内容正文:
Making Friends
Reading and Critical Thinking
Key questions
How do you make new friends?
What’s the story about according to the title?
Guess
What is the old book?
Who is the new friends?
What’s the relationship between the old book and the new friend?
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Choose the main idea.
Skimming
a Zihao wanted to become a comic book hero like Sanmao.
b Zihao made new friends by sharing the comic books about Sanmao.
c Zihao became popular because he knew a lot about Sanmao’s stories.
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Scan the article and then answer the questions.
Scanning
means reading a text quickly
to find specific information. Read fast until you find what you need.
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Read the article.
Chen Zihao always felt lonely at the new school. He usually kept his head down on the way to school. Every morning Mrs Qin reads stories to the class. One day Chen Zihao was surprised when Mrs Qin read a story about Sanmao, a boy from comic book series Wanderings of Sanmao.
Scanning
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Chen Zihao knows a lot about Sanmao’s stories, because his father gave him the comic books to celebrate his life at the new school. That night he decided to share the books with his classmates. The next day Chen Zihao showed his books to the class.
Scanning
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“These are comic book series about Sanmao. See, this one is about Sanmao making new friends, and that one is about Sanmao helping the elderly,” he said excitedly.
“Can I borrow the books from you?” Jiayi, one of Chen Zihao’s classmates asked. “Why don’t we meet after school? You can share everything we want to know, Zihao.”
Scanning
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Zihao? Jiayi just called him Zihao? Like they are long-time friends? Chen Zihao held his books and smiled.
Now he really has friends.
Scanning
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1 Who are the main characters in the story?
2 What did Chen Zihao usually do on his way to the new school?
3 How did he feel when he heard Mrs Qin’s story?
Chen Zihao.
Find out the answers.
Scanning
He usually kept his head down on his way to school.
He was surprised.
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4 Why did his father give him the books?
5 Who wanted to meet Chen Zihao after school?
6 Why do you think Jiayi and Chen Zihao could be friends?
Because it’s a present to celebrate his life at the new school.
Find out the answers.
Scanning
Jiayi.
Because they share the same interests (reading books).
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surprised
Complete the story mountain with the character’s feelings.
Complete
excited
surprised
happy/
satisfied
Answer
What is the old book?
Who is the new friends?
The old books are comic book series about Sanmao, bought by Zihao’s father.
The new friend is Jiayi, one of Chen Zihao’s classmates, who loves reading books.
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Answer
What is a comic?
A comic is a visual and verbal art form that tells a story through a sequence of images, often with text incorporated into the imagery.
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Answer
What’s the relationship between the old book and the new friend?
e.g. With the sharing of the old books about Sanmao, Zihao made his new friends at his new middle school.
The old books were important media for him to break the ice and start making friends in the new environment.
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Bonus question
What’s the rhetorical devices of
“the old book and the new friend”?
It’s called antithesis 对照、对比
这种修辞指: 将意义完全相反的语句 排在一起对比的一种修辞方法。
e.g. Not that I love Caesar less, but I love Rome more.
不是我不再敬爱凯撒,而是我更热爱忠诚于罗马。
(莎士比亚《凯撒大帝》中普鲁斯特的名言)
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Read the short poem and tell its deep meanings.
Think and explain
Make new friends but keep the old,
One is silver and the other gold.
Mrs Qin read a story about Sanmao.
Chen Zihao made friends with Jiayi.
Jiayi wanted to meet Zihao after school.
Chen Zihao had no friends at his new school.
Chen Zihao shared his comic book series with his classmates.
Put the events of the story in time order and number 1–5.
Critical thinking
1
2
3
4
5
If Mrs Qin didn’t read the story about Sanmao,
do you think Chen Zihao could still make friends easily?
Critical thinking
Possible ending 1: YES
Critical thinking
Jiayi and Zihao both loved reading books.
So during breaks, at first, they read books only by him/herself. Then by accident, they noticed each other and started to share the books they were reading at that time.
Gradually, they realized that they both like reading Harry Potter Series. And through chatting, they found out that they also live in the same neighbourhood. Thus, they usually exchange their books and play together.
Critical thinking
Possible ending 2: NO
Chen Zihao was shy and lacked confidence, making it difficult for him to connect with Jiayi.
Due to a lack of common interests and topics, there was always a subtle distance between them. As time went on, Chen Zihao gradually gave up on becoming friends with Jiayi and turned his attention to finding other friends who shared his interests. Meanwhile, Jiayi found her own circle of friends, and the paths of their lives gradually diverged.
Critical thinking
Group work:
Write you own ending and act out the story.
1___________ _____ unhappy because you have no friends or people to talk to
2___________ _____ a magazine or book that tells stories through pictures
lonely adj.
Write the words and their word classes.
Exercises
a comic n.
3___________ _____ to do special things for an important event
4___________ ____ to make a choice after thinking again and again
5___________ ____ to get something from someone and return later
celebrate v.
Write the words and their word classes.
decide v.
borrow v.
Exercises
1 I feel __________when my friends are not here with me.
2 Tingting ___________ to join the music club and make new friends there.
3 John forgot his pencil case at home this morning,
so he____________ a pen from his classmate.
lonely
Complete the sentences.
decided
borrowed
Exercises
4 Let’s ______________International Friendship Day with a big party.
5 The __________book is a gift from my old friend Alice. It has colourful pictures and exciting stories.
celebrate
Complete the sentences.
comic
Exercises
It is difficult to make friends, but sometimes you will be 1______________ to see how easy it is. You may meet a 2_______________ friend at school, on the playground, or in a club you both like.
surprised
Complete the passage about making friends.
long-time
Exercises
You may 3_______________ with someone coming over with a 4____________ on his face. You can 5___________ things with your friends, like your favourite games or books. You can celebrate your birthdays together. Having friends can make life more fun and enjoyable.
make friends
Complete the passage about making friends.
smile
share
Exercises
You may 3_______________ with someone coming over with a 4____________ on his face. You can 5___________ things with your friends, like your favourite games or books. You can celebrate your birthdays together. Having friends can make life more fun and enjoyable.
make friends
Complete the passage about making friends.
smile
share
Exercises
Homework
Recite words and phrases to ensure you can use them to make proper sentences.
Complete the exercises in your work book.
Think about some others ways to break the ice and make new friends. Also write down some good ways to keep the friendship with old friends.
Create your own story about making new friends in your notes. You may also draw some pictures to make it into a comic.
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