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Unit 4 Friends forever
Starting out & Understanding ideas
Activity 1.
learn to sing the song.
Should auld acquaintance昔日老友 be forgot
And never brought to mind
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And auld lang syne
For auld lang syne my dear
For auld lang syne
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne
[əˈkweɪntəns]
Auld Lang Syne
友谊地久天长
Which poem is mentioned in the video?
What idea does the poem mainly express?
Auld Lang Syne
It mainly reminds people to remember and value old friendship.
What other poems do you know on the same topic?
How happy we are, To meet friends from afar!
What did Confucius say about friendship?
CLICK FOR A FRIEND?
Pre-reading
Answer the questions with the title and picture.
Make friends online
Can we click for a friend?
When can we click for a friend?
Why can we click for a friend?
Can we click for a true friend?
How can we do to click for a friend?
Why does the author use a question mark here?
What does the title mean?
The title "CLICK FOR A FRIEND? " means_______
A. Is it necessary to find a friend online?
B. Is it possible to find a real friend online?
C. Is it easy to find a real friend online?
D. Is it more popular to find a friend online now than before?
CLICK FOR A FRIEND?
“一键交友”
Why is there a question mark in the title?
The question remains to be discussed.
The author’s attitude is uncertain.
Skim the passage and choose the best answer to each question.
1.What kind of article is the passage?
A. Narration(记叙文)
B. Argumentation(议论文)
C. Practical Writing(应用文)
2. What is the author's purpose of writing this passage?
To prove that making friends was easier in the past.
To illustrate how it is better to make friends online.
To persuade people to abandon traditional ways of making friends.
④To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of making friends online.
2.What is the author’s opinions about online friendship?
A. Positive B. Negative C. Indifferent D. Objective
While-reading Activity 1
While reading
Read carefully and finish the structure.
advances in technology
make friends
communicate with them
1
2-7
8
1. When can we click for a friend?
Part1.
Read para 1. and answer the questions.
At present.
Arouse attention.
Lead in the topic.
moving to a new town
writing letters
It can be real if people
5___________________________________ online.
It might not be real because social media doesn't present
6_________________________, and people tend to7______________________.
Online
friendship:
real or not?
exchange true
personal
information
the whole truth
about a person
post only
positive updates
While-reading
Careful reading
Task 2.whether online friendship is true or not.
Tips:you can read para (4-7) to get the answer.
Why does author ask questions in paragraph 1?
To introduce the topic.
Thanks to advance in technology, how we make friends and communicate with them has changed significantly.
Technology has changed
Read paragraph 8 and find out the meaning of the sentence “ this doesn’t mean that we should throw the baby out with the bathwater”.
We shouldn't throw something valuable away with something unwanted. Although technology has changed the way we acquire friends, the meaning of friendship and our longing for friends remain the same.
Task 3
Translate the sentence:
这并不意味着我们应该因噎废食、弃沙抛金。
Because there are both advantages and disadvantages to online friendships, and the author wants to remind us to treat them rationally(理性地)and wisely(明智地).
What do you think of making friends online?
Tips for preparation
1. State your opinion in the first sentence and then defend it.
2. Try to use argumentative skills to make your opinion more persuasive.
Work in group to discuss your group’s opinion. You’d better write down some key words.
1. prefer
2. not prefer
3. neutral
Expressions you can use in your opinion
prefer: thanks to stay in touch with maintain friendship
not prefer: lose track of keep in mind not the whole truth about
neutral: this doesn’t mean throw the baby out with the bathwater
Every coin has two sides ...
For there is no man, that imparteth his joys to his friend, but he joyeth the more;
and no man that imparteth his griefs to his friend, but he grieveth the less.
如果你把快乐告诉一个朋友,你将得到两份快乐;
而如果你把忧愁向一个朋友倾诉,你将被分掉一半忧愁。
Summary
Do you think friendship is important?
Summary:
Thanks 1.___new technology, ways to make friends 2.________ (change) a lot. In the past ,we used 3._______(letter), but now we use social media tools 4._______(keep) in touch. The Internet
can connect us with 5._______(other) even if they live very far-away. However , does it mean that your friends on the Internet are all 6._______ (rely)? It depends. Remember 7._____we see on
social media is often not the whole truth about a person. On
social media sites people tend 8._______ ( post) only good things. As the saying 9._______ (go),“ On the Internet, nobody knows
you're a dog. ” In spite of this , it doesn’t mean we should throw the baby 10._____with the bathwater.
to
have changed
letters
to keep
others
reliable
what
to post
goes
out
Homework
Write an argumentation.
Do you prefer to click for a friend? Why? Write an argumentation.
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