Module 5
Unit 1 Getting along with others
Objectives:
1.To help Ss get a general idea about the text.
2. To make Ss become familiar with the detailed information about the text.
3. To help Ss master Reading Strategy.
Teaching important point:
1.How to make the students understand the passage better.
2.How to help the students finish all the exercises.
3.How to help the students develop their creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities.
Interaction Patterns: Teachers -class, individuals, pairs
Procedures for teaching:
Step 1 lead-in
Discussion
1. Do you have any important events or unforgettable experiences with your close friends?
2. Please share something with us and tell us what to do when meeting with difficulties in friendship.
(1). If your friend tells others about your secrets, how will you feel and what will you react?
(2). When your friendship is in trouble,will you stop talking with your friend and make a new friend?
Conclusion
1. We should keep our promise and keep friends’secrets. Honesty is one of the most important factors in the friendship.
2. Friends should unite and help each other when meeting with some difficulties both in study or in other fields of life.
In other words, we are supposed to take honesty and union as glory. But what are the shameful behaviors or the glorious?
Next let’s learn something about it.
以热爱祖国为荣 以危害祖国为耻
以服务人民为荣 以背离人民为耻
以崇尚科学为荣 以愚昧无知为耻
以辛勤劳动为荣 以好逸恶劳为耻
以团结互助为荣 以损人利己为耻
以诚实守信为荣 以见利忘义为耻
以遵纪守法为荣 以违法乱纪为耻
以艰苦奋斗为荣 以骄奢淫逸为耻
Step 2 Comprehension of the text
First reading
By using these two rules, let’s go over the two letters for the first time and try to answer questions below.
1. What did Sarah think about the surprise Maths test?
She thought it was quite easy.
2. What did Sarah tell Hannah in the girls’ toilet?
She told Hannah how badly she had done in the Maths test.
3. Why did Sarah tell Hannah that they weren’t going to be friends any more?
Because she thought that Hannah had told everyone how badly she had done in the Maths test.
4. Why did Andrew shout at Matthew after the match?
He thought Matthew played badly and did not try hard enough. As a result, they lost the game.
5.What did Matthew think about losing the match?
He thought it was his fault.
6. What kind of boy is Matthew? Is he usually a quiet boy?
He is usually cheerful and out going.
Second reading
Read the article again and finish part C2. Try to identify how Sarah and Andrew felt and why they felt like so.
Make sure you pick the relevant information within the given time.
How Sarah felt Why she felt so
How Andrew felt Why he felt so
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Step 3 Language items
1.Match new words with their definitions
2.Find out the similar words in the 2nd letter
Step 4 Discussion
1. Do you think Sarah and Hannah should try to be friends again or go their separate ways?
2. If you found out that your best friends had made friends with another person,what would you think about this and what would you do?
Step 5 Reading strategy
How do they show their strong feelings when meeting difficulties in friendship?
1. I must be really stupid…. (line11)
2. How they must have laughed behind my back! (line22)
3. I was so angry that… (line23)
4. It is really awkward….. (line 49)
5. I can’t help wondering…. (line52-53)
Step 6 Group work
Work in groups and try to make a dialogue which is full of strong feelings.
Suppose you were in a quarrel with your best friends, and turn to another one for help. You need to tell him the causes and how you feel about it. And the helper should give advice.
Reading 2: Language Focus
Objectives:
1. Revise the reading passage by retelling it.
2.Get the students to grasp the usage of some important words and expressions.
3.Get the students to practice two important drills.
Teaching important point:
Dear Sarah;
You have every right to feel_________by your friend if she did tell your secrets to others,but it seems unlikely that she did. You say that you are best friends; well, best friends talk about their problems and try to solve them. If she is a good friend, you should___________for blaming her.
If you still have doubts, you should think about
why you don’t believe her. Was it because you
Were ashamed of your______or your behavior?
Did you feel jealous of your friend’s mark? If so,
The problem lies with you, not her. Try not to
sound too______of yourself when discussing
Marks in front of others.
