_DiscussionDiscussion 1.Th
38、etextsinthisunitareaboutfriendship.Decidewhichofthefollowingstatementsyouagreeordisagreewith.-Realfriendsarealwaysofthesamesex.-Childhoodfriendshiprarelylastsintoadulthood.-Timeanddistancecanneveralterrealfriendship.2.Writedowntwonames:achildhoodfriendyoustillrememberandaclosefriendnow.Howsimilarord
39、ifferentareyourrelationshipswitheachone?Viewing, Listening & Speaking III.InformalLetters1.Form1)Heading.-yourreturnaddress-date2)Salutation-Dear+firstname3)Body-showyourunderstandingofthefeelingsandinterestsofyourreaderViewing, Listening & Speaking 4)Closing.Love, With love, A lot of love,Yours, Regards, Affectionately, Fondly,With best wishes , As ever, (withacommaafterit).5)Signature-Signyourfirstnametwolinesdownbelowtheclosing.2.Language-Casual
