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Unit 3 Period 1 Welcome to the unit & Reading
【学习目标】
Learning Objectives
1.To grasp the main idea of the forum exchange and summarize the structure of forum exchange;
2.To use the words and phrases from the text correctly and understand the collocations related to friendship and friend and learn to use contrastive linking words to connect sentences.
【学习过程】
Learning activities
目标一:To read for the information about realizing one's potential by skimming for topic sentences and summarize the outline of the speech
Activity 1: Check the new words and phrases first. Read the words and phrases, and say the Chinese meaning loudly.
Activity 2: Pre-reading
Task 1 Think about the following questions.
★ Do you think there are "friends for life"? Why or why not?
★ Would you turn to online communities for advice about maintaining friendships? Why or why not?
Task 2 Look at the picture and make a prediction.
What could “on the rocks” possibly mean?
How can you tell that?
Activity 3: Fast reading
Amy's problem
Saturday morning:
Amy's friend said she was ill and might not be able to make it to the cinema.
Saturday afternoon:
(1)__________________________________________________________
Monday:
(2)__________________________________________________________
Advice given
Cindy:
(3)__________________________________________________________
David:
(4)__________________________________________________________
Activity 4: Careful reading
Task 1.1 Read the following definitions of the elements of a plot
line and complete the diagram with these elements.
★Climax is the most exciting or important part of a plot line.
★Exposition provides the background information that is needed to understand what the author provides, such as the main character, the setting, the basic conflict, and so on.
★Falling Action occurs after the climax as things start to work themselves out.
★Resolution is the solution to the conflict.
★Rising Action is a series of events and actions that move the plot to the