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第一册
Unit 3
Period 4
Extended reading
教学目
Lead-in
视频:The Introduction to Francis Bacon
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To summarize Bacon’s ideas on friendship and identify the structure of the essay.
To analyse the writing techniques and figure out the functions of these writing techniques and write a summary of the essay.
学习目标
目标一:To summarize Bacon’s ideas on friendship and identify the structure of
the essay.
Activity 1: Look through page 39 and page 40. Find out the new words and phrases, and read them in pairs. Then read together as a whole and share their usage.
seek
benefit
indeed
well-meaning
moment
be meant to do sth
recognize
comfort
crowd
joy
failure
in full measure
smooth out
escape
take on
death
Activity 2: Make a prediction according to the title of the text.
What aspects might be included in the article?
?
The definition of friendship
The development of friendship
The qualities of good friends
The significance of friendship
More often than not, close friendships will help smooth out the sometimes rocky road that we are all meant to travel.
This essay is about the __________________of friendship.
importance/benefits
Activity 3: Skimming Task 1 Find the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Para. 1 More often than not, close friendships will help smooth out the sometimes rocky road that we are all meant to travel.
Para. 2 There are many benefits of friendship that we can enjoy.
Para. 3 The first fruit of friendship is the peace that comes from sharing with friends our joy, sadness, success and failure.
Para. 4 The second fruit of friendship is the better understanding and judgement that may be achieved through conversations with well-meaning and wise friends.
Para. 5 The third fruit of friendship is the help that a friend may offer in many different ways. Sometimes a friend is even known as our “second self”.
Para. 6 Friends should be carefully chosen and relationships carefully developed.
Task 2 Fill in the blanks according to the structure of