Unit 4 Friends forever Understanding Ideas Click for a friend 课件-2026-2027学年高中英语外研版必修第一册

Friends forever 4 UNIT Understanding ideas CLICK FOR A FRIEND? get the main idea and understand the structure of the passage; sort out relevant detailed information and gain a preliminary understanding of the stylistic features of argumentative essay; judge the author's attitude towards making friends online; dialectically understand and evaluate the phenomenon of making friends online based on the text content and real-life experiences. By the end of the class, I'll be able to: Learning objectives Lead-in Free talk: How do we stay in touch? We became friends when in university. We lived in the same dormitory even if we came from three different classes. We ate together, played together, studied together, treating each other like brothers. 朋友合照 Pre-reading Activity 1.Look at and read the title. Think and share. It 's a ________ about making friends ______. question online It is a question worth discussing. Is it good or not to click for a friend? What's the author's answer? While-reading Activity 2.Read the passage quickly and work out the author's answer. Attitude / Opinion Advantages Disadvantages Transition Introduction Activity 3.Read the passage carefully and sort out relevant detailed information. Task 1.Read paragraph 1 and finish. 1.How does the author start this paragraph? The author starts ... with two questions. 2.Why does author start it like this? To introduce the topic — how we make friends and communicated with them has changed significantly. 3.What are the specific changes? Task 2.Read paragraphs 2&3 and finish. 1.Finish the following table and work out the specific changes. Social media tools make it _________ for us to _______ friendships. advantages clues convenient maintain All you need is a wi-fi connection The digital age is _________ for us to ______ new friends with those who _________ ________. advanced make Whatever our hobbies, ..., ... the other side of the world. share our interests 2.Are there any other advantages of meeting friends online according to your experiences? 关注微信公众号“英知堂”了解新外研更多优质课课件及资料 other advantages Widen your circle of friends. Broaden your horizons. Make foreign friends online to practice English. Express your ideas and feelings freely. rhetorical question Task 3.Read paragraphs 6&7 and finish. Online friendship real or not? It can be real if ... It might not be real because ... While making friends online we should be ______. alert by Peter Steiner, published in The New Yorker on July 5, 1993; The cartoon and the caption shows the uncertainty and possible risks of making friends online. Task 4.Read paragraph 8 and finish. 1.What's the author's opinion? 2.Does the author express his opinion directly? It's an idiom coming from a German proverb meaning to throw something valuable away with something unwanted. stopping eating for fear of choking What's the author's opinion exactly? Post-reading Activity 3.Summarize the structure of the passage and try to figure out its genre. Advantages Disadvantages maintain friendship not the whole truth Attitude: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. Click for a friend? find new friends only positive updates argumentative essay Homework Activity 4.What do you think of making friends online? Work in group to discuss your group’s opinion. Write a passage about your opinion 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. 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 ... Thank you $