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Unit 3
Period 4
Extended reading
新 课 导 入
Free Talk
What are friends like?
Mottos
Friends are like books. You don't need a lot of them as long as they are good.
Friends are like stars. You don't always see them,but you know they're always there.
Friends are like wine; the older, the better.
Friends are like diamonds, precious and rare.
Friendship is very___________ to us.
important
课 堂 学 习
Prereading
Look at the title and picture below and discuss
the following questions.
1) What is the main topic of the passage?
2) Do you know the writer? Who is he?
It is about friendship.
Francis Bacon
Of Friendship
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
An English Renaissance statesman and philosopher, known for his promotion of the scientific method and for his essays which show his sharp worldly wisdom.
Francis Bacon’s essays was published in book form in 1597, 1612 and 1625 and these were the first works in English that described themselves as essays. Most of the lines from his essays have always been acclaimed as immortal quotes.
What an essay is?
Francis Bacon’s essays.
Essays are brief, non-fiction compositions that describe, clarify, argue or analyze a subject.
Go through the passage quickly and identify the structure of it.
Whilereading
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 6
Introduction to the topic
Detailed explanation of the fruits
Conclusion
Complete the mind map to show the argumentation.
Fruit 1
____________
With the true friends, we feel free to _________ our feelings.
Sharing makes happiness ______________________and a _________ become halved.
share
take on greater meanings
Comfort the heart
trouble
Fruit 2
______________
Our friend are better able to offer _________ on our important decisions.
Preparing to talk with a friend makes our thoughts ________ and our understandings more ___________.
clearer
Advise the head
advice
thorough
Complete the mind map to show the argumentation.
Complete the mind map to show the argumentation.
Fruit 3
Help us achieve t