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Unit 4 Friends forever
Understanding Ideas
Activity 1
Look at the questions about friendship and tick your answers.
Now work in groups and find out the most popular answers. Share your group’s result with the class.
Our group prefers to make and maintain friends online/offline.
For instance,...
That’s because...
I would like to communicate with friends by talking face to face, for it’s more direct and straightforward.
I tend to stay in touch with faraway friends by writing emails, because we live in different country and have time difference.
Look at the title of the passage, and try to answer the following questions.
What does click refer to?
Why is there a question mark in the title?
The question mark means whether we can find a real friend online is unknown. (open answer)
Activity 2
Click usually means “click the mouse on the computer”. In the title, it means “find a friend online”.
Activity 2
Read and figure out the structure of the passage.
The main idea?
Part 1
Paragraph ?
Paragraph ?
Part 2
Part 3
Paragraph ?
Different ways and changes of making friends
In the past
At present
Online friendship,
real or not?
Author's opinion
Real
Unreal
Author's
conclusion
Activity 2
Read and figure out the structure of the passage.
Different ways and changes of making friends
Part 1
Paragraph 4-7
Benefits and potential risks of online friendship
Paragraph 1-3
Part 2
Part 3
Paragraph 8
The author’s conclusion: we shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Read the passage again and answer the questions
1. What’s the author’s opinion about the topic?
2. What’s the author’s purpose ?
Activity 3
Read the passage again and find out the author’s opinions about online friendship.
What does the author think of online friendship? Give your reasons by using supporting details in the text.
“It depends.” “ If people always... But we need...” “On social media sites,.... But smiling photos can....”
Objective.(客观的): considering facts and look at both sides of