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Integrated skills
Unit 1 Honesty and responsibility
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
know the definition, benefits and problems about white lies;
learn how to predict before listening by reading the given information;
state their own opinion about (not) telling white lies;
write an article about their understanding of white.
Reading
CONTENTS
Listening
I
II
Writing
III
IV
Lead-in
Yes, I will. Now that he has got extremely excited at the new schoolbag, I don’t have to tell the whole truth if it hurts someone’s feelings, especially my best friend.
Your deskmate has just got a new schoolbag he likes a lot. Now he is asking you “How does my schoolbag look?” But you don’t like it at all.
1. Will you say to him “It looks great.” Why or why not?
Lead-in
In this case, I am telling a lie to my friend, but I’m well-intended. I don’t think this kind of lie hurts him.
2. If you say so, do you think you are lying to her?
1. What was the white lie Anne told?
Anne told her grandma that she liked the pink dress she had received from her, but in fact she didn’t.
She told the lie to make her grandma happy.
Activity 1 Read for some details
2.Why did she tell the lie?
Tim has found two accounts of the same event. Read the accounts below and answer the following questions.
Reading
A
3.How did Grandma find out the truth?
A.When passing Anne’s bedroom, she heard Anne speaking on the phone.
B.When cleaning Anne’s bedroom, she saw the gift hidden under the bed instead of hanging in the closet.
C.Anne’s mother told her.
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4.When Grandma learnt the truth, she pretended not to have heard anything, but she felt _________and __________.
cheated
depressed
This is an example about __________. There are two accounts of the same event—Anne got a pink dress from her grandma. The first one is written by ______ and the second one by _________.
white lies
Anne
Grandma
Activity 2 Read for the structures
When telling/told white lies, how do people feel?Find sentences describ