However, if you feel that she is very bad at
Keeping________and likes to embarrass you in
Public, you had better find a new friend
Dear Andrew,
It seems you need to apologize quickly to avoid losing a ggod friend! Don’t forget that things are important to people, even when they don’t shout about them. The _______was probably very important to Matthew and he felt______about losing, and bad about not being as gifted at football as you are.
A football team needs all the players to work
Together and help each other. Each player
Should play to their strengths. Shouting at your
Teammate was unfair and just made him feel
worse. Although you both said________things
to each other, one of you has to be first to say
Sorry. Don’t be stubborn.
You say that your__________as important as
Football. Well, then you should be__________
To get your friendship back. Don’t delay. Talk to
Your friend and I’m sure before long, you’ll be
Back playing football together.
language points
1.We have been good friends since primary school.(line7)
(1).Unemployment in that country is now at its lowest level since WWII.
该国的失业率处于二战以来的最低水平.
(2).She left her hometown five years ago. We haven’t seen her since.
自那以后=from then on
(3).It is just three days since they arrived at the mountain.
(4).Since you are so busy, perhaps we shuold ask someone else.
2.We are no fun.(un.) (line5)
(1).Her baby is great fun./ sailing a boat is great fun. (有趣的人/事)
(2). I write not just for the pay, but for fun.(乐趣).
We had a lot of fun at the party.
(3).They often make fun of me for this.
Donn’t make_____of the blind man.
A fun B funs C funny D a fun
fun 做名词时不可数,不能与a连用,也没有复数形式.
3.Must (when guessing,there seems to be no other possibilities) (line8-9)
(1).I must have sounded very proud of myself.
我当时的口气听上去肯定很自得.
You must have left your wallet in the office.
你肯定是把钱包落在办公室里了.
(2).may have done(it’s not certain)
Something may have happened to her.
可能她发生了什么事.
4.feel like(have an inclination or desire for) (line11-12)
(1). I feel like I was overlooking my studies.
(2). I felt like crying.
我的父母晚饭之后总是想要出去散步.
My parents always feel like going out for a walk after supper.
feel like表示想要做某事,后可加doing sth.
也可以加that clause.
5.I was overlooking my studies. (line12)
(1).forget/not see something important
we should not overlook the difficulties.
当第一次读的时候,我忽略了这个错误.
I overlooked the mistake the first time I read it.
(2). not be angry with a bad thing
请原谅我的错.
Please overlook my fault.
(3). We want a room which overlook the garden,not one overlook the car park.
我们想要一个能居高临下看到花园而不是停车场的房间.
6.I was determined to be cheerful.(line14)
(1)adj.
a.He is determined to take part in the international speech competititon.
b.he is a determined supporter of President Bush.
(2)vi.
He determined to take part in the international speech competition.
他决定参加国际演讲比赛.
(3)vt.
a.规定,确定
例:They determined the date for the party.
7. He kept on saying really mean things to hurt me. (line44-45)
(1).不要对她如此刻薄.
Don’t be so mean to her.
(2). He was very mean with his money.
unwilling to share or give what one has
(3). It is a mean dog. Be careful it does’t bite you. Bad-tempered/liking to hurt
(4). Running ten miles is no mean achievement. very good
8.I can’t stand seeing my team lose.(line45-46)
(1)stand sb./sth.
例:I can’t stand a lot of noise when I am reading.
当我阅读时忍受不了那么大的噪声
I can’t stand this cold weather.
我忍受不了那么冷的天气.
He can’t bear that man. He talked too much.
9.I can’t help wondering….. (line52-53)
(1)cannot help doing sth.情不自禁做某事
例: He cannot help talking to his deskmate in class.
上课时他忍不住要和同桌讲话.
(2)cannot help it 没有办法
例: He just can’t help it. He has to obey orders.
(3)can’t help do sth.无法帮助做某事
例:I can’t help do the housework for my mum.